Scrum Master and Business Analyst

Job Title: Scrum Master/Business Analyst
Location: Fredericton, NB
Duration: 08+ Months

Job Description:
The Scrum Master role will be responsible for ensuring the completion of required analysis, development, testing, release, and post-release support.

The Business Analyst role will be responsible for support and conducting requirements gathering, finalizing revised operations model, and creation of training materials as required.

Scrum Master role:

• Initiation to include creating project vision, identifying stakeholders, form scrum team, develop Epics, create product backlog, and release planning.
• Facilitate events and progress to include aligning to the project vision, daily stand-up, iteration planning, iteration review, and retrospective.
• Planning and estimating tasks to include creating user stories, approval, tasks, sprint backlog, etc.
• Implement to include creating various project deliverables, conducting daily standup meetings, and grooming the product backlog at regular intervals.
• Review and Retrospect to include reviewing deliverables and determining ways to improve the practices and methods used to do project work.
• Releases include delivering the accepted deliverables and identifying, documenting, and internalizing the lessons learned.
• Coordinate with other teams to include establishing support relationships with other teams and be aware of opportunities to engage and improve program effectiveness.
• Regular status updates for client Manager of Solutions Support and the Steering Committee.

• Leading facilitated sessions to gather content, document and obtain consensus.
• Create/Revise HNB Business Support Team Operating Model
• Training and knowledge transfer for the Operating Model to the HNB Support team members.
• Update Business Process Models
• Gather Reporting Requirements
• Identifying risks, issues and conflicts originating from business change requirements
• Produce Training Material How to documents
• Coach and Support other Business Analyst on the project team as required
• Conduct other Business Analyst tasks as required

• A bachelor s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science or a related discipline; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum 5 Years of IM/IT experience.
• Minimum 2 Years of experience as a Scrum Master.
• Minimum 5 Years of experience as a Senior Business Analyst.

• Experience performing Scrum Master activities, such as daily standups, program increment (PI) planning, iteration/sprint planning, conducting retrospectives, administration of team backlogs, collaboration with product owners, and removal of impediments to success for the team.
• Experience performing Senior Business Analyst activities, such as developing solution proposals and designs relating to functional areas, performing feasibility studies, capturing business/user requirements, assessing alternative solutions, defining business models using data flow modelling techniques, and mentoring other Client on the project team.
• Experience as a Scrum Master with setting the foundation of a project (initial plan/designs, generate product backlog, define scrum/development team ways of working, refine product backlog).
• Experience working with cross-functional business and technical teams that include a mix of in-house and external resources and stakeholders.
• Experience in changing management activities.
• Experience using effective communication and how it impacted project success.
• Experience with Social Housing Management software.