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Job type full-time
Full job description
At american family insurance, we believe people are an organization’s most valuable asset, and their ideas and experiences matterFrom our ceo to our agency force, we’re committed to growing a diverse and inclusive culture that empowers innovation that will inspire, protect, and restore our customers’ dreams in ways never imagined.
American family insurance is driven by our customers and employeesThat’s why we provide more than just a job – we provide opportunityWhether you’re already part of our team in search of a new challenge or new to our company and ready for what’s next, you’re in the right placeEvery dream is a journey that starts with a single stepStart your journey right hereJoin our teamBring your dreams.
Job id:
R24642 advance sales portal scrum master- remote work (open)
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Summary:
Job family summary
Manages and supports product development initiatives for both the business and itUtilizes expertise and leadership skills to foster a customer-centric learning environment that drives transparency, innovation, and continuous improvement using agile principlesAt senior levels more strategic partnerships and thought leadership around agile transformation are required.
Job summary
Facilitates agile events for assigned product and services delivery teamsProvides and develops meaningful metrics including velocity, sprint burndown, lead time, cycle time and throughput to drive continuous improvement and to support forecasting and planningActs as servant leader to enable the team to be self-organized, cross-functional and effective in an environment new to agile deliveryFacilitates team collaboration, decision making and conflict resolutionServes the organization by increasing awareness and adoption of agile principles and values.
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Job level summary
Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines
Solves complex problems
Works independently, receives minimal guidance
May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives
Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
Primary accountabilities
Facilitates agile events for assigned product and services delivery teams, including daily scrum, sprint planning, team retrospective, sprint/service review, backlog refinement/replenishment, and story-mapping.
Provides and develops metrics including velocity, sprint burndown, lead time, cycle time and throughput to drive continuous improvement and to support forecasting and planning.
Ensures teams follow best practices for frameworks and tools that align with established standards.
Acts as servant leader to enable the team to be self-organized, cross-functional and effective in an environment new to agile delivery.
Coaches team to higher level of maturity with predictable delivery at a sustainable pace.
Facilitates team collaboration, decision making and conflict resolutionShields the team from outside influences and distractionsHelps the team remove impediments and bottlenecks that interrupt the flow of servicesGuides team to successfully build and deliver high value products incrementally.
Serves the product owner by partnering on the product roadmap, providing techniques to effectively build and manage product backlog and to develop a release strategy that maximizes the value being deliveredHelps determine optimal utilization of team.
Coaches teams to identify and minimize waste, while maximizing valueNavigates dependencies and complex delivery challenges through inter-team collaboration.
Serves the organization by increasing awareness and adoption of agile principles and values.
Coaches team members and stakeholders on various agile frameworks such as scrum, kanban etc.
Works with other scrum masters to increase the effectiveness of scrum across the organization.
Provides education to the organization via enterprise training and workshops as well as small group and individual coaching and mentoring opportunities.
Other duties as assigned.
Specialized knowledge & skill requirements
Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service
Solid knowledge and understanding of agile and lean methodologies, practices and tools
Ability to coach agile software development teams
Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally and cross-organizationally to align dependencies and deliverables
Solid knowledge and understanding of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution and continuous improvement.
Solid knowledge and understanding of sdlc and common technologies, architecture, and technical terminology
Preferred knowledge & skills
Csm, cspo or equivalent
Travel requirements
This position requires travel up to 5% of the time
Additional job information:
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Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks.
Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions.
Depending on qualifications, candidates can be considered at all levels.
Based on candidate qualifications we are open to hiring at the appropriate level.
We are open to hiring candidates to work remotely (anywhere in the usa).
When you work at american family you can expect benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeingYou will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your healthWe also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, and a paid-time off programIn addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their familiesInterns and contingent workers are not eligible for american family enterprise benefits.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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