Our client, a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking, is hiring a full-time Scrum Master in the Greater Montreal Area! This role requires a technology development or software engineering background to lead ISG Lending front to back technology initiatives. Knowledge of French and English is required.

A successful candidate will have an eye for quality and detail to help the team build a modern lending platform that will combine and replace several internal systems, streamline business processes, and enable significant business growth. The candidate will work in the global team delivering software using agile methodologies.

Perks You'll Love
- Join a supportive team that values diversity with abundant growth & development opportunities
- Generous holiday/vacation time
- Competitive Employee RRSP plan & bonuses

Qualifications Your Bringing
- Acts as a leader who supports Agile teams assigned to different streams of dev initiatives
- Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review/Demo, and Sprint Retrospective
- Resolves team impediments working with other tech architects, product owners and other stakeholders to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization
- Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers
- Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques
- Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines
- Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team
- Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and prioritization
- Work with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role
- Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization

Skills You're Bringing
- 8+ years of experience on an Agile Team (or similar) with 6+ years of experience as a Scrum Master
- 4+ years of prior product or hands-on software development experience preferred
- Formal training/certification as a Scrum Master preferred
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
- Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
- Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
- Planning and problem solving with product owners, developers and other stakeholders

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Canadian Work Authorization
All applicants MUST be authorized to work in Canada. Any applicants not meeting this criteria will not be notified and will not be considered eligible for the position.