Scrum Master

Position: Staff Scrum Master
TJX Companies

At TJX Canada, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you're working in our Distribution Centres, Corporate Offices, or Retail Stores-WINNERS, Home Sense, and Marshalls, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family-a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer.

Here at TJX Canada, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to the inclusion and accommodation of all individuals.

Job Description:

We're looking for a Staff Scrum Master to guide and empower fully remote, globally distributed teams operating within a SAFe Agile Release Train. In this role, you'll support TJX's Global Compliance, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability ART, enabling delivery across a diverse ecosystem of on-prem and cloud-based solutions, including Service Now Scoped Applications, Workiva, Watershed, HighQ, and Paper Vision. You'll play a critical role in coaching teams on Agile practices, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring meaningful business value is delivered sprint after sprint.

This is an exciting opportunity to deepen your expertise in Agile leadership while influencing high-impact initiatives across all geographies.

As a servant leader on the Scrum team, you are responsible for educating and coaching the team on Agile processes while leading toward predictable and sustainable delivery. The Scrum Master is also responsible for serving the team through impediment removals while fostering an environment of continuous improvement toward building a high performing team. The Scrum Master must demonstrate an advanced knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and XP principles.

Why Work With Us?
We value integrity, respect, and teamwork, encouraging a unique and inclusive culture
Immediate access to our Group Benefits package, including a Health Care Spending Account, Associate & Family Assistance Program, and various well-being resources
Management Incentive Plan along with a robust Retirement Savings Program
A competitive vacation package, paired with a Vacation Trade Program that allows you to opt in for an extra week
Enjoy Associate discounts at our stores, available to you and eligible family members
Comprehensive training and development resources designed to help you learn, grow, and succeed
Exciting career paths with growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement to support your career progression

What You'll Do:
Drive delivery across multiple scrum teams
Support team impediment removal and dependency tracking
Facilitate Agile team ceremonies, including daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives
Ensure team agreements are in place and coach adherence to SAFe/Agile practices
Drive iteration commitments and plan for delivering business value
Collaborate with other Scrum Masters across the ART as necessary, e.g., Scrum of Scrums
Coordinate with other teams as necessary, such as Shared Services or Dev Ops teams
Partner with the Product Owner to ensure product backlog items are refined, prioritized, and scheduled
Drive estimating activities within the team
Facilitate capacity planning and release planning
Track and share metrics to measure team progress and achieve baseline KPIs
Identify areas for improvement
Validate time tracking
Track team objectives using appropriate Agile tools/applications
Protect the team from external interference
Support ART Readiness/Preparations
Consistently demonstrate the ability to manage moderately complex work through their teams
Influence work and process outside of the ART as needed

About You:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent engineering skillset, training, or technical work experience (required)
5-8 years of experience as a scrum master
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and SAFe framework
A mindset for continuous process improvement, driven by a focus on delivering value through efficiency with excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring skills
Ability to influence effectively with and without formal authority
Excellent verbal and written…