Scrum Master

Are you looking to grow with a company that puts people first? Where you collaborate daily with colleagues to create real solutions?

Skyrocket your career with Elantis **Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Best Workplace for Today's Youth, and Best Workplace for Inclusion,** we're looking for a passionate and driven Scrum Master to support our Government client.

**The Role**:
A Scrum Master identifies and removes roadblocks and distractions that affect sprint commitments and prevent delivery of product features. The Scrum Master(s) will be responsible for the management of the agile sprint process for cross-functional program review or product delivery teams. The Scrum Master(s) will provide leadership and mentoring in agile principles, policies, and procedures, to enable the teams to self-organize and deliver consistently on sprint deliverables. The Scrum Master will be expected to manage communication, maximize transparency, disseminate information related to service delivery, and resolve any conflict when it arises.
- Scope of Services
The Scrum Master(s) will be required on a full time basis (7.25 hour work day), working across two (2) to three (3) projects. Time, location and frequency of work will vary depending on the needs of the particular project. At the end of each term, it is expected that the Scrum Master(s) may work a maximum of 1,960 hours, unless otherwise agreed upon with the Province. However, a Scrum Master may be required to work fewer or more hours depending on the nature and needs of their work, as directed by the Province.
- Services and project deliverables should evolve as the work progresses, in response to emerging user and business needs, as well as design and technical opportunities. However, the following must be delivered (iteratively) over the course of the project:

- Lead and mentor cross-functional program review and product delivery teams in agile principles, policies, and procedures.
- Lead and facilitate key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, sprint reviews, product demos, retrospectives, and refinement. This could also include ad hoc sessions.
- Facilitate effective delivery of Services and deliverables by the cross-functional program review and product delivery teams through coaching and guiding the product owner and the team.
- Promote the successful achievement of sprint goals and commitments, by acting as the intermediary between the product owner and team.
- Guide the product owner on reporting, release planning, and road-mapping.
- Maintain delivery metrics and report on product level plans, progress, and quality assurance using project management tools and Artifacts such as sprint burndown/velocity charts, product backlogs, and sprint backlogs. The Scrum Master(s) will be required to report on progress to the Province as directed.
- Participate in digital service delivery activities, such as user research and usability testing.

**Qualifications**:

- Active professional Scrum Master certification. Please attach certificate.
- Knowledge of various software development methodologies (i.e. agile, waterfall, scrum, Kanban, etc.).
- Experience delivering training sessions via web-based interactive technology i.e. TEAMs.
- Experience leading and facilitating key agile ceremonies, including planning sessions, stand-ups, product demonstrations, and retrospectives.
- Experience leading and mentoring team(s) in agile principles, policies and procedures.
- Experience planning work that aligns to product owner priorities (Sprint planning and backlog planning).
- Experience with Agile methodology.
- Experience with software development processes, and all associated best practices, methods, standards, tools, and policies.
- Experience working on agile software development and modern, service design based product delivery comparable in size and complexity for a large organization such as state, provincial, or federal government or a private company with 5,000 or more employees or for a startup or small business addressing a complex challenge at scale.
- ** Nice to Have**
- Directly related experience in web service or development.
- Experience developing and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships across the organization, including executive level.
- Experience working in or for the public sector.

**Working Hours**:

- The Scrum Master(s) will primarily work remotely ; however, the Scrum Master(s) may be required to attend meetings or work sessions in Edmonton on reasonable notice from the Province. At the time of providing such notice, the Province will advise of the expected duration of any such meetings or work sessions. However, time to travel and any associated expenses to and from Edmonton will be at no cost to the Province.
- The Province reserves the right to alter this work arrangement on reasonable notice to the Scrum Master(s). The Contractor and the Scrum Master(s) will be consulted about the alteration in work arrangement; howe