Senior Scrum Master

Job Description What is the Opportunity? Commercial Business Technology (CBT) seeks a Senior Scrum Master to drive the Edge journey within the epiX program, building next-generation business banking solutions. This role focuses on medium-to-complex Agile initiatives, fostering collaboration between teams and stakeholders to ensure product quality, value, and technical delivery. Join a transformative program solving critical challenges for RBC’s commercial banking clients, impacting millions of Canadians daily. What will you do? Coaches development team of scrum principles, helps the team focus on sprint goals and to achieve their highest performance level, to ensure the scrum project is successfully progressed. Applies extensive, in-depth knowledge, skills, and practices to perform complex assignments. Initiative Delivery Facilitate end-to-end Agile initiatives (initiation to release), ensuring alignment with RBC Agile/Scrum practices. Manage roadmaps, risks, financials, and shared services dependencies. Oversee sprint cadence, release planning, and deployment coordination. Team Facilitation Lead medium-to-large teams in collective decision-making, goal setting, and conflict resolution. Proactively remove impediments (e.g., external dependencies, process bottlenecks). Champion a safe, trusting team environment and drive continuous improvement. Cross-Functional Communication Ensure transparency through status updates, product demos, and retrospectives. Report progress to leadership and stakeholders; manage financial tracking. What do you need to succeed? Must-Have 3+ years as a Scrum Master in multi-Agile team environments (medium-to-large scale). 5+ years in software development, project management, or business/systems analysis. Undergraduate degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience. Advanced proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and Agile ceremonies. Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification. Nice-to-Have Experience with Digital projects. Experience with Scaled Agile Frameworks (e.g. SAFe, Scrum@Scale, etc). Background in matrix environments (e.g., large corporations). What’s in It for You? Impactful Work: Shape innovative solutions for RBC’s commercial banking future. Growth: Coaching, leadership development, and world-class financial services training. Rewards: Competitive compensation, bonuses, flexible benefits, and work/life balance. Culture: Collaborative, high-performing teams committed to mutual success and community prosperity. #LI-POST #TECHPJ Job Skills Agile Methodology, Coaching Others, Conflict Management, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, Quality Management, Results-Oriented, Scrum (Agile), Staying Focused Additional Job Details Address: RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO City: Toronto Country: Canada Work hours/week: 37.5 Employment Type: Full time Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-06-10 Application Deadline: 2026-07-06 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above Our Employment Opportunities At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all. Join our Talent Community Stay in-the-know about great career opportunities at RBC. Sign up and get customized info on our latest jobs, career tips and Recruitment events that matter to you. Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at jobs.rbc.com. RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

The Senior Scrum Master will drive Agile initiatives for the epiX program, facilitating end-to-end delivery and coaching development teams to achieve high performance. Responsibilities include managing roadmaps, removing impediments, and ensuring transparency through stakeholder communication and product demos.

Candidates must have over 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master in multi-Agile environments and 5+ years in software development or project management. A bachelor's degree and CSM or equivalent Agile certification are required, along with proficiency in Jira and Confluence.

• Competitive Compensation • Bonuses • Flexible Benefits • Work/Life Balance • Coaching • Leadership Development • Financial Services Training

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Agile Methodology
• Coaching Others
• Conflict Management
• Decision Making
• Group Problem Solving
• IT Infrastructure
• Quality Management
• Results-Oriented
• Scrum
• Jira
• Confluence
• Release Planning
• Roadmap Management
• Stakeholder Communication
• Sprint Facilitation
• Risk Management

Minimum education

Bachelor’s degree

Minimum experience

5+ years