Scrum Master – Insurance Industry ExperienceLocation: Sandy Spring AG (Hybrid Onsite) Duration: 6 monthsReporting to the Agile Delivery Lead, you will be responsible for the coordination and day-to-day activities of squads, comprised of Software, Data, DevOps and QA Engineers, Data Scientists and Architects. You will work with the Squads to drive delivery of multiple features and business value across varied innovation streams. Within this business-critical coordination role you will:Guide and support a cross-disciplined squad employing agile values, principles and practices to deliver value to our businessEnsure stakeholder engagement, communications and expectations are appropriately managed and alignedFacilitate each squad's daily scrum, refinement, sprint planning, sprint review and retrospective; ensuring actions from the sprint retrospectives are prioritized and implemented as backlog itemsWork with the other members of the Agile Chapter to share knowledge, best practices and develop as a teamActively participate in the wider Agile / Dev Ops community to aid continuous learning, innovation, best practice and alignment with Development teamsWork with the wider PMO organization– to ensure change delivery frameworks fully support Agile methodologies and ways of workingHelp the squad to meet their commitments and sprint goals, removing impediments and dependencies as much as possible, escalating where appropriate when the squad is off track, and ensure appropriate action is executedIdentify and drive Improvement activitiesApply principles and practices to break down large change into deliverable storiesManage late and ad-hoc requests by working with the Product Owner to balance business priorities against existing commitmentsProtect the squads from external interferenceWork closely with the Product Owner to ensure forthcoming Sprints are populated and ready for delivery, the backlog is ordered and refined in time for sprint planning and resource allocation is in place to deliver workWork closely with other members of IT to facilitate timely delivery of requests and time resourcingManage and resolve dependencies between squads, working closely with other squad Scrum MastersEnsure timely and accurate completion of system/reporting updates and squad administration – including any PMO type admin and reporting that still requires regular inputs from the squadRequired skills/experience:Exceptional organizational and time management skillsSocial, engaging and naturally collaborative with the ability to be a servant leader, organizing and motivating the squad without the use of authorityExcellent communication and interpersonal skills ensuring confidence in conflict resolution and the ability to tailor own style to the audienceKnowledge of the Agile methodology and the benefits to Agile product deliveryExperience in a Project Delivery orientated and/or Scrum Master Role or evidence of similar skills experiencePrevious knowledge/experience of working with Agile delivery methodologies and a Scrum frameworkExperience with agile project management and collaboration tools (e.g.
JIRA, Confluence, Miro)Strong stakeholder managementFinancial awareness of delivering change in commercial environment