Scrum Master

Full Time

Location : 

Mississauga, Toronto

Experience :

6+ years

About us

5G is the most significant innovation since the smartphone, powering new-age digital economy and experiences in industry 4.0. Shabodi is the first-to-market with a patent-pending platform that enables developers to build and deploy next-gen applications for 5G networks. This platform will transform how applications are enabled on networks, especially 5G. It will leverage 5G‘s core and Radio Access Network (e.g. O-RAN) to enable optimized network services for end user applications.

Shabodi is a well-funded, institutionally-backed startup led by a team of former industry heavyweights from Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel, EY and Macquarie Group with two start-up exits and 4 patents under their belts.

Team Shabodi is looking for Scrum Masters to join our rapidly growing team of innovators and disruptors of the new technology ecosystem.


Role Requirements

  • Removing impediments to the team’s progress to its sprint commitments
  • Enacting change & continuous improvement to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables
  • Coaching the team in agile best practices including self-organization and cross-functionality
  • Plan and facilitate sprint ceremonies including planning, backlog grooming and refinement, demo, retrospective, and daily stand-up meetings
  • Maintain relevant metrics and information radiators to guide the development teams and show their progress in meeting business objectives
  • Identify and remove impediments and blockers that prevents the teams from delivering their sprint goals
  • Monitor progress and team performance throughout the life of the project and monitor and manage project scope and deliverables
  • Partner with product owner/product manager to effectively create, maintain and refine the product backlog
  • Teach, mentor, and facilitate Scrum and Kanban practices within the team as well as Agile Values and Principles
  • Developing Agile teams into a high performing team
  • Motivating team members and influencing decisions without formal authority
  • Set and continually manage expectations with team members and other stakeholders
  • Helping the team stay focused & organized and making the team’s work visible and transparent to stakeholders
  • Understanding and communicating the impact of changes or new information on team velocity and their predictability
  • Ensuring the Agile Scrum processes are followed when appropriate, and ditched when necessary
  • Manage the team dependencies and coordinate work with other internal or external teams

Domain Skills

  • Experience in the telecom domain and 5G knowledge and understanding will be preferred

Skills and Experience

  • Essential – Mastery of Atlassian suite
  • 5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master, Software Project/Program Delivery, or similar roles delivering medium-to-large scale initiatives
  • Scrum Master Certification
  • Experience with Jira, ServiceNow or similar tools
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Solid understanding and experience with various Agile Methodologies and frameworks
  • Software development experience will be preferred

Soft Skills

  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholderswith Jira, ServiceNow or similar tools
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
  • Demonstrated effective leadership
  • Team player 
  • Excellent communication to collaborate seamlessly with a diverse and global team 
  • Enthusiasm to make a difference in a startup environment with minimal supervision and out of the box thinking 
  • Interest in becoming a key contributor at the foundational stage of a startup’s journey

About us

5G is the most significant innovation since the smartphone, powering new-age digital economy and experiences in industry 4.0. Shabodi is the first-to-market with a patent-pending platform that enables developers to build and deploy next-gen applications for 5G networks. This platform will transform how applications are enabled on networks, especially 5G. It will leverage 5G‘s core and Radio Access Network (e.g. O-RAN) to enable optimized network services for end user applications.

Shabodi is a well-funded, institutionally-backed startup led by a team of former industry heavyweights from Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel, EY and Macquarie Group with two start-up exits and 4 patents under their belts.

Team Shabodi is looking for Scrum Masters to join our rapidly growing team of innovators and disruptors of the new technology ecosystem.

Roles and responsibilities

  • Removing impediments to the team’s progress to its sprint commitments

  • Enacting change & continuous improvement to increase the productivity of the team and quality of deliverables

  • Coaching the team in agile best practices including self-organization and cross-functionality

  • Plan and facilitate sprint ceremonies including planning, backlog grooming and refinement, demo, retrospective, and daily stand-up meetings

  • Maintain relevant metrics and information radiators to guide the development teams and show their progress in meeting business objectives

  • Identify and remove impediments and blockers that prevents the teams from delivering their sprint goals

  • Monitor progress and team performance throughout the life of the project and monitor and manage project scope and deliverables

  • Partner with product owner/product manager to effectively create, maintain and refine the product backlog

  • Teach, mentor, and facilitate Scrum and Kanban practices within the team as well as Agile Values and Principles

  • Developing Agile teams into a high performing team

  • Motivating team members and influencing decisions without formal authority

  • Set and continually manage expectations with team members and other stakeholders

  • Helping the team stay focused & organized and making the team’s work visible and transparent to stakeholders

  • Understanding and communicating the impact of changes or new information on team velocity and their predictability

  • Ensuring the Agile Scrum processes are followed when appropriate, and ditched when necessary

  • Manage the team dependencies and coordinate work with other internal or external teams

Skills and Experience

  • Essential – Mastery of Atlassian suite

  • 5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master, Software Project/Program Delivery, or similar roles delivering medium-to-large scale initiatives

  • Scrum Master Certification

  • Experience with Jira, ServiceNow or similar tools

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

  • Solid understanding and experience with various Agile Methodologies and frameworks

  • Software development experience will be preferred

Agile Skills

  • Experience in the telecom domain and 5G knowledge and understanding will be preferred

Soft Skills

  • Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills

  • Excellent organizational and time management skills

  • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail

  • Demonstrated effective leadership

  • Team player

  • Excellent communication to collaborate seamlessly with a diverse and global team

  • Enthusiasm to make a difference in a startup environment with minimal supervision and out of the box thinking

  • Interest in becoming a key contributor at the foundational stage of a startup’s journey

The Shabodi Promise

Elevating
Perks

Competitive compensation and benefits plan

Nurturing
Growth

Employee development including training programs and mentorship

Pathways to
Success

Career development and advancement opportunities