Associate Director - Senior Scrum Master

A senior scrum master enables an RBC scrum team to run a medium-to-complex agile development process that seamlessly aligns with business and technical needs. The Senior Scrum Master is a key role within an Agile delivery team as it removes any impediments that obstruct a team's pursuit of its sprint goals and ultimately deliver a product that generates business benefits for one or several RBC lines of business.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Initiative delivery:
  • Facilitating medium-to-high complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with RBC Agile/Scrum practices, including but not limited to, project kick-off, sprint, release and deployment planning
  • Accountable alongside the scrum team for the achievement of release objectives and results that meet LOB stakeholders' needs and expectations
  • Manage risks to delivery
  • Tracking and reporting financials for the Team
  • Navigating and identifying shared IT services required by the team in the delivery of its objectives
  • Team activity facilitation (medium to large size teams):

• Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
  • Remove impediments to delivery success through the proactive management of external dependencies, medium-to-high complexity team problem-solving and the development of new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges; has the authority to execute against new approaches and escalate issues through business and/or IT channels where necessary
  • Accountable for creating and maintaining the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g. tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
  • Continuously seek to improve team performance by promoting joint accountability for results and solving productivity issues
  • Facilitating and engaging in business analysis, user experience and technical conversations across platforms and multiple levels of influence
• Cross-functional Communication: Communicate cross functionally, ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes; Report team progress and accomplishment up and across; Facilitate status updates, product demos and retrospectives
• Coaching: With the assistance of the Agile Coach, provide proactive coaching to the team and recommends continuous improvement of processes to optimize team productivity

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

Must-Have

• 2+ years of experience as a Scrum Master - where Scrum principles, practices and theory were diligently applied
• 5+ years of experience in software development and/or project management and/or business (system) analysis or other relevant professional experience
• 2+ years of working on medium-to-high complexity initiatives
• Experience working in a dependent multi agile team environment
• Agile Framework and Practice (Level 3): Working within and implementing the principles of agile methodology.
• Business Analysis (Level 2): Investigating and analyzing business situations, evaluating options for business improvements, elaborating and defining requirements and ensuring effective implementation in line with the business needs
• Application Development, Support and Maintenance (Level 1): Knowledge and ability to design, define, construct, enhance, support and maintain application software on one or more platforms including web

Nice-to-Have

• Basic knowledge of capital markets systems and products
• Ability to apply RBC Agile Management Framework and well documented Agile techniques (User Stories, Burndown techniques, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Continuous testing, etc.); SAFe experience is an asset

What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Coaching Others, Conflict Management, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Quality Management, Results-Oriented, Scrum (Agile), Staying Focused

Additional Job Details

335 8 AVE SW:CALGARYCALGARYCanada37.5Full timeCAPITAL MARKETSRegularSalaried2025-04-012025-04-11

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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