T6 Talent Partners is hiring a
Senior Scrum Master

Summary

The job is for a Senior Scrum Master at Augmenta, a global company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. The role involves owning and being responsible for Scrum practices, mentoring engineers, identifying blockers, promoting Agile practices, tracking team progress, creating detailed reports, acting as a buffer between engineering and the rest of the organization, collaborating with the Product team, building a positive team environment, and ensuring adherence to Scrum best practices.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience as a PjM/Scrum Master
• Scrum certified (SCSM) with strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and their best practices
• Adept at time and productivity management, ensuring all scrum ceremonies remain productive and timely
• Able to create detailed reports on the progress of the squad and individual squad members to be presented to upper management on a regular cadence
• Excels at quickly building relationships and establishing trust with each squad and the rest of the organization
• Exceptional time and priority management an absolute must
• Positive attitude, ready for a challenge, eager to move quickly

Responsibilities

• Facilitate all scrum ceremonies, such as stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint end and retrospectives
• Mentor four squads of engineers in Agile principles and best practices
• Identify any blockers or other obstacles that may be hindering the teams’ progress and address them as quickly as possible
• Promote and advocate for Agile practices and adapt them to each individual squad
• Track and monitor the teams’ progress and performance metrics, socializing those along with team status to stakeholders
• Create and maintain detailed reports on the progress of the squad and individual team members to aid in long-term planning
• Focus on continuous improvement, utilize squad Retrospectives to reflect on the performance of the past sprint and identify areas for improvement, take ownership and ensure action is taken
• Act as a buffer between engineering and the rest of the organization, shielding the team from unnecessary external pressures
• Collaborate closely with the Product team to understand the short and long term goals and to ensure that the backlog is in healthy shape
• Create and foster a positive team environment, building trust and respect within each squad, champion and support open communication with constructive feedback

Benefits

• We believe that employees should be owners, which is why we provide stock option grants for full-time employees
• We believe in supporting the health and wellbeing of our team, which is why we offer a competitive health benefits package
• We believe in balance and taking time to rest and recharge, which is why we offer 4 weeks vacation to all full-time employees plus an extra week off at the end of December
• As a remote-first team, we believe in the importance of having the right set up, which is why we offer a home office budget
• Learning and development is critical to us, which is why we have a self-directed learning budget