The Hartford - Hartford, CT
posted 3 months ago
As a Senior Scrum Master at our company, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our Scrum teams adhere to Scrum principles and best practices. Your primary responsibility will be to coach the Scrum team, remove impediments, and escalate issues when necessary. You will partner closely with the Product Owner, IT Delivery Lead, and Business leadership to develop execution delivery plans and manage progress effectively. This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, requiring you to work in the office three days a week (Tuesday through Thursday). In this role, you will support and facilitate multiple Scrum teams across various functions, fostering Agile values and practices. You will collaborate with the Product Owner to prioritize backlog items based on business value, ensuring that they are ready for the team. Your facilitation skills will be crucial in enhancing team creativity and improving the efficiency of the development process. You will also drive release readiness activities and support release activities during deployment nights. As a coach, you will guide the teams towards greater independence over time, focusing on continuous improvement. You will inspect data to assess team performance and identify growth opportunities, utilizing tools like ‘Rally’ to showcase data and narratives. Additionally, you will drive risk identification and proactive risk mitigation, ensuring that risks and issues are communicated and escalated appropriately. Monitoring the flow of work (User Stories) and coordinating within the team to optimize work intake and flow will also be key responsibilities in this role.