Job Scrum Master in Toronto
WHY CHOOSE COGNIZANT?
It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. We help clients engage customers by envisioning and building creative products and services. We develop go-to-market strategies and invent entirely new business models, ensuring that every company we work with walks away with both encouragement and a plan. Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Leads Agile teams on Agile values, practices, and processes and ensures that the Agile team is fully functional, productive, and focused on the sprint goal.
Proactively supports the Product Owner to ensure team is focused on sprint goals.
Helps the team create value and products with quality. Clears the runway so that the team can meet the quarterly objectives.
Working with the team, creates the tools to measure success and recognize progress.
Recognizes areas of strength and improvement by employing appropriate coaching and development techniques for team members.
Strives for continuous improvement both for self and for the team. Recognizes opportunities for automation and other tools & processes so that the team can delivery more effectively.
Contributes to improve agile management best practices within the Enterprise to help maintain and promote agile management practices professionalism.
Identifies dependencies with other teams and determines how to manage those dependencies without impacting the progress of the team.
Participates and collaborates in cross functional planning sessions to raise milestones, issues, dependencies, etc.
Provides a high level of relationship management, resolving conflicts and enabling discussions between stakeholders, management, co-workers and team members with varied interests.
Rigorously facilitates communication and collaboration inside and outside the teams.
Provides feedback, coaching and mentoring to team members while also contributing the same to the Scrum Master community of practice.
Fosters a continuous learning environment helping teams to inspect and adapt.
Prepares and delivers Executive level presentations; facilitates workshops; handles complex questions from varied audiences.
Facilitates the decision-making process; is proactive in taking the initiative and the lead for identifying and resolving issues.
Leads outcome based Agile events—scrum, sprint review, planning and retrospective meetings in a way that ensures full team engagement.
Fosters close cooperation across all team members and encourages cross-training and support of each other.
Applies a structured approach to problem-solving, understands the context and impact of risks and issues, and takes real measures to get to resolution.
Participates in an Agile Centre of excellence and will have the opportunity to coach and mentor Scrum Masters and learn from others.
The Scrum Master may also manage budgets and 3rd party relationships, adhering to PMO standards for delivery as the company evolves traditional project delivery models towards Agile methods. The intent is that the Scrum Master will not take on this responsibility, but it may be required during the transition period.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Domain Expertise:
3+ years of relevant work experience with Agile and Scrum.
Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSM) or Certified Scrum Coach (CSC) or equivalent formal education in Agile.
Specific experience in Agile methodologies such as SAFe is an asset.
Experience in Retail Industry & Knowledge of Retail Business/Technology is an Asset
Individual Skills:
Strong communication skills – Able to propagate information promptly, clearly, and unambiguously.
Team Leadership–experienced in assessing and driving necessary actions to improve.
Able to develop and foster teamwork and facilitate team dynamics.
Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical skills, with the ability to coach and mentor all roles on a Scrum team.
Skilled in building relationships and navigating through organizational layers.
Ability to scale thinking and analysis from strategic to detail and vice versa.
Executive presence; strong facilitation and presentation skills.
Conflict resolution and effective mediation and influencing skills.
Very strong customer and delivery focus.
Mindset and Behaviors:
Laser-focused on serving the needs of the team, creating an environment where the team feels safe to learn and experiment.
Assertive, with the confidence to be the voice of authority–not afraid to do what is best for the team.
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 and effective workplace.
Always questions the status quo and looks for ways to work more effectively.
ABOUT COGNIZANT:
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is at 185 in Fortune 500 List of companies and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : Apr 28 2023
About Cognizant Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
About Cognizant Technology Solutions
CEO: Ravi Kumar
Revenue: $10+ billion (USD)
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: www.cognizant.com
Year Founded: 1994
