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Scrum Master- Insurance
Location: x 2 per week onsite in Central London
Our client is a leading Insurance business looking to hire a Scrum Master on a permanent basis.
You'll play a key role within Product teams, in pivotal position with the company during a time of business wide change and transformation.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
- Ensure consistent sprint goal achievement by reviewing sprint metrics, velocity trends, and impediment logs to identify patterns and areas for improvement in team performance.
- Facilitate effective Agile ceremonies, fostering collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement within the squad.
- Proactively identify and address impediments to the squad's progress, minimizing delays and maximizing productivity.
- Promote strong Agile adoption, ensuring the squad embraces and effectively implements Agile principles and practices.
- Foster squad engagement and morale, providing in-the-moment coaching to help the team embody an Agile mindset.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner and customers to manage new demand and the backlog, and contribute to the Product team's annual planning.
- Run problem-solving sessions to identify blockers to flow and improvement opportunities.
- Engage with other Scrum Masters to manage cross-team dependencies and participate in Scrum Master communities of practice
Specialist Skills & Experience:
- Deep understanding and practical experience with Agile principles, including the Scrum framework.
- Industry experience within insurance, retail and commercial
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to facilitate information flow, transparency, and alignment within the team and with stakeholders.
- Ability to mediate and resolve conflicts within the team, promoting open communication and finding solutions.
- Expertise in facilitating Scrum events and guiding ceremonies to ensure they are productive and focused.
- Strong leadership skills, empowering the squad to become self-organizing and cross-functional.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, encouraging retrospectives and implementing process enhancements.
What's next?
If you believe you have the desired skills and experience, please follow the link to apply and attach a copy of your latest CV. If successful, a Consultant will be in touch to discuss in more detail.
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
