SENIOR SCRUM MASTER

　　WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?

　　The Sr Scrum Master enables CNB Agile teams to follow an agile development process that seamlessly aligns with business and technical needs. By leveraging Agile practices, tools and behaviors, the Sr Scrum Master proactively helps the team accelerate the speed of delivering value to our business, improve predictability, increase quality of deliverables and establish a culture of self-organization. The Scrum Master is a key role within an Agile delivery team as it removes any impediments that obstruct a team's pursuit of its sprint goals and ultimately deliver a product that generates business value for CNB Clients and our lines of business.

　　Technology and Innovation Division

　　As a member of City National's Technology & Innovation group, you will drive, develop, and maintain solutions for clients and colleagues. This is an exciting time of technology advancement and innovation across the bank, particularly within our technology teams.

　　What you will do

　　Facilitate medium to high complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with CNB Agile/Scrum practices

　　Accountable along with the Agile team for the achievement of PI Objectives

　　Manage risk to delivery by raising / resolving impediments in a timely manner

　　Proactive management of external dependencies

　　Create/maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g. tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment

　　Track & report team progress leveraging appropriate Agile metrics (i.e. Capacity, Burndown, Velocity charts, etc.)

　　Facilitate Scrum team ceremonies; Daily Stand Up, Refinement, Planning, Demos & Retrospectives

　　Provide updates on Team’s progress against PI Objectives, proactively manage dependency communications & provide appropriate watch out items in the Scrum of Scrums

　　Proactive cross-functional communication, ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes; anticipate need and proactively report team progress and accomplishment(s) up and across

　　Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team

　　Active demonstration and reinforcement of CNB’s PRIDE (People, Relationships, Integrity, Dedication and Entrepreneurs) values in day-to-day activities

　　Comply fully with all Bank policies and procedures as well as all regulatory requirement(s)

　　Complete all required training

　　Navigate and identify shared IT services required by the team in the delivery of its objectives

　　Qualifications

　　Agile Scrum / SAFe Certified Agile PractitionerMust-Have*

　　Minimum 6 years of experience in one or more agile methodologies (Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, TDD, CI) for software development and how they can be applied in a product development / program delivery environment

　　Minimum 6 years of experience as a Scrum Master

　　Minimum 5 years proficiency with Jira or other Agile Management tools

　　Agile Scrum / SAFe Certified Agile Practitioner

　　Skills and Knowledge

　　Expert in Agile environment using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, XP, Kanban, or other Agile methodologies

　　Experience leading distributed/virtual teams

　　Experience operating within various agile frameworks and implementation of Agile methodologies to multiple teams in large-scale enterprise change projects & programs.

　　Growth mindset, learning mindset, strategic thinking

　　Excellent communication and facilitation skills

　　Organizational change management experience

　　Ability to influence at all levels without straight line authority

　　Experience with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques

　　Banking or financial industry experience preferred

　　Ability to work effectively in a rapidly changing, fluid and dynamic environment

　　Highly collaborative, excellent interpersonal skills and able to work with diverse personality types

　　Motivate and enable the Agile teams to be self-organized and make them feel like awesome team members

　　Compensation

　　Starting base salary: $111,408 - $189,738 per year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. This job is eligible for bonus and/or commissions.

　　*To be considered for this position you must meet at least these basic qualifications

　　The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

　　Benefits and Perks

　　At City National, we strive to be the best at whatever we do, including the benefits and perks we offer our colleagues. Get an inside look at our Benefits and Perks (https://image.emails.cnb.com/lib/fe5e15707c640c78771c/m/10/cbedd856-c2fc-491b-a625-3ab7a0fd9a65.pdf) .

　　INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT

　　City National Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.'

　　ABOUT CITY NATIONAL

　　We start with a basic premise: Business is personal. Since day one we've always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and community flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues to drive phenomenal growth today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies.

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