Pinnacol Assurance does just one thing, and does it better than anyone: provide caring workers’ compensation protection to Colorado employers and employees. And while we may be a little biased, we believe that our work shapes communities and changes lives.

We have big hearts and love big ideas. We’ve been around for more than 100 years, but don’t let that fool you. Pinnacol is committed to taking care of Colorado employers and workers in the most innovative ways. We celebrate continuous improvement, new ideas, compassion, teamwork, integrity and excellence.

With our number one priority to keep everyone safe, along with the heart of Pinnacol’s “culture of caring” to do what is right and not what is easy, we’re currently having our team members work from home. But we’re still making time for fun with virtual events like virtual painting classes, virtual yoga and Zumba classes, and virtual happy hours!

What you’ll do:

Nurture the Agile program maturity to create autonomous, self-organizing, and empowered teams with predictability, innovation and quality.

What you can expect:

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and team discussions such as stand-ups, retrospectives, team celebrations, issue resolution, sprint planning, etc. to enable the team to deliver value
• Amplify blockers and aid the team in identifying a clear a path for resolution. 
• Shield the team from external interference which would impact its ability to complete on time.
• Coach the team to build collaborative and productive relationships; address any conflict and deliver a quick resolution
• Partner with the Product Owner to ensure the team has an adequate amount of work to pull into the system.
• Implement a framework of Agile terminology and tools in relation to each team’s maturity level and type of work to drive consistency.
• Collaborate with the team to continuously improve its internal practices and processes to build predictability and efficiencies
• Contribute to building an environment where continuous improvement of the development process is in focus supporting a common goal to deliver outstanding results as fast as possible
• Partner with the Delivery Services team and Product Owners to coordinate timelines, manage risks, and sequence dependencies across teams.
• Assume a servant leadership role to support self-organized teams.
• Identify and manage the Delivery team backlog.
• Facilitate applicable product discovery ceremonies in close collaboration with the Product Owner
• Leverage Delivery team metrics to identify opportunities for the team to improve practices and accurately forecast when work items will be completed.
• Make data available to the Delivery team to manage aging work in progress and easily identify actions to ensure on-time delivery of epics.
• May serve as a more traditional project manager when necessary - Leading definition of scope, creating and tracking project schedules, coordinating tasks and dependencies, creating and managing action items with stakeholders, including those outside of the Delivery team.
• Other duties as assigned

What you need to be successful:

• 1 years experience in an agile environment, facilitating Agile ceremonies and team discussions.
• Familiarity and working knowledge of various Agile approaches, including: Lean, Kanban, Scrum.
• A technical background that enables interaction with technology teams and the communication skills needed to explain the team’s progress and accomplishments in non-technical terms.
• Agile certification or equivalent experience leading a software development team is required. Examples, but not a complete list, of acceptable certifications include: PMP- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMP-ACP), Kanban Certified Management Professional (KMP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM1).
• Strong knowledge of Agile principles and practices required.
• Experience with Actionable Agile or other similar Agile management tools
• Experience using historical team data to accurately forecast deadlines and manage expectations.
• Familiarity with project management principles and ability to create project schedules.
• Coaching: Ability to understand others’ perspectives and guide conversations towards business agility and product outcomes.
• Teamwork: Effectively collaborating to achieve goals by maintaining regular communication
• Motivating Others: Ability to inspire and motivate others to reach goals and innovate through exhibiting resilience and encouraging a team mindset.

We can’t do our work without people like you.
Our employees are extraordinary and committed to making a difference. Here’s some of the ways we show our appreciation.

• Our benefits go beyond the basics. You’ll get to choose from diverse benefit offerings for medical, dental and vision.
• We care about each other. We enjoy a positive, collaborative work environment. We are hard workers and high performers.
• We love who you are. Pinnacol is on a journey to embody diversity, equity and inclusion. We’re committed to creating a culture that deeply values differences, where everyone feels like they belong.
• Take a day (or 20!) off. Enjoy 20 paid days off your first full year plus 9 paid holidays.
• Take care of yourself. Sign up for unique wellness programs, including on-site, company-paid fitness facilities and classes
• Get your learning on. We promote a learning culture to help you master your current job and cultivate the skills of the future through a variety of on-site, online, and off-site professional development opportunities.
• Give back and get paid. Through our employee volunteer program, Pinnacol in Action, employees receive paid time off to volunteer with Colorado nonprofits.
• Share in our success. You’ll have the opportunity to earn a quarterly incentive, up to 12 percent of your annual base salary, when your team exceeds their goals and objectives.

When we find the right person, we try to put our best foot forward with an offer that excites you. We consider what you’d like to be paid, the skills and experience you bring, what similar jobs pay in the Denver area and make sure there’s equal pay for equal work among those you’ll be working with. The compensation amount for this role is targeted at $108,600-$120,000. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including your experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Want to love your work? Apply today!

Pinnacol is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email recruiting_team@pinnacol.com.