Scrum Master

Sr Scrum Master - BA07BE

Scrum Master - BA08AE

We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

If you are an experienced scrum master who wants to be part of a team that constantly looking to build and add business value, then this opportunity is a great fit for your career. The Hartford's EDS Global Specialty IT team is seeking a Senior Scrum master. We are looking for a talented professional with a track record of being a servant leader for Scrum teams. Our ideal candidate will leverage deep Agile expertise and skills to deliver both invest and maintenance projects within the Data & Analytics Value stream.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Hartford, CT or Danbury, CT) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate all the Agile/SCRUM ceremonies - DSU's, Sprint planning, Sprint reviews, Retrospective/Sprint demos.
• Partners with the Product Owner, IT Delivery Lead and Business leadership to form execution delivery plans and manage progress and facilitates release planning.
• Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, identifies improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and quality while mitigating risk.
• Reports to Release Train Engineer and works closely with the RTE for overall delivery of Agile release train PI objectives.
• Partners with the Product Owner to ensure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team
• Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders.
• Serves as a filter to remove impediments to progress as identified by the team.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Motivate the team to be disciplined and accountable for ensuring the Agile tools(Rally/JIRA) hygiene is maintained.

• 3+ years' experience working and managing Agile team structures (Scrum/Kanban). Experience with SAFe is a plus.
• Strong knowledge and experience working with Agile reports/Metrics.
• Experience working with PO in backlog grooming/refinements.
• Experience in participating in Program increment (PI Planning).
• Experience in Estimation and Story pointing.
• Experience in Team Planning- Capacity/velocity.
• Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills and ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction.
• Scrum Master certification preferred.

• Knowledge on Data assets including Snowflake, SQL Server, Tableau, or similar data assets.
• Property & Casualty insurance industry experience.