Scrum Master II

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TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

A specialized professional role that focuses on the improvement of the agile team (e.g., pod) and champions the methodology, provides guidance on its application and associated processes, protects the team from outside distractions, conducts ceremony facilitation, removes impediments and is dedicated to the agile team or pod.

The Scrum Master understands agile and helps stakeholders work according to the method for the benefit of the team and the committed work.

CUSTOMER

• End-to-end facilitation of the agile processes
• Drives continuous improvement and change, acting as a change agent to adapt processes to maximize productivity across work efforts
• Engages appropriate stakeholders to identify and manage impediments to achieve outcomes of work commitments
• Identifies agile team improvement opportunities and looks externally for best practices in order to increase team productivity
• Makes sure there is no hidden work, ensuring that everything the agile team (e.g., pod) is working on is acknowledged and accounted for in the Product Backlog, protecting the team from distractions
• Owns championing of agile practices and ceremonies
• Provides advice and guidance to the agile team (e.g., pod), as required, regarding best practices in agile / the TD Scaled Agile methodology
• Ensures team adheres to ‘Work In Progress Limits’ established by the Product Owner, making sure the team is not working on too many stories/tasks at once, and helps them get into a flow of starting and completing work in a predictable manner
• Encourages the Team to look for opportunities to support each other (e.g., focus on higher priority Stories that team members are struggling with)
• Ensures a collaborative culture exists within the Team, promotes team building and ensures team engagement
• Coordinates and facilitates ceremony logistics and ensures all Agile ceremonies/processes are held and all team members are present and on time in particular, the daily stand-up meeting
• Ensures engagement of appropriate control partners
• Works across the agile team (e.g., pod) to ensure required assessments, and information are accurate and update to date

SHAREHOLDER

• Adheres to enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to activities for our business area
• Ensures respective policies/practices are well executed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities
• Facilitates work execution that is aligned to established cost, timing, deliverable and scope objectives
• Adheres to enterprise governance to ensure that deliverables meet all the performance, quality and compliance standards and follow the approved methodology
• Works directly with key stakeholders to remove impediments and help manage cross- team dependencies
• Collaborates with Product Owner(s), Technology Lead(s) and Team(s) on Sprint planning, impediment removal, and Team execution
• Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
• Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
• Protects the interests of the organization - identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary

EMPLOYEE / TEAM

• Participates fully as a member of the agile team (e.g., Product Group, Product Family), supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
• Provides thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for agile execution and participates in capability building for the team and business unit
• Keeps current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, and agile related tools / techniques
• Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
• Keeps others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of committed work and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
• Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
• Leads, motivates and develops relationships with internal and external Agile teams to develop productive working relationships
• Contributes to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
• Acts as a brand ambassador for the bank, both internally and/or externally

BREADTH & DEPTH

• Experienced Scrum Master capable of supporting 1-2 simple to complex pods/agile teams
• Comprehensive knowledge / expertise in own domain / field of specialty and working knowledge of broader related areas and supporting a small team of professionals assigned to agile teams
• Requires full understanding of the TDSA processes, procedures and systems
• Can transition to Agile Coach I coaching role with appropriate training
• Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve efficiency of own and other teams
• Helps resolve complex problems and is able to identify viable and often innovative options
• Understands scaling characteristics
• Begins to influence outside of immediate work and/or agile team
• Shares knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among and across agile teams and ensures the timely communication of issues and encouragement of good working relationships with other functions and teams
• Supports an environment where team freely escalates challenges; facilitates change through positive reinforcement of successes
• Generally reports to Practice Lead and contributes directly to assigned Journey or Platform

EXPERIENCE AND / OR EDUCATION

• Post -secondary education
• Certified Scrum Master and 3+ years of Scrum Master experience
• Prefers 5-7Agile related experience

Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank.

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:

We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding

We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process

We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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