Scrum Master

Overview:
As the Scrum Master you will responsible for leading cross-functional teams and following the Scrum framework as a servant leader. You will coach, motivate and remove barriers for the team while acting as the front-line contact with the Product Manager and functional managers on product related issues, responding to concerns and providing formal status reports.

**Responsibilities**:

- Organize and facilitate all aspects of the Scrum framework, including sprint planning sessions, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
- Facilitate defining acceptance criteria, acceptance tests and approval of user stories.
- Identify and help remove impediments to enable success of the Agile team(s).
- Proactively manage risks and issues providing appropriate escalation to the necessary levels.
- Conduct periodic review meetings and continuously reflect on how to improve work flow to deliver more value to customer.
- Distribute appropriate and timely written communication with respective management and customers throughout the life of the Sprint(s), including metric based KPI reporting.
- Define and evaluate team-level metrics and support the Agile Team to monitor performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity.
- Maintain an expert understanding of the latest Agile principles and methods in order to provide coaching to the Agile teams and the surrounding organization.

Qualifications:

- Formal education in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Analysis or a related discipline.
- Two - four years of experience as an Agile team member.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
- Experience as a Scrum Master or leading a Scrum team a definite asset.
- Agile Project Management Certification (PMI ACP) is an asset.
- Education in leadership is an asset.
- Working knowledge of conflict management techniques with good conflict resolutions skills.
- Ability to listen, analyze, influence, negotiate and use judgment to solve complex issues in order to accomplish project goals.

Employee Benefits:
**Health benefits**

We offer a comprehensive health benefits program that includes:

- flexible health, dental and vision plans
- health spending account
- travel health coverage
- other extended health benefits such as ambulance, massage and physiotherapy

**Financial security**

In an effort to support financial security, we offer:

- registered pension plan
- group, dependent, and optional life insurance coverage
- critical illness insurance
- sick leave to cover short-term disability
- long-term disability

**Wellness**

We offer programs that focus on how to better achieve a balance between work and personal commitments, as well as maintain a healthy workplace culture. This includes:

- vacation entitlement
- flexible work arrangement for eligible positions
- maternity, parental and adoptive leaves
- bereavement and family responsibility leaves
- employee and family assistance program
- mental-health programming
- lunch-and-learn offerings
- discounted gym memberships and wellness account

**Diversity and inclusion**

Manitoba Public Insurance believes that diversity and inclusion strengthens us. We consider ourselves to be a barrier-free organization where individual values, beliefs and practices are respected and appreciated for the diversity they bring to our work life.

**Employee recognition**

It’s important to recognize our employees for their contributions. Not only do we recognize employees as they achieve milestone years in their careers, we also have several outlets for leaders and peers to reward each other for work well done.

**Professional development**

We want our employees to grow, which is why we offer support in keeping their skills up-to-date. We offer in-house training, professional development and an educational assistance program.

**Safety and health**

In an effort to encourage a safe and healthy work environment, we offer various safety, health and workplace policies and programs along with technical expertise and assistance to support employee activities in safety and health.