SCRUM MASTER

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

The Scrum Master enables CNB Agile teams to follow an agile development process that seamlessly aligns with business and technical needs. By leveraging Agile practices, tools and behaviors, the Scrum Master helps the team accelerate the speed of delivering value to our business, improve predictability, increase quality of deliverables and establish a culture of self-organization. The Scrum Master is a key role within an Agile delivery team as it removes any impediments that obstruct a team's pursuit of its sprint goals and ultimately deliver a product that generates business value for CNB Clients and our lines of business.

Technology and Innovation Division
As a member of City National's Technology & Innovation group, you will drive, develop, and maintain solutions for clients and colleagues. This is an exciting time of technology advancement and innovation across the bank, particularly within our technology teams.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

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  Facilitate low to medium complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with CNB Agile/Scrum practices
• Accountable along with the scrum team for the achievement of PI Objectives
• Manage risk to delivery by raising / resolving impediments in a timely manner
• Proactive management of external dependencies
• Create/maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g. tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
• Track & report team progress leveraging appropriate Agile metrics (i.e. Capacity, Burndown, Velocity charts, etc.)
• Facilitate Scrum team ceremonies; Daily Stand Up, Refinement, Planning, Demos & Retrospectives
• Provide updates on Team’s progress against PI Objectives & proactively manage dependency communications in the Scrum of Scrums
• Cross-functional communication, ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes; report team progress and accomplishment up and across as requested/required
• Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
• Active demonstration and reinforcement of CNB’s PRIDE (People, Relationships, Integrity, Dedication and Entrepreneurs) values in day-to-day activities
• Comply fully with all Bank policies and procedures as well as all regulatory requirement
• Complete all required training
  

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Must-Have*

• Minimum 1 year of experience as a Scrum Master
• Minimum 3 years of experience in one or more agile methodologies (Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, TDD, CI) for software development and how they can be applied in a product development / program delivery environment
• Minimum 2 years proficiency with Jira or other Agile Management tools
• Agile Scrum / SAFe Certified Agile Practitioner
  

Skills and Knowledge

• Experienced in Agile environment using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, XP, Kanban, or other Agile methodologies
• Experience leading distributed/virtual teams
• Minimal knowledge for various agile frameworks and implementation of Agile methodologies to multiple teams in large-scale enterprise change projects & programs
• Growth mindset, learning mindset, strategic thinking
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Organizational change management experience
• Ability to influence at all levels without straight line authority
• Familiarity with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques
• Banking or financial industry experience preferred
• Ability to work effectively in a rapidly changing, fluid and dynamic environment
• Highly collaborative, solid interpersonal skills and able to work with diverse personality types
• Motivate and enable the Agile teams to be self-organized and make them feel like awesome team members

Compensation

Starting base salary: $92,114 - $156,880 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This job is eligible for bonus and/or commissions.

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  To be considered for this position you must meet at least these basic qualifications

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Benefits and Perks

At City National, we strive to be the best at whatever we do, including the benefits and perks we offer our colleagues. Get an inside look at our Benefits and Perks.

INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.

ABOUT CITY NATIONAL

We start with a basic premise: Business is personal. Since day one we've always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and community flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues to drive phenomenal growth today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies.