Sr. Scrum Master for Intelligent Capture
Company: The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Location: Hartford
Posted on: March 12, 2023
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Job Description:
Who Are We?
Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other.
That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have
maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty
insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a
culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration.
Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
Compensation Overview
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a
nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries
for this role across the country. The actual salary for this
position will be determined by a number of factors, including the
scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education,
training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other
conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation
and benefits program, employees are also eligible for
performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range
$100,600.00 - $166,100.00
Target Openings
1
What Is the Opportunity?
Travelers is seeking a Sr. Scrum Master/Sr. Kanban Master to join
our organization as we grow and transform our Agile landscape. In
this position, you will leverage your expertise to lead Agile
practices at the team level for multiple teams, assist with
managing the flow of work, creatively solve problems to accomplish
outcomes, track team output and achievement, and identify
continuous process improvement opportunities.
What Will You Do?
Practice and encourage Agile mindset and behaviors; coach, inspire
and mentor teams on Agile principles, values and practices while
role modeling Travelers' leadership behaviors.
Independently lead the application of Agile practices for multiple
teams. Practices may be Scrum and/or Kanban based. Actions often
visualizing work, limiting work in progress, managing work flow,
planning and guidance for daily stand ups, sprint planning, short,
mid, and long range planning, backlog refinement, and retrospective
meetings.
Ensure progress toward objectives, KPIs and commitments; guide
assigned Agile teams to deliver the required product increments and
outcomes.
Partner with key stakeholders (i.e. Agile Coach and Team Lead) in
backlog prioritization as well as tracking and reporting metrics,
providing visibility to the team and stakeholders, ensuring a
data-driven approach to decision-making.
Identify opportunities to improve team-level Agile performance;
focus teams on customer value, quality and continuous improvement
activities. Remove team-level impediments and resolve conflicts;
anticipate challenges, identify risks, and recommend mitigations
and solutions.
Utilize learnings and best practices in furthering the effective
use of Agile practices at Travelers.
Facilitate open communication among team members and stakeholders;
promote positive team dynamics to ensure members collaborate and
work effectively.
Build and leverage effective alliances across other teams and the
technical and business communities.
Partner with Circle Leadership on PI planning activities,
organizing and leading PI ceremonies.
Participate and actively contribute to the Agile Community,
partnering closely with Agile Coaches and Leadership to Evolve the
Way We Work.
Increase the overall Agile maturity for teams, and support higher
complexity work towards successful outcomes.
Supports Agile team(s) that have various levels of agile maturity;
actively works to upskill those teams in agile practices and
increases their overall agile maturity.
Demonstrates ability to lead and influence by enhancing Circle-wide
agile practices.
May also play a scrum-of-scrum role, managing the flow of work
through an entire Circle rather than on an individual team or
teams.
Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
Bachelor's degree preferred.
Three years' experience in a Scrum Master or similar Agile role
applying Agile principles and practices including delivery of
several epics, releases and versions and application of a wide
variety of patterns and techniques (i.e. leveraging burndown,
facilitating retrospectives, refining user stories, etc.)
preferred.
Programming/development experience preferred.
Experience implementing best practices and standards related to
Agile product development preferred.
Experience leading others with the ability to earn trust while
still challenging the team to improve and operate outside its
comfort zone in an Agile environment preferred.
Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage,
respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices
and methodologies to achieve team success.
Project Management: Ability to initiate, plan, execute, and guide
the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific
success criteria within a specified time.
Influence: Ability to influence leaders at all levels and without
traditional hierarchy.
Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive
as empowered and equal members of a team.
Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts and
practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a
target audience.
Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional
multi-team environment.
Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually
improve, share learning with others and encourage team
development.
What is a Must Have?
3 years of project management or related experience required.
What Is in It for You?
Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members -
including spouses, domestic partners, and children - are eligible
for coverage from the first day of employment.
Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions
dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to
an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in
the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment
toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual
contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a
Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20
days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of
tools and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness
goals. In addition, our Life Balance program provides access to
professional counseling services, life coaching and other resources
to support your daily life needs. Through Life Balance, you're
eligible for five free counseling sessions with a licensed
therapist.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the
communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.
Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that
enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Employment Practices
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can
deliver the very best products and services when our workforce
reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve. We are
committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the diverse
talent of all of our employees and fostering an inclusive
workplace, where we celebrate differences, promote belonging, and
work together to deliver extraordinary results.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the
physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we
may assist you.
Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above
or below the level included in this posting.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit
http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.
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