What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master (Remote) position at Analytic Search Group, Princeton NJ?
Global Property and Casualty Provider seeks an experienced Scrum Master. In this role, you will be instrumental in building high-performing teams from the ground up. As a Scrum Master, you will mentor your teams to embrace agile principles and practices, with a strong emphasis on establishing fundamental agile ceremonies and practices that drive efficiency and predictability, such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Responsibilities:
Build robust agile and team practices from the ground up with matrixed teams. Partner with other Scrum Masters to ensure strong and aligned practices across the organization.
Champion agile principles and practices, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and priorities. Ensure the team is hitting target deliveries and creating predictable velocity.
Create and facilitate agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Ensure effective communication, collaboration, and alignment within the team.
Proactively remove impediments for the team, fostering an environment conducive to collaboration and productivity. Ensure a smooth and efficient development process.
Collaborate with the development team to resolve impediments and ensure smooth sprint execution.
Facilitate team discussions and decision-making processes, empowering the team to be self-organized and manage issues, risks, and dependencies.
Actively participate in sprint reviews and retrospectives to assess progress, gather feedback, and identify areas for improvement in both the product and process.
Track and report the team's progress, identify risks, and escalate issues as needed to ensure timely delivery of features/work. Utilize team metrics and reports such as velocity or burn-up charts.
Use team metrics to drive improvements. Analyze data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities to enhance team performance. Implement strategies based on metrics to optimize productivity and efficiency.
Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to help prioritize work in a way that aligns with dependencies and objectives.
Solicit feedback from stakeholders and customers to inform product decisions and enhancements, fostering a customer-centric approach.
Qualifications
3-5 years of experience as a Scrum Master in an Agile software development environment.
Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills to manage scrum teams.
Negotiation skills needed to effectively remove blockers that prevent teams from delivering.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and frameworks, particularly Scrum and Kanban.
Experience managing Agile teams compromised of FTE’s and offshore consultants.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification is required. Advanced certifications (e.g., CSP, SAFe) are a plus.
3 years of Commercial Property & Casualty insurance products and processes experience.
Bachelor’s Degree (relevant to insurance, IT or MIS) or comparable work experience.
* This position requires the indivdual be either a US citizen or green card holder. **
