Hybrid Scrum Master

at The Hartford

• Job title: Scrum Master
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $92,000 - $138,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, AWS, Bootstrap, Java
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hartford, United States

About the role

• Scrum Master responsible for guiding multiple teams on Billing value stream at The Hartford. Fostering Agile practices to drive transformation of the application landscape for Billing applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Scrum Master for multiple teams on Billing value stream.
• Ensures Scrum Team adheres to Agile 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 Agile.
• 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 Agile 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 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• 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, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games is a plus.
• Experience or Exposure of leading software development teams in technologies such as AWS, Java, Mobile frameworks including Bootstrap and AngularJS, JBOSS & WebLogic is a plus.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Remote work options
• Professional development opportunities