Scrum Master

Job description

Job Description

Scrum Master

Position Description
Position Description
CGI is looking for a Scrum Master to join CGI’s agile development teams. This position will expose the member to innovative market leading tools, new methodologies and the interworking of enterprise applications and infrastructure.

• Full-time opportunity to become a member of a stable, growing organization with over $8.5 billion+ in annual revenue
• We have over 73,000+ CGI Members in 40 countries and over 5k+ loyal Clients who are leveraging our end-to-end services across the globe
• We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid vacation, and much more – and all CGI benefits begin on your first day of employment!

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Your future duties and responsibilities
Your future duties and responsibilities
Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to achieve project objectives

Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks

Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization

Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.

Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving

Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.

Assisting the Product Owner in fully defining user stories including establishing meaningful acceptance criteria

Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
Supporting the team’s functional analyst in collecting requirements and building the project’s documentation, as capacity allows

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
- First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a software development team that was applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing

Preferred Skills/Experience (Any of these are a plus)

- Second level Scrum Master certification (CSP, PSM II)
- Experience in business process analysis or systems analysis

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It is an extraordinary time to be in business. As digital transformation continues to accelerate, CGI is at the center of this change—supporting our clients’ digital journeys and offering our professionals exciting career opportunities.

At CGI, our success comes from the talent and commitment of our professionals. As one team, we share the challenges and rewards that come from growing our company, which reinforces our culture of ownership. All of our professionals benefit from the value we collectively create.

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