Scrum Master - Remote / Telecommute

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor cross-functional program review and product delivery teams in agile principles, policies, and procedures.
• Lead and facilitate key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, sprint reviews, product demos, retrospectives, and refinement, as well as ad hoc sessions when required.
• Facilitate effective delivery of services and deliverables by coaching and guiding the client product owner and the team.
• Coach the team on the application of agile methodology, including effective estimates, sprint commitments, adjusting for dependencies, and resolving blocking issues.
• Promote successful achievement of sprint goals and commitments by acting as the intermediary between the client product owner and team.
• Guide the client product owner on reporting, release planning, and road-mapping.
• Maintain delivery metrics and report on product-level plans, progress, and quality assurance using project management tools and artifacts such as sprint burndown/velocity charts, product backlogs, and sprint backlogs.
• Report on progress to the Province as directed.
• Participate in digital service delivery activities, such as user research and usability testing.
• Work with the Province and the Contractor to determine changes to services and materials as required through artifacts.

• Once hired, the candidate will be required to complete all mandatory training, which includes but is not limited to FOIP, Security/Cybersecurity, Information Candidateagement, and Respect in the Workplace. Additional mandatory or optional training may also be required.

• Active professional Scrum Master certification (PSM). Certificate required.
• 2 years of experience coaching teams on Agile methodologies, facilitating agile ceremonies, and fostering continuous improvement and collaboration.
• 4 years of experience leading and facilitating key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, product demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• 5 years of experience working within an agile development environment.

• 2 years of experience delivering training sessions via web-based interactive technology (e.g., MS Teams).
• 2 years of experience planning work aligned to product owner priorities (sprint planning and backlog planning).
• 2 years of experience with Agile backlog management tools such as JIRA or Azure DevOps.
• 5 years of experience with software development processes, best practices, methods, standards, tools, and policies.
• 2 years of experience working in or for the public sector.
• 2 years of experience with teams applying UX design, service design, design thinking, or human-centered design approaches.