Western & Southern Financial Group · 16 hours ago
Scrum Master III
Cincinnati, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expWestern & Southern Financial Group is seeking a Scrum Master III to guide cross-functional teams in executing Agile Scrum and Kanban principles. The role involves providing leadership, training, and mentorship to Agile teams while ensuring high-quality delivery of IT and business products and solutions.
Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceInsurance
Responsibilities
Serves, leads, coaches and supports multiple simultaneous Agile teams on high-complexity initiatives consisting of internal, external, and business and technical resources in delivery of IT and business products and solutions
Advocates and teaches Agile methodology and processes, ensuring that the team is always following the framework fostering an environment of continuous improvement/learning and driving substantial improvement at the team, portfolio and organization levels. Guides team members in achieving maturity in Agile principles with a track record of increasing velocity as team(s) mature
Trains new and junior Scrum Masters. Provides mentorship to other Scrum Masters and Agile Teams in the organization. Leads the communities of practice for enrichment
Provides mentorship and training to Product Owners in the organization
Leads the communities of practice for enrichment with a proven track record of establishing strong team environments with high morale and team cohesion where the team members constructively challenge each other, have a sense of ownership, and advocate for the right long-term decision-making
Organizes and facilitates ceremonies and agile practices such as sprint planning, daily standup, backlog refinement/grooming, sprint review, and sprint retrospective alongside the product owner, ensuring the team(s) adhere to the Agile values of courage, focus, commitment, respect and openness in delivering solutions
Supports the Product Owner and Team through maintaining data in the appropriate Agile toolset to provide transparency creating visibility to ‘what' and ‘how' teams are performing through valuable team metrics
Works with the teams to drive the definition and refinement of the program and team backlogs. Ensures scope, goals, milestones, budget, risk, status, change requests and critical issues are effectively communicated creating visibility to ‘what' and ‘how' teams are performing through valuable team metrics
Identifies and removes technical and/or organizational challenges and impediments to optimize delivery. Resolves complex systemic impediments without support. Manages risks and issues and acts to ensure they do not recur
Understands software skills such as business analysis, development, maintenance and software improvement
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Or commensurate selection criteria experience
Scrum Master experience: 5+ years
Experience with an Agile management tool, such as Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Demonstrated experience forming and guiding teams to high performance
Demonstrated experience as team player influencing and negotiating at all levels of the organization
Demonstrated experience coaching Agile practices, stressing individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Demonstrated experience in business analysis, product/project management, or product development
Demonstrated experience coordinating with cross-functional teams during the entire lifecycle of product development
Certified Scrum Professional® - Scrum Master (CSP - SM) or Professional Scrum Master III (PSM III) Upon Hire
Certified in at least one Scaled Framework. Upon Hire
Company
Western & Southern Financial Group
Western & Southern Financial Group is a network and insurance group.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
John F. Barrett
Chairman, President and CEO
Robert Walker
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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