Role name: Scrum Master

Location: Toronto, ON | Hybrid (3 Days Onsite and 2 Days Remote)

Duration: 12 month of long term contract position

Role Description: Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives) to ensure efficient team workflow.? Support the team in managing product features and backlogs, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.? Write and maintain user stories, applying Gherkin syntax to define clear acceptance criteria.? Utilize prior QA or development experience to actively engage and support the team?s product quality and solution delivery.? Ensure seamless collaboration between product, QA, and development teams to meet Sprint, Program Increment (PI), and release objectives.? Empower the team by removing impediments, encouraging communication, and fostering a solution-oriented mindset.? Guide the team in Agile best practices and principles, ensuring consistent and timely delivery.? Handle conflict resolution within the team, ensuring constructive resolution of disagreements and maintaining a positive team environment.? Build strong relationships with the development team and stakeholders, managing expectations, and providing regular progress updates.

Competencies: Agile Way of Working, TCS MasterCraft DevPlus - Team Edition - Scrum Management

Experience (Years): 8-10

Essential Skills: 6+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or Product Owner.? Hands-on experience in QA or development, with a solid understanding of testing or coding practices.? Experience in writing user stories and creating Gherkin-based acceptance criteria.? Familiarity with behavior-driven development (BDD) and test-driven development (TDD) practices.? Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.) and the ability to coach teams on Agile principles.? Experience in conflict management to effectively resolve team issues and maintain productivity.? Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to lead teams and manage stakeholder relationships.? Experience in managing product backlogs and prioritizing features with business objectives in mind.? Certification in Scrum (CSM, PSM, SAFe) or Product Management is a plus.? Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, and QA tools such as ALM or similar.? Understanding of RESTful web services and Postman is a plus.

Desirable Skills: PSM certification. Banking Domain Experience

Country: Canada

Branch | City | Location: TCCI - Canada

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Thanks & regards,

Goutham

Apptoza Inc.

Phone: (437) 291-5327 Ext 1107

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.apptoza.com