Senior Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master The Hartford 4.5 ( ) Danbury, CT on company site for later Why you should apply for a job to

The Hartford :

Ranked as one of the 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction 4.5/5 in supportive management 76% say women are treated fairly and equally to men 87% would recommend this company to other women 90% say the CEO supports gender diversity Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members. See all reviews The Professional Women's Network (PWN) provides professional support, growth, advancement and networking to enable greater gender balance. The Hartford offers diversity awareness training known as Appreciating Differences and Managing Inclusion. Employees will be provided with leave of up to four weeks and paid at a rate of 100 percent of their base pay. # 2677 Position summary tation of working in an office (Danbury, CT or Hartford, CT) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Responsibilities:

Facilitate all the Agile/SCRUM ceremonies - DSU's, Sprint planning, Sprint reviews, Retrospective/Sprint demos. Partners with the Product Owner, IT Delivery Lead and Business leadership to form execution delivery plans and manage progress and facilitates release planning. Organizes and facilitates ceremonies, identifies improvement opportunities to optimize velocity and quality while mitigating risk. Reports to Release Train Engineer and works closely with the RTE for overall delivery of Agile release train PI objectives. Partners with the Product Owner to ensure the backlog items are prioritized based on business value and ready for the team Tracks and communicates the overall team progress providing visibility to stakeholders. Serves as a filter to remove impediments to progress as identified by the team. Assessing the Scrum 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. Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving. Motivate the team to be disciplined and accountable for ensuring the Agile tools(Rally/JIRA) hygiene is maintained.

Qualifications:

3+ years' experience working and managing Agile team structures (Scrum/Kanban). Experience with SAFe is a plus. Strong knowledge and experience working with Agile reports/Metrics. Experience working with PO in backlog grooming/refinements. Experience in participating in Program increment (PI Planning). Experience in Estimation and Story pointing. Experience in Team Planning- Capacity/velocity. Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict. Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills and ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams. Ability to adapt to a changing environment. Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction. Scrum Master certification preferred.

Preferred Skills:

Knowledge on Data assets including Snowflake, SQL Server, Tableau, or similar data assets. Property & Casualty insurance industry experience. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the

STEM OPT I-983

Training Plan endorsement for this position. Compensation The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is: $108,800 - $163,200 Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age Why you should apply for a job to

The Hartford :

Ranked as one of the 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction 4.5/5 in supportive management 76% say women are treated fairly and equally to men 87% would recommend this company to other women 90% say the CEO supports gender diversity Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members. See all reviews The Professional Women's Network (PWN) provides professional support, growth, advancement and networking to enable greater gender balance. The Hartford offers diversity awareness training known as Appreciating Differences and Managing Inclusion. Employees will be provided with leave of up to four weeks and paid at a rate of 100 percent of their base pay.