Portfolio Scrum Master

Contract:

12 months to start with opportunity for extension

Interview: 2 rounds virtual (Final interview is a panel with product team)

Start Date:

ASAP

Req Intake Notes:

Portfolio Scrum Master / Agile Program Manager hybrid , supporting a  Data & AI portfolio  where multiple Agile teams are sprinting underneath a larger portfolio structure.

The ideal person should have:

Experience coordinating  multiple Agile teams/work streams

Strong  traditional program management  background

Ability to operate at the  portfolio/program level , not just facilitate individual team ceremonies

Experience with  Data, AI, technology, or large transformation portfolios

Dependency management across teams

Risk/issue management

Roadmap and milestone tracking

Executive/stakeholder communication

Agile planning and governance

Experience working in environments where  teams are delivering through sprints within a larger program/portfolio

Job Description:

This role will be working within an AI portfolio within Commercial Banking. Relevant expertise in financial institutions, commercial banking and AI/Machine Learning an asset.

Productivity

Delivery

Facilitate collaboration across multiple agile teams

Partner with the Portfolio Leader to create and maintain Portfolio level delivery roadmaps

Escalate impediments, manage risks and dependencies between teams

Quality

Work with the agile coach to identify and improve portfolio level maturity

Maintain portfolio level roadmap that consolidates team continuous improvement roadmaps

KPI and metrics reporting

Report consolidated portfolio level metrics for all agile teams in the portfolio

Sustainability

Governance

Facilitate Portfolio ceremonies and processes

Lead execution on ceremonies like Scrum of Scrums sessions

Proactively identify risks, issues, obstacles and raise them as soon as possible to the Portfolio Leaders