Scrum Master

About the role.

The Scrum Master should be well versed in Agile and Scrum methodologies and demonstrate the ability to coach teams on how to apply the principles of Agile. The Scrum Master should demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills. The Scrum Master will be responsible for leading multiple teams.

What you'll do.

• Act as Scrum Master for 2 or more scrum teams, coaching the teams to achieve higher levels of agile maturity at a sustainable pace.
• Guide teams to be self-organized and motivate teams to focus on team goals/objectives
• Remove impediments and act as a change agent to implement scrum across the organization
• Facilitate the agile ceremonies, such as: backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, daily scrums and sprint demos
• Facilitate getting the work done effectively and consensus based methods in a matrixed environment. Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making and conflict resolution
• Communication
  
  • Foster internal team communication by building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged and with an emphasis on problem solving.
  • Assist with communication with the broader IT teams and business stakeholders to improve transparency and visibility into the team's progress and impediments.
• Support and educate the Product Owner in their role of grooming and maintaining the backlog and supporting the scrum team.
• Utilize team feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity and work with team to continuously improve.

What we're looking for.

The ideal candidate will be someone who:

• Certified scrum master CSM/PSM/ACP
• At least 3 years' experience in a scrum master role for a software development team that was applying scrum principles.
• Knowledge and experience of agile techniques: user stories, ATDD, TDD, continuous integration, continuous testing, pairing, agile games
• P&C Insurance experience preferred but not required
• Excellent interpersonal, listening, written, and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate ideas to both technical and business constituencies
• Excellent coaching skills
• Prior experience with Rally (CA Agile Central) preferred