Scrum Master

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Company: The Hartford
Location: Hartford, CT

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Ready to grow your career leveraging the latest in technology while working for a best in class Group Benefits Insurance provider?

Join a fast-paced Agile organization executing on a multi- year Strategic Roadmap building out state of the art capabilities on our digital journey. You will have the opportunity to lead and drive a team where we are passionate about technology and building innovative solutions that help create optimal business value through excellent customer experience. This cutting edge and forward focused collaborative team presents the opportunity for you to grow your career, leave your mark on the design of our business capabilities and be part of the future growth of our Business!

The Group Benefits Digital IT organization is looking for a Scrum Master to join us on our transformation to Lean-Agile ways of working. The Scrum Master’s primary role is to be a servant leader and coach for the Agile delivery team. This person will help educate the team in Lean-Agile, Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), ensuring that the agreed Lean-Agile process is being followed and aligns with The Hartford’s Agile delivery model. They also help remove impediments, and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, transparency and relentless improvement.
What’s in it for you?

  • Work with passionate technical and Business leaders to understand the architectural roadmaps that support and fulfill business strategy.
  • Lead and design custom solutions on our Digital Platform
  • Collaboration with a high-performing, forward-focused team, Product Owner(s) and Business stakeholders engagement
  • Lead the timely and successful delivery of business capabilities and/or technology objectives
  • Opportunity to expand your communication, analytical, interpersonal, and organization capabilities
  • Experience working in a fast paced environment – driving business outcomes leveraging Agile to its fullest
  • Supporting environment that fosters can-do attitude and opportunity for growth and advancement based on consistent demonstrative performance

Qualifications

  • Basic Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban , XP, etc.
  • Basic Knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices
  • Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand team needs includes fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
  • Basic 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

Equal Opportunity Employer/ Females/ Minorities/ Veterans/ Disability/ Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity or Expression/ Religion/ Age

Job Function

: Business Org Effect.

Primary Location

: United States-Connecticut-Hartford

Schedule

: Full-time

Job Level

: Individual Contributor

Education Level

: Bachelor’s Degree (±16 years)

Job Type

: Standard

Shift

: Day Job

Employee Status

: Regular

Overtime Status

: Exempt

Travel

: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Job Posting

: Dec 5, 2019, 8:35:36 AM

Remote Worker Option : No