Scrum Master

$71,500 - $110,000/Yr

First American Financial

posted 2 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

First American Trust is seeking a motivated Scrum Master with 3-5 years of experience to facilitate scrum ceremonies, coach and mentor team members, help Product Owners to manage their backlog, and assist in release planning. As a Scrum Master, you will drive effective scrum ceremonies including daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. You will track and distribute relevant metrics and report periodically to show team progress and velocity. Your role will involve identifying, understanding, and tracking impediments; helping to remove them and driving improvements to optimize how the team works. Additionally, you will help the Product Owner manage customer expectations and stakeholder communications, acting as a liaison between the team and everyone else to minimize interruptions to the sprint, keeping the team focused on delivering a quality product on time. You will be responsible for building a safe and trusting team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or judgement, with an emphasis on problem solving. You will represent the team in the Scrum of Scrum and the ART Sync, helping the team prepare for PI Planning and guiding them during the event to complete all of their tasks. Demonstrating a growth mindset, you will coach the team and Product Owner on how to improve their practices to excel at scale. This position requires a strong understanding of Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum and Kanban, and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment while managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously without compromising quality.

Responsibilities

  • Drive effective scrum ceremonies including daily standup, backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
  • Track and distribute relevant metrics and report periodically to show team progress and velocity
  • Identify, understand, and track impediments; help remove them and drive improvements to optimize how the team works
  • Help the Product Owner manage customer expectations and stakeholder communications
  • Act as a liaison between the team and everyone else to minimize interruptions to the sprint, keeping the team focused on delivering a quality product on time
  • Build a safe and trusting team environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or judgement, with an emphasis on problem solving
  • Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrum and the ART Sync
  • Help the team prepare for PI Planning and guide the team during the event to complete all of their tasks
  • Demonstrate a growth mindset by coaching the team and Product Owner on how to improve their practices to excel at scale

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology, or related fields
  • 3-5 years of using Scrum agile methodology
  • Must be a Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Experience training and managing Scrum teams
  • Excellent communication and mentoring skills
  • Adaptable and flexible in a cross-functional environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to lead retrospectives, document outcomes, and guide team members in best practices
  • Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban etc.)
  • Skilled in servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
  • Demonstrated ability to build, develop, and coach high-performing software development teams
  • Moderate to expert-level knowledge of JIRA or other agile tools to measure team productivity and report metrics
  • Demonstrated experience in issue identification and resolution

Nice-to-haves

  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience or certifications
  • Experience working on API teams

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k
  • PTO/paid sick leave
  • Employee stock purchase plan
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