Are you a Scrum Master looking for a new opportunity?
Are you looking for a new contract opportunity?
We are pleased to offer you a new contract opportunity for you to consider: Scrum Master
-Start: ASAP
-Estimated length: 6 months
-Location: Toronto
-Onsite role.
Actively seeking for candidates with below requirements.
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Advantages
You will have an opportunity to work with a leading employer in the local market.
Responsibilities
• Monitor Scrum processes and support Product Owner on release planning and backlog management
• Strengthen the team’s understanding of Agile / Scrum principles and ensure application of these practices
• Ensure alignment of teams with Agile practices while influencing and coaching them towards high performance
• Bring transparency to Business, IT, and Operations about the team’s progress and Agile processes
• Foster a continuous learning environment, helping teams adapt to changing circumstances
• Ensure the team’s actions are aligned with the project goals and vision
• Manage all phases of large or several medium, high risk IT infrastructure projects while leveraging best practice standards and processes
• Manage stakeholder relationships to ensure project delivery expectations are specified and successfully met
• Proven ability to develop and manage detailed work plans, project schedules, estimates and resource plans
• Define and manage project risks and issues ensuring appropriate strategies and plans are in place to mitigate or handle effectively
• Ensure effective and timely communication occurs within the project team and between the project team and stakeholders
• Actively drive and present product plans and reviews, demos, and competitive analyses with the team, partners and executive leadership.
• Work with larger program teams in building external communication and action plans using JIRA, Confluence, and other tools
Qualifications
• 5 to 10 years of progressive experience as a Scrum Master / Project Manager
• 5 to 7 years of experience with implementing medium to large range of technology/business projects; including core infrastructure (data centre, cloud computing [AWS, Azure], mainframes, distributed server environments, web-hosting services, desktop, network, telephony, unified communication, security, etc)
• Extensive knowledge of Agile principles and the ability to adapt previous experience to evolving environments with ambiguous requirements
• Agile certification: Scrum Master, Kanban, SAFe
• Certified Project Management professional designation (PMP)
• Delivery or software development background a plus
Skills:
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on relationship management and team building
• Ability to manage ambiguity effectively and help project team members work with ambiguity
• Effectively and concisely communicate project and technical information to provide comprehensive, concise recommendations to management
• Strong Influencing skills and the ability to manage difficult situations to resolution
• Strong facilitation skills to conduct successful meetings / ceremonies
• Ability to create project plans for complex projects with many interrelated paths
• Action oriented, self-motivated, and solutions driven
• Experience managing projects which involve 3rd party managed services.
• Experience in leading off-shoring and global projects.
• Ability to straddle between Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
• Strong working knowledge of MS Project, Office suite, Collaboration tools (Jira, SharePoint, ServiceNow, …)
Summary
Do you have this experience? If you answer YES, then please apply IMMEDIATELY to so we can then discuss your experience and interest in this opportunity!
Randstad Technologies Group
Canada's largest provider of IT Staffing Solutions, offering hundreds of permanent and contract opportunities across all roles, levels and platforms. Our Web-based tools help you see and apply for jobs matched automatically to your skills and preferences. When you're ready to interview we meet with you in person to help you build the technology career path you've always wanted. Visit www.randstad.ca to get started!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Are you a Scrum Master looking for a new opportunity?
Are you looking for a new contract opportunity?
We are pleased to offer you a new contract opportunity for you to consider: Scrum Master
-Start: ASAP
-Estimated length: 6 months
-Location: Toronto
-Onsite role.
Actively seeking for candidates with below requirements.
Advantages
You will have an opportunity to work with a leading employer in the local market.
Responsibilities
• Monitor Scrum processes and support Product Owner on release planning and backlog management
• Strengthen the team’s understanding of Agile / Scrum principles and ensure application of these practices
• Ensure alignment of teams with Agile practices while influencing and coaching them towards high performance
• Bring transparency to Business, IT, and Operations about the team’s progress and Agile processes
• Foster a continuous learning environment, helping teams adapt to changing circumstances
• Ensure the team’s actions are aligned with the project goals and vision
• Manage all phases of large or several medium, high risk IT infrastructure projects while leveraging best practice standards and processes
...
• Manage stakeholder relationships to ensure project delivery expectations are specified and successfully met
• Proven ability to develop and manage detailed work plans, project schedules, estimates and resource plans
• Define and manage project risks and issues ensuring appropriate strategies and plans are in place to mitigate or handle effectively
• Ensure effective and timely communication occurs within the project team and between the project team and stakeholders
• Actively drive and present product plans and reviews, demos, and competitive analyses with the team, partners and executive leadership.
• Work with larger program teams in building external communication and action plans using JIRA, Confluence, and other tools
Qualifications
• 5 to 10 years of progressive experience as a Scrum Master / Project Manager
• 5 to 7 years of experience with implementing medium to large range of technology/business projects; including core infrastructure (data centre, cloud computing [AWS, Azure], mainframes, distributed server environments, web-hosting services, desktop, network, telephony, unified communication, security, etc)
• Extensive knowledge of Agile principles and the ability to adapt previous experience to evolving environments with ambiguous requirements
• Agile certification: Scrum Master, Kanban, SAFe
• Certified Project Management professional designation (PMP)
• Delivery or software development background a plus
Skills:
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on relationship management and team building
• Ability to manage ambiguity effectively and help project team members work with ambiguity
• Effectively and concisely communicate project and technical information to provide comprehensive, concise recommendations to management
• Strong Influencing skills and the ability to manage difficult situations to resolution
• Strong facilitation skills to conduct successful meetings / ceremonies
• Ability to create project plans for complex projects with many interrelated paths
• Action oriented, self-motivated, and solutions driven
• Experience managing projects which involve 3rd party managed services.
• Experience in leading off-shoring and global projects.
• Ability to straddle between Agile and Waterfall Methodologies
• Strong working knowledge of MS Project, Office suite, Collaboration tools (Jira, SharePoint, ServiceNow, …)
Summary
Do you have this experience? If you answer YES, then please apply IMMEDIATELY to so we can then discuss your experience and interest in this opportunity!
Randstad Technologies Group
Canada's largest provider of IT Staffing Solutions, offering hundreds of permanent and contract opportunities across all roles, levels and platforms. Our Web-based tools help you see and apply for jobs matched automatically to your skills and preferences. When you're ready to interview we meet with you in person to help you build the technology career path you've always wanted. Visit www.randstad.ca to get started!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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