Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Manager

Position Description:

This is an exciting time for CGI, and we want you to be part of it.
We are Canada’s largest independent information technology services firm, and we are still growing! We are expanding in Atlantic Canada, and we need your skills, enthusiasm, and dedication as part of our team.
Join this exciting new initiative as a Scrum Master / Agile Delivery Manager.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Facilitate complex Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum practices, including but not limited to, project kick-off, sprints, release, and deployment planning
• Accountable alongside the scrum team for the achievement of release objectives and key results that meet LOB stakeholders’ needs and expectations. Manage risks to delivery
• Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
• Create and maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g., tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
• Continuously seek to improve team performance by promoting joint accountability for results and solving productivity issues.
• Facilitate and engage in business analysis, user experience and technical conversations across platforms and multiple levels of influence ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes
• Provide proactive coaching to the team and recommend continuous improvement of processes to optimize team productivity, driving change and influence with an agile mindset.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• 10+ years of experience in software development and/or Agile project management or other relevant professional experience
• 8+ years of working on medium-to-high complexity initiatives – Project / Program delivery in Agile using influence to facilitate to outcomes
• Ability to apply Agile Management Framework and Agile techniques
• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience
• Certified Scrum Master and/or SAFe Certified
• Familiarity with scrum@scale will be a nice to have

Please ensure your Profile clearly highlights how you meet the following key aspects of this role:

• The Scrum Master promotes a culture of sustainable pace, psychological safety, openness, and engagement and assists the Squad Leader in teaching scrum practices to stakeholders.
• The Scrum Master applies facilitation strategies to ensure that the team, Squad Leader, and stakeholders are engaged and accomplish the goal of each scrum event.
• The Scrum Master ensures that Squad level measurements are understood, are transparent, and is used to identify improvement opportunities.
• The Scrum Master addresses impediment removal daily, ensuring that the team identifies a strategy for each impediment and holds the team accountable for executing the strategy.
• The Scrum Master exhibits curiosity in the product and guides the team in the Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, Team Working Agreement, breakdown of work, and increasing the value of delivery.
• The Scrum Master proactively seeks coaching opportunities for the squad and for themselves.

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Skills:

• English
• SCRUM
• Agile Coach
• Agile Delivery Management
• Scrum Master

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.