National General Insurance Hiring for Scrum Master Job at Antioch, TN Full Time

The Scrum Master Sr Consultant II is the facilitator and team level coach for an Agile team and stakeholders, responsible for helping the team embrace agile values, adopt and apply principles, and implement Lean-Agile practices. Actively contributes to the Scrum Master Community of Practice within Allstate and shares experiences with other Scrum Masters. They reinforce good context specific practices and techniques such as Scrum, XP, WIP limits in Kanban, or other process parameters the team has agreed upon including Definition of Ready (DoR) and the Definition of Done (DoD). The Scrum Master Sr Consultant II helps the team remove impediments and fosters an environment for high-performance, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team and that the team understands and practices agility
• Facilitates and/or attends Scrum events as needed, and reinforces the teams agreed upon rules including the definition of ready and definition of done
• Finds techniques for effective backlog management, and ensures the Product Owner knows how to arrange and forecast the product backlog to maximize value
• Coaches the team in scrum values and practices, empiricism, self-organization, cross functionality, continuous improvement
• Helps the team create high value products that by removing impediments, and protecting the team from distractions and complacency
• Causes change both inside and outside the team, to maximize the value delivered by the team
• Ensures coordination between teams for integrations
• Leads team efforts in relentless improvement by helping team members take responsibility for their actions, facilitating the team retrospectives, and teaching problem-solving techniques.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job does not have supervisory duties

Preferred Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 3 or more years of related experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Certified PSM / CSM, / PMI-ACP / SSM1st level

Functional Skills

• Experience working in software development environments
• Experience facilitating meetings and fostering collaboration across diverse groups of individuals
• Experience working as a Scrum Master on more than one team with a proven record of success
• Knowledge and understanding of Agile values and principles
• Knowledge and understanding of Scrum values, principles, and practices
• Knowledge and understanding of Servant Leadership
• Ability to be a regular contributor to SM CoPs
• Ability to coach and influence others
• Ability to coach PO within team to develop their understanding of their role in developing the product and steering the team
• Has basic knowledge of Dev-Ops and it’s benefits to Agility
• Experience identifying anti-patterns and articulating tradeoffs

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National General Holdings Corp. is an Equal Opportunity (EO) employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of any characteristic protected by law. Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States, as it is not our practice to sponsor individuals for work visas.

In the event you need assistance or accommodation in completing your online application, please contact NGIC main office by phone at (336) 435-2000.

About National General Holdings:

National General Holdings Corp., a member of the Allstate family of companies, is headquartered in New York City. National General traces its roots to 1939, has a financial strength rating of A– (excellent) from A.M. Best, and provides personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, umbrella, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, supplemental health, and other niche insurance products. We are a specialty personal lines insurance holding company. Through our subsidiaries, we provide a variety of insurance products, including personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, umbrella, recreational vehicle, supplemental health, lender-placed and other niche insurance products.

National General is a fast paced, dynamic, and entrepreneurial organization. Our team members live by and exemplify what we call the 4Es. At National General, we are Energized, Engaged, Empowered, and we Execute every day in order to provide an exceptional experience for our customers! We are passionate about our organization and the value that we add every day. A successful candidate with National General will embody the 4Es. Our team is poised to outperform the competition. We are National General Insurance and with us you can be extraordinary! Come join our team!

Companies and Partners

Direct General Auto & Life, Personal Express Insurance, Century-National Insurance, ABC Insurance Agencies, NatGen Preferred, NatGen Premier, Seattle Specialty, National General Lender Services, ARS, RAC Insurance Partners, Mountain Valley Indemnity, New Jersey Skylands, Adirondack Insurance Exchange, VelaPoint, Quotit, HealthCompare, AHCP, NHIC, Healthcare Solutions Team, North Star Marketing, Euro Accident.

In addition to a phenomenal career opportunity, National General Insurance offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Paid Training
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• Wellness Programs
• Life and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401k w/ Company Match
• Company Paid Holidays & Generous Time-off policy
• Employee Discount Program
• Career Advancement and Development Opportunities
• On-site Healthcare Clinic (Winston-Salem and Cleveland offices)
• On-site Fitness Center (Cleveland and Dallas offices)
• Subsidized parking (Cleveland office)

National General Holdings Corp. is an Equal Opportunity (EO) employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of any characteristic protected by law. Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States, as it is not our practice to sponsor individuals for work visas.

In the event you need assistance or accommodation in completing your online application, please contact NGIC main office by phone at (336) 435-2000.