IND Senior Scrum Master

IND Senior Scrum Master - GCC007
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Position Overview:

Claims and Operations is looking for a Senior Scrum Master with experience to manage the execution of initiatives supporting our Digital Enablement initiatives across our portfolio. The assignment for this role is to the Customer Communications and/or Digital Solutions ART within Digital Enablement . We are seeking a highly motivated, results oriented individual with strong Agile, delivery excellence , technical , AI , and leadership skills.

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day operations of 2 (minimum) Digital agile development teams supporting new capabilities, maintenance, technical upgrades, etc.

• Educate and coach the team in Agile framework, ensuring that the agreed Lean-Agile process is being followed and aligns with The Hartford's Enterprise Business Delivery Model.

• Acts as a role model for servant leadership.

• Role requires ability to influence and work effectively with key stakeholders and business sponsors in a timely manner .

• Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, identifies improvement opportunities to optimize delivery leveraging metrics and mitigating risk , supports and manages backlog health, and plans for future milestone releases.

• Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders (Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Sprint Planning, PI Planning, etc.)

• Support stretch opportunities within Digital ART's partnering with RTE's.

• Leads team maturity effort through continuous improvement mindset and supports Digital Enablement's overall Agile Maturity initiatives.

• Serves as a filter to remove impediments to progress as identified by the team.

• Protects the team from outside influences to ensure the team remains focused on Scrum Team priorities.

• Partners with the Product Owner and Product Manager to ensure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team; supports teams KPI's.

• Drive continuous improvement mindset.

• Partner with integrating LOB application Teams and application Production Support/Reliability Engineering teams ; manage dependencies as required .

• Partner with and manage vendor implementation partner and 3rd party vendor integrations.

• Manage and oversee resource planning and financial management for the Team.

• Foundational understanding of application technology framework to guide and support team in delivery; demonstrated ability and desire to learn new technologies .

• Matrixed reporting, provides coaching/feedback to ensure team success.

• 6-9 years Scrum Master experience

• 3+ years' experience working and managing Agile team structures (Scrum/Kanban) within SAFe framework

• Strong knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand team needs includes fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.

• Strong Knowledge about Agile techniques : User Stories, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Burn Down Metrics, Velocity etc.

• Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success.

• Deep experience partnering with LOB stakeholders

• Superior organization skills with the ability to simultaneously handle multiple initiatives and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to present confidently before a large audience.

• Experience using agile toolsets such as Rally, Jira

• Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

• Previous experience in any part of the software development lifecycle - as developer, tester, analyst, product owner, project manager, etc. is a plus

• Insurance industry experience preferred.