Skip to content
Scrum Master IV
| Company | Standard Insurance |
|---|
| Location | Portland, OR, USA |
|---|
| Salary | $107250 – $182000 |
|---|
| Type | Full-Time |
|---|
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
|---|
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
|---|
Requirements
- A High School Diploma or GED is required.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.
- 6+ years of experience coaching as a Scrum Master to development teams.
- Experience facilitating agile ceremonies and/or team-building events.
- 1-3 years of experience working in Infrastructure and/or Security is highly preferred.
- Experience as a scrum master outside of software development is highly preferred.
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills.
- Ability to structure complex problems, define and conduct critical analysis, extract key insights, and assist leaders in defining future state designs and adaptive implementation methods.
- Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills (verbal and written) with all levels of leadership.
- Strong conflict resolution and consensus-building skills.
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Target Process, Service Now and related reporting tools and plug-ins.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the scrum process and coach the team on how best to use scrum and Agile practices.
- Manage inter-dependencies between agile teams.
- Facilitate daily scrums, sprint reviews, and planning meetings to ensure full team engagement.
- Facilitate all team meetings, including Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and Iteration Retrospective.
- Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrum coordination meeting and coordinate external dependencies within IT Shared Services.
- Facilitate preparation and readiness for ART events and assist the team in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and the Inspect and Adapt.
- Work with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning and keep the working backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
- Anticipate and address potential or actual impediments to team delivery.
- Shield the teams from external interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
- Guide the team in establishing normalized estimates and improve feature and story estimation.
- Teach problem-solving techniques and help the team become better problem-solvers.
- Establish and analyze team productivity reports to aid in continuously improving flow predictability and velocity.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1-3 years of experience working in Infrastructure and/or Security is highly preferred.
- Experience as a scrum master outside of software development is highly preferred.
