MetLife Legal Plans · 8 hours ago
Senior Scrum Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $120K/yr
5+ years expMetLife Legal Plans is the leading consumer legal service in the United States, and they are seeking a Senior Scrum Lead to manage and enhance their Agile Project Management practice. The role involves overseeing Scrum Teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies, and ensuring optimal functionality and productivity within the teams.
ConsultingLegal
Responsibilities
Lead up to 2-3 onshore scrum teams in moderate complexity workstreams
Facilitate daily stand-ups, iteration reviews and iteration planning ceremonies to ensure full team engagement
Collaborate with Product Management to support short and long-term release planning, while maintaining a healthy team backlog ready for delivery
Shield the teams from external interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity
Anticipate and address or escalate potential or actual impediments to team delivery (cultural barriers, logistic challenges)
Collaborate with the Enterprise Architect and other Scrum Leads to remove impediments across collaborating teams
Facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders
Track and report on Agile team metrics (Burndown/up, velocity), escalating issues as needed
Coach teams through the exploration and adoption of agile engineering practice (e.g., test automation, CI/CD, BDD, TDD, Agile Architecture)
Contribute best practices in Scrum Lead Community of Practice
Aware of and adhere to audit/compliance requirements for execution
Qualification
Required
5+ years related experience as an Agile project team member with strong knowledge of Agile principles, concepts, and methodology
5+ years of experience in Software Engineering or Project Management focusing on product development and Agile development
Advanced presentation, influencing, facilitation and relationship management skills
Comfortable discussing business functions, operations, strategies, and objectives
Experience leading training and workshops
Thought leader in applying new concepts and coaching approaches to the Scrum Lead community
Ability to explain and influence reporting shift from waterfall to Agile metrics
One or more Scrum Certifications: Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Product Owner (CSPO), Certified ScrumLead (CSM), Professional ScrumLead (PSM), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Certification (SSM, SASM)
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline
Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
Company
MetLife Legal Plans
Life is filled with moments where you might need legal help.
201-500 employees
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