Scrum Master

**Who We Are**:
A neutral, not-for-profit organization, GS1 Canada is one of 116 GS1 Member Organizations around the world. We are a Trusted Strategic Partner who inspires, leads, and enables best in class supply chain by developing and maintaining global standards for efficient business communications. For more than 20 years, we have supported Canadian businesses of all types and sizes in several industries and sectors. GS1 has partnered with several industries globally for over 50 years - since we introduced the very first barcode on a pack of gum in 1974. Today, GS1 barcodes are scanned 6 billion times a day, and GS1 standards are the most widely used system of standards in the world.

A team of friendly and passionate people, we are optimistic about our capabilities and draw strength from our uniqueness, and the drive and passion of our people to carry our values and vision forward.

**Our Core Values**:

- Integrity Always
- Inclusive Collaboration
- Innovation
- Accountability
- Super-Serve Subscribers

**About This Opportunity**:
**What You’ll Do**:

- Lives, supports and reinforces agile principles and values throughout the organization
- Facilitate all regularly occurring activities for the team using Scrum or Kanban framework and agile approach
- Facilitate the ongoing development of the product vision with the Product Owner
- Responsible for keeping goals clear and visible to the team
- Ensure development team has the resources they need, are communicating well, and are shielded from distractions
- Work to remove any impediments that obstruct the development team’s pursuit of its sprint goals
- Instruct and enable the development team to self-organize; facilitate creativity and empowerment for the team
- Assist team members with learning and maturing in their role and development of cross-functional skill sets
- Assist the Product Owner with communicating updates and impediments to stakeholders
- Assist with backlog and release plan maintenance
- Provide guidance and share best practices to support agile adoption

**What You’ll Bring**:

- Undergraduate degree and Scrum Master certification preferred
- Strong Knowledge of agile principles and values including experience with Scrum and Kanban frameworks
- Demonstrated success in servant leadership
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships particularly in an agile team environment and an overall environment transforming to business agility
- Ability to lead by influence
- Effective facilitator with strong coaching skills
- Ability to lead multi-disciplined teams in an environment of continual change and transformation
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills that can be applied to a solution
- oriented environment
- Strong communication skills - comfortable addressing different stakeholder groups at all levels and adjusting communication style to suit the audience
- Help grow agile values and behaviours across the organization

**What You'll Love About Us**:

- **Our People First Culture - **At GS1 Canada, we embody our values and live them every day. We know that family and health come first, and that’s a non-negotiable for us
- **Work that Stays at Work - **A work life balance that you can boast about
- **Rest and Relaxation - **Three weeks paid time off, Ten paid personal/sick days, and we make sure you book that time off
- **Health Benefits - **Health, dental, and vision coverage, lifestyle and wellness benefits, Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
- **Prepare for the Future - **Benefit from RRSP matching that contribute towards your savings
- **A Culture of Learning and Growth - **We want you to keep learning and growing. We provide access to many learning tools that you can take advantage of for personal and professional capabilities development