Scrum Master

About Scotiabank

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Scotiabank continues to be an industry leader for payments technology and innovation. We have a history of safely adopting new practices to better serve our customers. As we scale and evolve our teams, we are seeking individuals who are excited to shape the future of work and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment. We value diverse perspectives and foster a culture of continuous learning, transparency, and meaningful collaboration within cross-functional communities.

The Scrum Master Role

We are looking for a driven and passionate Scrum Master to champion agile methodologies and build a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. You will work closely with engineering, product, design, and delivery teams to facilitate agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and ensure alignment around sprint goals and priorities. Your efforts will directly impact the way we deliver value to our customers and enable high-performing teams to thrive.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Be an empowering leader and enable your teams to be highly functioning, self-organizing, and continuously improving
• Facilitate key agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, and other stakeholders to define sprint goals, refine backlogs, and deliver on roadmaps
• Identify and remove blockers or obstacles that impact team productivity and delivery
• Oversee and manage program releases and implementations
• Foster transparency and collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Support agile adoption and coach team members on Scrum practices and principles
• Track and report team progress through agile metrics and tools, and use data to drive continuous improvement
• Create a safe and inclusive team environment, encouraging experimentation, innovation, and open feedback
• Serves as a steward of team culture, environment, and engineering practices
• Comfortable to both encourage and challenge others to align behaviours towards our mindset
• Influence, question, and evaluate processes to determine opportunities for effectiveness
• Support release planning and coordinate with other Scrum Masters for cross-team initiatives
• Advocate for quality and predictability by encouraging test automation, definition of done compliance, and technical excellence
• Ability to come to office at least 3 days a week

Culture & Mindset

• Act as a steward of agile values, practices, and team health
• Comfortable with challenging the status quo and helping others evolve mindsets and behaviors
• Thrive in a fast-moving, team-based environment where experimentation is encouraged
• Passionate about empowering others and facilitating alignment toward shared goals

Skills for Success

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, or equivalent agile certification is an asset
• Desire and drive for innovation through problem solving, leveraging resourcefulness as a key skill; have a learning mindset while intrinsically motivated to learning new tools and techniques
• Intermediate to advanced level of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach
• Deep understanding of Agile frameworks, especially Scrum and Kanban
• Strong facilitation skills with a proven ability to lead productive team ceremonies and retrospectives
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence without authority
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and design
• Proficiency in agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar
• Comfortable with continuously changing environments (examples: business priorities, new technologies)
• Exhibit a high degree of understanding risk management
• Leverage and understand the use of analytics to enable day-to-day conversations and decision making

What Scotiabank Offers

At Scotiabank, you will find an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success. You'll work with and learn from diverse industry leaders who have hailed from top technology companies around the world, and have the opportunity to impact high-priority initiatives and contribute to shaping how we work. We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole. Benefits include a business casual dress code, access to thousands of online and in-person courses to hone skills, and a competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, performance bonus, company matching programs, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more!

Key skills/competency

• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum Framework
• Kanban
• Facilitation Skills
• Jira & Confluence
• Coaching
• Problem Solving
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Management
• Continuous Improvement