This is a range posting and the description is posted as a Grade 17 Scrum Master II. However, candidates will be considered for Grade 16 (Scrum Master I) in the Scrum Master Job family.
We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is driving a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech startup within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance.
At Liberty Mutual, technology isn’t just a part of our business, it’s what drives us forward. We deliver our customers peace of mind every day by helping them protect what they value most. Our passion for placing the customer at the center of everything we do is driving a transformational shift at Liberty Mutual. Operating as a tech startup within a Fortune 100 company, we are leading a digital disruption that will redefine how people experience insurance.
If you’re a curious learner who has a penchant for getting things done, thrives on facilitating, collaboration, and has a wealth of Agile know-how, we want you to join our tech team! Global Retail Markets (GRM) Products and Underwriting is looking for a Scrum Master I or II who will be responsible for timely and successful delivery of features/enablers for programmatic business and/or technology objectives that require coordination of multiple scrum teams. In this role you will also facilitate process and program execution, escalate impediments, manage risk and help drive program-level continuous improvement.
Job Summary:
In this role, you will act as a Servant Leader who will enable your squads to deliver maximum business value. Your aligned squads are focused on client driven New Business Underwriting initiatives for Liberty Mutual’s Auto and Property Products, which includes new back-end microservices, standalone applications, and client driven changes within our existing application suite. You’ll coach team members, proactively eliminate barriers, and facilitate team delivery on sprint goals. You will work closely with the team members, Product Owner, and aligned stakeholders to support Sprint and Release Planning, foster team self-awareness, encourage cross-training, decision-making and continuous improvement.
About the job:
- Generally, lead more than one scrum team in moderate to high complexity work streams. Oversee scrum process and coach the teams on how to use scrum and Agile practices and methodology.
- Facilitate transparency, inspection, and adaption.
- Lead daily scrums, sprint reviews, retrospectives and planning meetings to ensure full team engagement. Manage interdependencies between Agile teams.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
- Shield the teams from external interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
- Anticipate and address potential or actual impediments to team delivery (cultural barriers, logistic challenges).
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or a related discipline and at least 4 years related experience as a project team member and a minimum of 4 years of experience in Agile software development including coaching on Agile methodologies, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Advanced presentation, influencing, and relationship management skills.
- Strong knowledge of Agile principles and concepts Displays strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
- Experience working in a scaled agile framework is a plus.
- Thorough knowledge of business functions and extensive understanding of business operations, strategies and objectives.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Scrum Certification
Benefits & Culture:
In GRM US – PL Products Tech, we embrace all of the values of our Fortune 100 company and push our practices and technology skill sets to the next level. In this organization, we are an agile set of teams dedicated to helping impact the lives of thousands of customers every day. We embrace a modern co-working style with exceptional work/life balance, ergonomic work areas, substantial benefits, and best-in-class amenities.
Liberty Mutual is one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity and one of the Best Employers for Women http://bit.ly/LibertyMutual-BestPlacesToWorkforWomen one of the Best Employers for New Grads http://bit.ly/LibertyMutual-BestPlacesforNewGrads and one of the Best Places to Work http://bit.ly/LibertyMutual-BestPlacestoWork . We offer excellent benefits for our employees including generous parental leave, retirement plans including 401k and pension, education reimbursement, commuter benefits, college savings plans, and much more.
To learn more about our benefit offerings and culture please visit:
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EOE Statement:
Liberty Mutual is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace an environment that is free from all discrimination in the workplace, in its business, or by its vendors. Liberty Mutual values diversity and the differences and similarities of our employees. We foster a diverse and inclusive work environment that leads to better ideas, stronger teams and more innovative products and services for our customers. Learn More:
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