Date Posted: 10/09/2024
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 472518
Job Title: Senior Scrum Master
Job Location: Hartford, CT, USA, 06115
Work Model: Hybrid
Shift: Onsite Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Employment Type: Temp to Hire
Estimated Duration (In months): 7
Min Hourly Rate($): 60.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 69.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Agile, Rally, SAFe, Scrum Master
Job Description
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor''s degree
Required Skills for the Senior Scrum Master:
- Solid experience in a Scrum Master or similar Agile role applying Agile principles and practices including delivery of several epics, releases, and application of a wide variety of patterns and techniques (i.e. leveraging burndown, facilitating
retrospectives, refining user stories, etc.).
- Experience implementing best practices and standards related to Agile product development.
- Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success.
- Demonstrated ability to take hands-on approach and actively contribute to overall team success and achieve goals.
- Execution & Delivery: Proven experience in initiating, planning, executing, and managing delivery of complex data-driven projects with strong ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage dependencies and align project outcomes with
business objectives & timelines.
- Influence: Ability to influence leaders at all levels and without traditional hierarchy.
- Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team.
- Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts and practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience.
- Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional multi-team environment.
- Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others and encourage team development.
- Experience in coaching and mentoring junior team members and Scrum Masters, helping them achieve team goals, develop agile best practices and effective-problem solving skills.
- 5+ years of experience as Scrum Master or in a related position.
- Scrum Master, SAFe certifications are plus.
- Knowledge on Data warehousing and data assets including Snowflake, Tableau, or similar data assets is a plus.
- Experience in working with Agile tools like RALLY or JIRA is must.
- Property & Casualty insurance industry experience is a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Lead execution & delivery using Agile framework for multiple teams. Ensure progress toward objectives, KPIs and commitments; guide assigned Agile teams to deliver the required product increments and outcomes.
- Reports to Delivery Lead; Partners with the Product Owner, Business leadership, Business Architect and Tech Leads to form execution delivery plans and manage progress and overall delivery of Objectives
- Identify opportunities to improve team-level Agile performance; focus teams on customer value, quality and continuous improvement activities with. Remove team-level impediments and resolve conflicts; anticipate challenges, identify risks, and
recommend mitigations and solutions.
- Lead team collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving processes. Encourage teams to self-organize, promote accountability, and deliver high-quality results.
- Build and leverage effective alliances across other teams and the technical and business communities.
- Increase the overall Agile maturity for teams and support higher complexity work towards successful outcomes.
- Track and communicate the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders.
- Practice and encourage Agile mindset and behaviors with servant leadership mindset; coach, inspire and mentor teams on Agile principles, values, and practices while role modeling company behaviors.
- Support resource planning and financials tracking activities at the portfolio level.
Looking for a Senior Scrum master for a Data Simplification program. We are looking for a talented professional with a track record of being a servant leader for Scrum teams. Our ideal candidate will leverage deep Agile expertise complimented by program delivery skills and financial acumen to deliver on invest and maintenance initiatives within the Data portfolio.
You will work closely with technology colleagues, product owners and product managers within the Agile Release Train to evolve and mature the Data assets for data and analytics consumers. The role will require building strong relationships with both business and technology colleagues. - **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Samba, Consultant
Thanks for the opportunity. If in the future I ever need a job, I would like to work for Rose International.
David, Consultant
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Sally, Consultant
Rose International has been great to me. I thank everyone there for all of their hard work; it has not gone unnoticed.
Melody, Consultant
It was great working for Rose International. Everyone was extremely helpful.
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