Job Description

Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. In over 41 markets across the US, UK, Japan, Australia, and Canada, our teams have the autonomy to move fast and do what’s right, always. They are backed by regional innovation hubs, a global culture of collaboration, and partnerships with the world’s top technology providers.

At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. We build deep relationships with our clients within our markets and across the globe, while sharing insights across markets to bring the full breadth of Slalom’s expertise to every engagement. Our seven regional Build Centers are hubs for innovation, attracting top talent to rapidly co-create the technology products of tomorrow. We also nurture strong partnerships with over 200 leading technology providers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

With our purpose-driven mindset, we partner with companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible—together. Here at Slalom, we are motivated every day by our company’s core values and vision. Our core values are at the heart of everything we do and guide how we work with our clients, our teams, and our communities. Each core value reminds us to stay true to ourselves while driving amazing outcomes for our clients. Our guiding principle is to “Love your Future” which inspires our culture, work, and relationships, and most importantly it is how we make our biggest impact!

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 11,000 employees! We were named one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2021 for the 6th year in a row and are regularly recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work. Learn more at slalom.com.

Slalom in Canada began in 2015 and has grown to over 800 employees across 4 markets – Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary & Montréal.

Job Title:

Sr. Scrum Master

What will you do?

• Define and work within an agile project governance framework (e.g. establish team cadence, run Scrum ceremonies and backlog grooming sessions, etc.)
• Lead the agile software delivery team, manage issues and mitigate risks
• A critical part of the role is unblocking the development and architecture teams by working internally or with client stakeholders
• Be the functional and subject matter expert for the solution and act as the liaison between Product Ownership, Project Governance, and the Development/Implementation Team
• Work with the Product Owner to define the product by identifying requirements and thinking critically about what will make it successful; write user stories that effectively communicate the Product Owner’s requirements and that are easily consumed by software development teams
• Work with the engineering team, in particular the Solution Architect, to define and validate the technical approach, strategy and deliverables for the project
• Lead internal and client meetings; provide project status reporting to management; manage RAID logs
• Prepare and deliver client presentations and work products/prototypes
• Be the client face of Slalom on small to mid sized engagements
• Provide informal agile coaching (story writing, grooming, planning etc.) internally and externally
• Able to speak about/understand cloud microsevices and cloud use cases with some authority
• Able to speak about/understand data migration, data pipelines, dashboards with some authority

What will you bring?

• 4+ years of consulting experience in Agile Software development as a Project, Product or Program manager (Experienced in all phases of product, software, and testing life cycles)
• Experience in leading a team of 5+ individuals
• Able to serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions that fulfill both strategic and operational needs
• Skilled at defining and documenting business and functional requirements for ongoing system enhancement initiatives in iterative software development environments
• Strong knowledge in software delivery: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP and Lean
• Familiarity with Agile delivery toolsets (e.g. JIRA, TFS, AzureDevOps, etc)
• Familiarity with all types of technical documentations (process maps, BRDs, system diagrams, user experience, application maps, test plans, user stories, etc)
• Experience leading all Agile ceremonies including: sprint planning, review, demo, and stand-up sessions

Nice to have: 

• 1 year of experience working in Azure or AWS Cloud or working on data migrations, pipelines etc. with Snowflake

 What keeps us here?

• Culture! Our vision is to enable a world in which everyone loves their work and life. We believe in having a diverse and inclusive community of Slalomers, encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work, every day. We believe in staying humble and curious, while still inspiring passion and adventure!
• Slalom Canada is passionate about its people. We strive to make each day exciting and fulfilling for our employees through the clients, projects and teams they are working on and with. We want you to be you, there is no “cookie-cutter” approach here at Slalom, so bring yourself as you are and share your ideas and knowledge!
• We strive to create connections that are real, organic and fun… We bring people together through events like quarterlies, holiday parties, charity events. More casually through in-office/virtual events like lunch & learns, trivia and movie nights, hackathons, fitness challenges and many more!

Slalom is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer dedicated to building a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will work to reasonably accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

Please note if you are hired at Slalom you will be required to complete a background check

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Job Types: Full-Time.

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