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ICW Group · 3 days ago
Scrum Master II
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$89K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Facilitates Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-up, sprint and release planning, sprint review, and retrospectives for one or more product teams to ensure alignment, accountability, and progress tracking.
Collaborates with Product Owners to prioritize and groom the product backlog, ensuring it reflects business priorities, is well-defined, and ready for execution.
Guides team in time estimating practices utilizing techniques like Planning Poker and facilitates team estimates and conversations around any differences that may crop up.
Supports the development team in maintaining and updating Agile boards, backlog, and sprint artifacts in Agile tools (e.g., JIRA) to track progress and ensure transparency.
Removes impediments and obstacles that hinder the team's progress, proactively identifies and addresses risks, and escalates issues as needed to ensure that deliverables are on time with production quality.
Performs regular analysis of burndown charts and other portfolio planning tools to track velocity, team capacity, scope changes, escaped defects etc.
Manages project level risks and challenges to foster transparency and collaboration.
Facilitates internal communication and keeps project stakeholders up to date on progress of projects and works collaboratively to resolve people problems and project roadblocks.
Represents the team at broader planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums), and protects the team from uncontrolled injection of work.
Presents high level Sprint and Program Increment execution report for product managers.
Works with multiple development vendor partners to build scalable products and development lifecycle processes.
Supports scrum teams to adopt and follow agile values, principles, and practices.
Advocates for Agile values and principles within the organization.
Contributes to the advancement of agile practices and guides development teams to higher scrum maturity.
Monitors Agile metrics to track team performance, measure outcomes, and identify areas for improvement.
Actively participates in Agile workshops, and communities of practice.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university preferred with a major or emphasis in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Minimum 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or similar role required.
Leadership experience required.
Experience in agile practices, patterns, and techniques.
Certified Scrum Master required, SAFe preferred.
Strong knowledge of scrum theory, rules, and practices.
Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
Deep understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Excellent people and project management skills.
Exhibits leadership qualities without being authoritative.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills, experience working with cross-functional teams, and presenting to leadership. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and conflict resolution.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Ability to coordinate people and projects with a mindset on deliverables.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision plans
401K retirement plans with company match
Bonus potential
Paid Time Off
10 paid holidays
Professional development support
Company
ICW Group
Thank you for visiting ICW Group Insurance Companies, a leading national group of insurance carriers offering a range of product offerings, including workers’ compensation, catastrophe, general liability and property insurance, and assumed reinsurance.
1,001-5,000 employees
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