Scrum Master

Location: Toronto

Job ID: 2075

Job Description

Preferred Qualifications
A specialized professional role that focuses on the improvement of the agile team (e.g., pod) and champions the methodology, provides guidance on its application and associated processes, protects the team from outside distractions, conducts ceremony facilitation, removes impediments and is dedicated to the agile team or pod.

The Scrum Master understands agile and helps stakeholders work according to the method for the benefit of the team and the committed work.

Background

The candidate will lead agile delivery within TD Securities, supporting Client and Business Enablement and Trade Finance initiatives. The role is pivotal in driving speed-to-market solutions tailored to Corporate, Financial and Trade Finance clients, directly impacting client success and satisfaction. By collaborating with product owners, business stakeholders, and technology teams, the candidate will ensure

Priorities align with strategic objectives - driving business growth, expanding the product portfolio, and contributing to client retention. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a direct, measurable impact on client outcomes and the organization's continued success.

Job Description

End-to-end facilitation of the agile processes
Drives continuous improvement and change, acting as a change agent to adapt processes to maximize productivity across work efforts
Engages appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage impediments to achieve outcomes of work commitments
Identifies agile team improvement opportunities and looks externally for best practices in order to increase team productivity
Makes sure there is no hidden work, ensuring that everything the agile team (e.g., pod) is working on is acknowledged and accounted for in the Product Backlog, protecting the team from distractions
Owns championing of agile practices and ceremonies
Provides advice and guidance to the agile team (e.g., pod), as required, regarding best practices in agile / the TD Scaled Agile methodology
Ensures team adheres to ‘Work In Progress Limits’ established by the Product Owner, making sure the team is not working on too many stories/tasks at once, and helps them get into a flow of starting and completing work in a predictable manner
Encourages the Team to look for opportunities to support each other (e.g., focus on higher priority Stories that team members are struggling with)
Ensures a collaborative culture exists within the Team, promotes team building and ensures team engagement
Coordinates and facilitates ceremony logistics and ensures all Agile ceremonies/processes are held and all team members are present and on time — in particular, the daily stand-up meeting
Ensures engagement of appropriate control partners