Senior Scrum Master

Sr Scrum Master - BA07BE

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.

Personal Insurance is looking for a Senior Scrum Master with experience to manage the execution of initiatives within our Customer Experience Value Stream. We are seeking a highly motivated, results oriented individual with strong Agile, technical and leadership skills.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office (Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT or Charlotte, NC) 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.

• 5+ years' experience working and managing Agile team structures (Scrum/Kanban). Experience with SAFe is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodology, rules, and practices
• 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.
• Resource Management Skills: Ability to determine supply and demand and obtain necessary resources across a matrixed organization to complete the work successfully.
• Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success.
• Strong technical skills including understanding of technical architecture
• 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.
• Effective organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Insurance industry experience preferred.