IT Project Manager/leader

Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

**Responsibilities**:

- Serve as a senior team member as part of the Agile team and support efforts to implement, adopt and sustain Agile processes, principles, and practices;
- Serve the scrum team by leading and coaching team self-organization, cross-functionality and aligning to the mandate of delivering value;
- Remove team impediments that prevent or hinder team capability and cohesion;
- Facilitate discussion, decision-making and conflict resolution;
- Advocate for the scrum team across the organization and actively question practices and approaches that are not in-line with scrum theory;
- Partner with the Project Manager & Product Owner, working closely with them to effectively create, maintain and groom the product backlog;
- Create communication forums for the product owner, scrum team and associated stakeholders to ensure the vision, goals and product delivery commitments are visible and well understood;
- Help employees, consultants, vendors and other stakeholders understand and enact scrum as well as empirical and emergent product development, welcoming change that enhances the productivity of the team;

**Technical Skills/ Experience**
- Azure DevOps (must have)
- Experience managing multiple scrum teams in parallel
- Knowledge and experience with Agile Information and Information Technology (I&IT) methods and techniques associated with the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks
- Communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated commitment and proven ability to do effective stakeholder management
- Knowledgeable and experience in Agile methodology and ability to educate others
- Experience facilitating the relationships between the Agile team and product owner and maintaining a safe working environment for the team by helping with conflict resolution
- Experience leading the Agile methodology and development teams in self-organization and identifying and filling in blanks in the framework
- Experience mentoring and coaching the teams on removing impediments
- Experience capturing feedback and documenting sprint reviews to administer project goals and improve team performance

**Desirable Skills**
- Project Methodology certifications such as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma Black/Green/Yellow Belt, etc.

**Communication Skills**
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written to prepare documentation, reports, note keeping, status updates and assessments
- Ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively and in a user-friendly manner
- Maintain a high level of customer service to both internal and external clients
- Ability to communicate technical concepts in a clear and understandable manner

**Must Haves**:

- 3-5 Years of Scrum Master experience
- Azure DevOps
- Experience managing multiple scrum teams in parallel
- Knowledge and experience with Agile Information and Information Technology (I&IT) methods and techniques associated with the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks

**Nice-To-Haves**:

- Project Methodology certifications such as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Lean Six Sigma Black/Green/Yellow Belt, etc.
- Previous public sector exp is an asset

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract

**Salary**: $50.00-$65.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- SQL, Linux, Windows 2016/19 servers, subnets, vlans,: 1 year (preferred)
- trusted/untrusted zones, DNS, VM(virtual Machines, HCI: 1 year (preferred)
- IP, active directory (AD), NTP, VPN, remote desktop: 1 year (preferred)
- development (Java or c++) /SQL: 3 years (required)
- IT project management: 5 years (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in North York, ON M7A 2T1