When you’re passionate about what you do and where you work, the rest comes easy. That’s the culture at Central 1 Credit Union, and that’s precisely what we’re looking for from you. Central 1 is a preferred partner for financial, digital banking and payment products and services – fuelling the success of businesses across Canada. With over $18 billion in assets, we leverage our scale, strength and expertise to power progress for more than 300 credit unions and other financial institutions, enhancing the financial well-being of more than 3.4 million customers from coast to coast.

Our team of over 600 employees represent some of the most innovative, passionate individuals you’ll ever meet; people who honestly care about the organization, its members and each other. In other words, people who love what they do.
 

For more information, visit www.central1.com.

Central1 is looking for a Scrum Master that will bring passion and enthusiasm for coaching teams and evangelizing scrum and agile best practices within Digital Central1.   The overall responsibility of this role is to shepherd a development team to build a quality solution at their fastest pace.

The ideal Scrum Master will be a team player and a great communicator, with the ability to facilitate creativity and empowerment for the team.  We are looking for a pro-active and pragmatic leader who is excited to find new ways of working and communication style to engage with business, leadership as well as teams on the ground.

Minimum of 3 years’ experience being a Scrum Master

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership or project team role preferred
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline
• Certified Scrum Master preferred (or equivalent certification such as CSPO, CSD, CSP, or PMI-ACP, SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), CSAP, CLP)
• Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement within the team
• Confident and skilled at navigating the team through road-blocks to allow sprints to be completed on time
• Past experience as a developer is highly desired
• Experience in agile development, with specific Scrum Master or similar experience preferred
• Ability to coach team on agile practices and ensures adherence to agile methodology to deliver maximum business value on time
• Strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages and teach new concepts
• Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue, i.e. a strong mediator
• Experience in scheduling and coordinating meetings, identifying risks/dependencies/impediments, and coordinating resources and handling multiple priorities required
• Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around them
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & effective workplace
• Ability to demonstrate the understanding of business vision and engages beyond process e.g. in solution design, customer feedback, testing etc.
• Passion for innovation and “can do” attitude

Responsibilities:

• Guides the team and organization on how to use scrum & agile practices methodologies
• Oversees scrum process, coaches the team; facilitates transparent and adaptive team culture
• Leads daily scrum, sprint review, and planning meetings in a way that ensures full team engagement
• Supports product owner on release planning
• Removes all impediments to the team’s success, such as cultural barriers or logistic challenges, supporting the Product Owner, and ensuring that the team’s progress and successes are highly visible to all stakeholders
• Hands on involvement in product backlog management
• Fosters close cooperation across all team members, encourages cross-training and supporting each other
• Facilitates communication and collaboration inside and outside the team
• Shields the team from external interference and ensures the team is fully functional and productive
• Generates agile mindset in team through conversations, coaching, and role-playing exercises
• Builds a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of punishment
• Understands context of technology sufficiently to problem-solve with development team, ask the right questions, and own product quality and continuous delivery to customer

As much as we believe in working hard, we also believe in personal growth and taking time for ourselves. Accordingly, our total rewards philosophy amounts to one of the best compensation and benefits packages in the industry – from performance-based incentives and extended benefits, to training and education reimbursements and ample vacation time.

Reporting to: Program Director- UX Platform Program
Grade: Contractor

Date Posted: May 18, 2018
Internal Applicant Deadline: May 25, 2018

Central 1 is committed to diversity and inclusion. If you have a request for a disability-related  accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

*Unsolicited resumes from vendors will not be accepted for this or any position at Central 1*

**If you have issues or questions about the application process, please email humanresources @central1.com with description of your problem**