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About the Role
Lead Agile delivery teams by facilitating the Scrum process, removing impediments, and fostering an environment of high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Ensure Agile principles and values are upheld, enabling teams to deliver value-driven, high-quality solutions to customers efficiently and sustainably.
Responsibilities
- Act as a Scrum Master for multiple Agile teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Coach and mentor Scrum teams on Agile principles, helping them to become self-organized and cross-functional.
- Drive continuous improvement within Agile teams, promoting best practices and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
- Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel or resources to resolve issues.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts to refine and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
- Facilitate decision-making processes, helping teams to make informed decisions that support project delivery and business objectives.
- Act as a liaison between development teams, business stakeholders and external vendors to ensure seamless communication and collaboration.
- Track sprint progress, team velocity and other Agile KPIs ensuring continuous optimization of workflows.
- Ensure transparency and visibility to management by delivering data-driven insights on team performance.
- Drive Agile best practices within software development teams working on financial applications and services.
- Promote automation and DevOps culture within Agile teams to enhance operational efficiency.
- Coordinate software releases, maintain documentation and oversee software quality processes.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager within a financial service or fintech environment with proven track record of successfully implementing Agile methodologies and driving Agile transformations.
- Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at all organizational levels.
- Expert knowledge and understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and Agile transformation within financial services.
- Experience managing projects in banking, lending, fintech or financial services.
- Familiarity with financial transaction systems, payments processing and risk management frameworks.
- Ability to engage both technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring a shared vision of product delivery.
- Skilled in facilitating cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, security, risk, and compliance teams.
Skills
- Jira
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- Agile methodologies
- Scrum
- Kanban
- SAFe
- Agile transformation
- Leadership
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Financial services
- Fintech
- Banking
- Lending
- Financial transaction systems
- Payments processing
- Risk management frameworks
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Software release coordination
- Documentation maintenance
- Software quality processes
- Automation
- DevOps culture
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of experience
Education Level
- College degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance or related field
- Master’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- C$ 125,000 to C$ 135,000
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus based on individual performance and company success.
- Health and dental plans with 100% of the premiums covered.
- Employee Assistance Program to support mental well-being and provide resources for personal challenges.
- Retirement savings options.
- Reimbursement for tuition assistance and professional development.
- Discounts through Perkopolis.
- Rewards and recognition programs.
About the Company
- Momentum Financial Services Group helps people move forward by reimagining how money works for those who need it most.
- With more than 40 years of experience, MFSG is the team behind Money Mart—Canada’s largest non-bank branch network—and a leader in financial solutions for underserved communities.
- MFSG powers products, technology, and operations that connect over a million customers a year to the money they need, when they need it.
- At MFSG, teams collaborate to create solutions that remove barriers and give people access to money they might not get anywhere else.
- MFSG is committed to building innovative solutions grounded in ethical, transparent, and responsible use of data and technology.
- MFSG takes a proactive approach to ensuring that any AI or data-driven systems used are safe, fair, and accountable.
- MFSG prioritizes strong data governance, clear communication around how systems work, and safeguards that reduce risks and protect individuals.
- MFSG focuses on developing tools and processes that promote equity, reliability, and trust, supported by ongoing monitoring and continuous improvement.
- Joining MFSG means contributing to a future-focused organization that values both innovation and integrity.
Equal Opportunity
- MFSG is committed to accommodating applicants up to the point of undue hardship during the recruitment, assessment and selection process.
- If you are selected for an interview, please notify MFSG if you require accommodation in respect of the materials or procedures used at any time during this process.
- If you require accommodation, MFSG will work with you to determine how to meet your needs.