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Principal Scrum Master Job In Intact Insurance Specialty Group At

Principal Scrum Master

  • Full-Time
  • Farmington, CT
  • Intact Insurance Specialty Group
  • Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description

Our Technology teams are set to reshape the way we do business and setting new industry benchmarks. Our success story is written by our passion for living our values and creating a better tomorrow. We’re re-writing the future of insurance - are you ready to be a part of the story?

Our ideal candidate is a selfless and passionate advocate for Agile and Scrum methodologies driven by the quest for execution excellence. They are advocate for speed and metrics to ensure that the right business value is delivered in the right time with highest quality and customer satisfaction. Believe the mantra of ‘What gets measured, gets managed’ while bringing people together as teams with unparalleled collaboration. Working at the intersection of methodology and people, they must balance long-term direction of technology, enablement of the team and delivery of business outcomes.

This candidate should have a proven track record of leading agile and scrum teams on multi-million dollar projects, driving modern engineering practices to deliver powerful yet intuitive outcomes that aligns with technology roadmap. The Principal Scrum Master is very analytical with strong technical background and execution mindset and be responsible for leading two or more self-organizing, cross-functional Scrum teams.

Responsibilities:
  • Manage two or more scrum teams in a matrix organization on complex and high priority projects.
  • Collaborate with the Development Teams, Product Owners, Architects, Chapter Leads in the continuous delivery of working software to achieve maximum business value
  • Act as a change agent, help mature the Agile practices and further move the organization culture towards execution discipline, standardize processes, delivery consistency, metrics based measurements and speed.
  • Foster a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, or judgement with an emphasis on problem solving. Cultivate a team culture of engagement, empowerment and enablement with continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Ensure that the Scrum Team diligently follows the metrics and measurements for things like story points, velocity, burn-down, code quality, or the definition of Done and Ready
  • Make it their mission to help the team remove any impediments during the current sprint but constantly looking few sprints ahead to proactively avoid delivery risks.
  • Facilitate Scrum ceremonies within each sprint: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective
  • Hold themselves and team accountable for the progress and performance of the team. Measure the same and make it available to the stakeholders at every level.

Experience:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a similar role
  • 8 – 12 years of experience in a technology organization with 5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master or technical project manager managing large complex software development projects.
  • 3+ year’s of experience with SaaS/PaaS solutions, Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, Service oriented architecture, API framework in a fast-paced environment. Start-up experience is a plus
  • Strong planning, analytical, negotiation, written and verbal communication skills
  • Solid understanding of scrum principles, practices, and theory with deep experience working with wide range of project management tools.
  • One or more of CSM / A-CSM certification from Scrum Alliance or PSM II / PSM III from Scrum.org or ACP from PMI is a must
  • Experience in the Specialty Insurance or Commercial Insurance industry preferred

Job Number

1295BR

Division

Corporate - IT

Location

Canton MA

Location(s)

Farmington CT

Country

United States

About Us

Throughout the United States, Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions’ underwriting companies offer a broad range of specialty insurance products through independent agencies, regional and national brokers, wholesalers and managing general agencies. Each business is managed by an experienced team of specialty insurance professionals focused on a specific customer group or industry segment, and providing distinct products and tailored coverages and services. Targeted solutions include group accident and health; commercial and contract surety; entertainment; environmental; excess property; financial institutions; financial services; inland marine; management liability; ocean marine; public entities; technology; and tuition refund. For further information about U.S. products and services visit: intactspecialty.com.
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