Senior IT Scrum Master/Project Manager-3546
Job Type: Contract
Positions to fill: 1
Start Date: Jun 27, 2022
Job End Date: Dec 30, 2022
Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable
Job ID: 120258
Location: Toronto
Job Posting Title: Project Manager - Senior - RECRUITED - CAN
Description: Senior IT Scrum Master/Project Manager
6 months to start
WFH
Main Accountabilities
Must haves
Description: Senior IT Scrum Master/Project Manager
6 months to start
WFH
- As a Senior Project Manager in Enterprise Services Team, the incumbent will be responsible for planning, managing, and implementing projects in support of business plans and goals. The Senior Scrum Master/Project Manager role has a direct responsibility for complete life cycle management and accountability of project initiatives assigned, ensuring compliance to project management policies, standards and procedures. The role has a direct reporting relationship to the Enterprise Services Chief Technology team and works on projects assigned with a matrix management model.
Main Accountabilities
- Manage Project teams for delivery of Infrastructure projects via Waterfall, Agile methodology working collaboratively with stakeholders, communicating with executives and deal with varied types of projects in any given portfolio.
- Manage client relations to ensure that project delivery expectations are specified and met
- Lead large, complex projects through the various stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Manage all phases of IT application projects from initiation to closure while leveraging best PM practice standards and processes
- Develop detailed work plans, project schedules, estimates, and resource plans using burn charts and Kanban boards.
- Engage project stakeholders and communicate project updates to ensure buy in and project success (examples: meetings, status updates, Scrum daily stand ups)
- Motivate and provide clear direction to project team
- Successfully manage scope changes, risks, issues and actions
- Work with multi-site project teams across time zones
- Create project deliverables that meet/exceed the project sponsor's specified expectations
- Identify opportunities for process improvement
Must haves
- 7-10+ years of project management experience within financial services
- Extensive experience leading agile teams following kanban/ scrum methodology
- CSM Certification
- Data analytics knowledge/experience
- AWS and Cloud experience
- PMP certification or equivalent
- KMP Certification
- Familiarity with insurance and finance industry
