Scrum Master

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. The Stantec community unites approximately 32,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents.

Primary Purpose Of Job

This position will guide and serve teams that deliver technology solutions, through effective application of the Lean/Agile principles and frameworks including Scrum and Kanban. Role model and demonstrate the company’s core values of integrity, excellence, and respect for people.

Key Accountabilities

Organizes and accelerates a group of related technology projects or activities across multiple teams, aligning dependent organizations. Identify and remove blockers and always find the path forward in challenging situations

• Creates mechanisms to effectively report out and control execution. Recognizes complexity and creates predictable delivery paths for large and/or complex efforts. Measurably improves, streamlines, and/or eliminates excess processes. Utilizes cross organizational mechanisms to describe and drive continuous improvements.
• Drives execution of an outcome from inception through successful delivery through the full stack of the services / domains, or, an outcome that spans multiple teams and integrations across the enterprise.
• Looked to as first point of contact for your team or area and the source of truth for status providing the right information and associated data about the state of the project to the right audience at the right time.
• Understands the business strategy and design approaches within product, program or domain with depth to be credible and effective with teams they work with. Can competently represent team’s services.
• Keeps abreast of evolving technology landscape. Can ask the right questions to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of designs (scalability, latency, security, performance, data integrity, etc.)
• Works with ambiguity and with limited guidance. The business outcome, program, and/or product strategy is defined, but nothing else is. Able to get the inertia out and the project in motion or able to get the entropy out and the project into a calm and predictable delivery pattern
• Transform raw thoughts into clear and concise communications/instructions to the teams. Can communicate with confidence 3+ levels up.
• Understands the needs of the engineers and technical operations teams who have to build, maintain, and operate the services and technical assets
• Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives
• Plays active role in mentoring and recruiting others
• Engineering or IT Graduate
• 5+ years serving as an active Scrum Master in a product or software development organization or Technical Program Manager
  
  

Proven knowledge and practical experience of agile software development methodologies, values, principles, and practices.

• Demonstrated leadership ability to coach and empower the team to reach their highest potential. Excellent team player and team builder.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with personnel at all levels of the organization and with diverse personality types.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and time sensitive work environment.
• Ability to understand technical issues at a high/applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
• Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills.
• Must be "self-motivated" as well as creative and effective in empowering team members to propose solutions to complex problems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• You use data and evidence to help make the best decisions and to pursue relentless improvement
• You have technical depth in learning, understanding, and sharing knowledge of enterprise-level technology solutions
• Agile Certification/s - SAFe, CSM, PSM, SSM, PMI-ACP
  
  

Primary Location: India | Pune

Organization: Stantec IN Business Unit

Employee Status: Regular

Job Level: Nonmanager

Travel: No

Schedule: Full time

Job Posting: 05/06/2025 06:06:51

Req ID: 1000198