Scrum Master

• Ensures Scrum Team adheres to Scrum principles and best practices
• Enables and helps those outside the Scrum Team (development team) understand which of their interactions with the Scrum Team are helpful and which aren’t. Helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team.
• Understands product planning in an inspect and adapt environment, and ensures the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value
• Provides information regarding team health: people, process, progress and overall satisfaction to Technology and Business Leaders
• Coaches the team members to practice effective Scrum
• Removes impediments for the team and escalate appropriately
• Insulates Scrum Team from distractions or disruption
• Coaches the Product Owner, Development Team, Technology and Business Leaders on Scrum values, principles and best practices
• Partners with the Product Owner, IT Delivery Lead and Business leadership to form execution delivery plans and manage progress
• Assess 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
• Facilitates Release Planning
• Identifies and resolves gaps in skills, processes, and resources
• Build a trust and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related disciple with a minimum of 3-5 years of work experience in IT development as a Scrum Master
• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at two years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Exposure or minimal experience in development using Scaled Agile framework
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc)
• Must be a dynamic and self-starting individual who is able to work independently or as part of a team with minimal guidance and direction
• Must be able to effectively prioritize and assign work in order to meet deadlines
• Must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical users at all levels of an Organization
• Must demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning and mentoring
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to present confidently before a large audience
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD is a plus
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games is a plus
• Experience in implementation of any insurance SaaS platform such as Duck Creek, Guidewire or others is a plus
• Experience or Exposure of leading software development teams in technologies such as C#, .NET, Mobile frameworks including Bootstrap and AngularJS, JBOSS & Azure is a plus.
• Understanding of ACORD based schema/XML is a plus

Job Function

: Business Org Effect.

Primary Location

: United States-Connecticut-Hartford

Schedule

: Full-time

Job Level

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor’s Degree (Âą16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift

: Day Job

Employee Status

: Regular

Overtime Status

: Exempt

Travel

: No

Job Posting

: Nov 11, 2019, 9:49:23 AM