Scrum Master

Job description

Position Description:

This role is hybrid and requires you to be in our Markham office 3 times per week - subject to change at any time.
CGI is a global business and technology service provider with $11.5B in revenues. CGI is on a mission to help financial services organizations focus on servicing their clients. CGI supports 15 of the top 20 banks worldwide and our top 10 banking clients have worked with us for 26 years on average. Our clients have seen the value and commitment we bring through our products. This is why nearly $1.6 trillion in assets managed through CGI’s portfolio management, investment fund and asset management solutions..

Your future duties and responsibilities:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Agile Delivery Specialist to join the team. Change delivery and uses the most appropriate delivery model, including Agile Scum, Kanban and XP. Making formal and informal scaling approaches to deliver large and/or complex change. Agile and DevOps is core to the way and wants to operate including strong alignment to Systems Thinking and other modern, adaptive and team-centric approaches to delivery and operations.
The Agile Delivery Specialist role supports adoption of and adherence to these approaches, developing and continuously improving Agile capability and maturity in the team.
The Agile Delivery Specialists primary purpose is to ensure their teams drive change delivery as effectively as possible with quality and innovation in line with Agile values and principles. Continually driving value optimization.
This is a facilitative servant leadership role. The Agile Delivery Specialist should seek to promote self-organization within the team and drive increasing levels of software engineering maturity such as DevOps.
The Agile Delivery Specialist ensures the path is clear for the team, removing blockers, facilitating discussions, enabling seamless communications and working with the Technology Platform Lead and Product Owner to clarify the Product backlog ahead.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Guide the team to follow the values and principles of Agile and apply the appropriate Agile framework and techniques and create an environment of self-organization
• Teach and Coach the team and organization in Agile theory and software engineering techniques.
• Support and educate Product Owners, especially with respect to refining and maintaining a product backlog.
• Ensure both internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information on team activities.
• Collect and communicate all necessary metrics and propose new ones in the spirit of constant empiricism.
• Optimize integrated change across assigned technology platform. Ensure quality is driven into all aspects of the delivery lifecycle and defects are driven out as early as possible.
• Perform gap analysis of overall technology platform capabilities and tool and develop a roadmap for improvement
• Support value stream mapping carried out by Agile Delivery Lead

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• A solid understanding of Agile values and principles.
• Property and Casualty Insurance background is mandatory
• A good overall knowledge of a range of Agile frameworks
• Insurance business knowledge.
• Good stakeholder management skills and an ability to inspire individuals and teams to change and improve.
• Knowledge of widely successful Agile techniques and software development processes: Test Automation, Continuous Integration, Pairing, DevOps, Refactoring, ATDD/TDD/BDD, Extreme Programming (XP), Value Stream Mapping
• Self-motivation and willingness to learn and explore new ideas. Qualifications Professional Certification (minimum PSM1 or equivalent)

Skills:

·  Change Management
·  DevOps
·  Insurance
·  Scrum Master

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.