Senior Scrum Master

Job Description

Are you passionate about building exceptional digital experiences and leading cutting-edge solutions? Do you want to lead agile teams that shape the future of financial services? We’re seeking a Scrum Master that can help us build and run awesome teams for CNB Digital out of our Montreal lab. This is your chance to make a significant impact to users while championing agile ways of working and elevating our engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and improve the scrum process and project progress; help solve impediments in the development process.
• Coaching the scrum team to apply appropriate processes to create successful products.
• Foster self-organization and collaborative scrum team; shelter the team from outside distractions to keep focus mainly on the agreed sprint goals.
• Ensure scrum principles and approaches are understood correctly by the development team and stakeholders; maximise the performance of the team.
• Assist with Program Increment planning, backlog grooming and sprint planning.
• Ensure the squad is effectively delivering against sprint goals, driving out blockers and integrating key components into the overall roadmap.
• Work through ambiguity and understand project initiatives, and how to deliver it.

Stakeholder Management and Messaging to Leadership

High level of general management skills including, but not limited to, leading, negotiating, communicating and team building. In this role, you will communicate and interact frequently with RBC and CNB partners and/or employees located across Canada and/or worldwide.

Must-have Qualifications

• 3+ years progressive IT project delivery experience managing programs with high level of value, complexity and multi-million project budgets.
• Working experience of SDLC and Agile delivery methodologies and tools (Jira & Confluence).
• Experience in project delivery, project plan development and management, project governance, scheduling methodology, project metrics, analysis, status reporting, and change management.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation, facilitation and interpersonal skills.
• Professional, approachable and fun.

Nice-to-have

• PMP or CSM certification or equivalent.
• Experience with MIS, Planview and RBC project governance.
• Previous RBC or Financial Services experience would be an asset.
• Mural / collaborative suites.
• Office365.

Hardware / Software Development Exposure

What’s in it for you? We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.

Job Details

Address : 1 PLACE VILLE MARIE : MONTRÉAL

City : Montréal

Country : Canada

Work hours / week : 37.5

Employment Type : Full time

Platform : TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type : Regular

Pay Type : Salaried

Posted Date : 2025-08-14

Application Deadline

2025-11-04 Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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