SCRUM Master / PMP

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Frontline Insurance provides reliable and exceptional service to coastal homeowners in the Southeast United States, particularly Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina. For more than a decade, throughout active and slow hurricane seasons, we’ve stood strong to protect our clients and their homes. For more information, visit our website at www.flhi.com.

Responsibilities:

·         Act as Scrum Master for Quality Assurance, Development, Business Analysis, and PMO with  a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the way they work

·         Coordinate Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, and all other Scrum events (Product Backlog Refinement, Sprint Retrospectives, Squad Health Checks, etc.)

·         Work with the Development Team and Product Owner to maintain the Product Backlog

·         Facilitate decision-making, issue resolution and consensus among the team members and dependent teams

·         Embrace a servant-leader role across scrum teams and support them by proactively identifying and removing impediments and dependencies, internal to the team as well as external, dealing with cross-functional teams as appropriate

·         Coach teams daily on Scrum principles

·         Monitor Sprint Burndown Charts and maintain other productivity metrics

·         Protect the Sprint Backlog from scope creep

·         Act as liaison between stakeholders and teams to negotiate Sprint scope

·         Facilitate Sprint Reviews, using outcome to work with product management in updating the Product Backlog

·         Facilitate Sprint Retrospectives and expedites plans for improvement

·         Track increment planning

·         Use Scrum, Kanban and XP practices where applicable

·         Adapt project management framework to stakeholder, project, and team needs

·         Monitor and document project variance

·         Communicate clearly and consistently with stakeholders about project status

·         Manage risks and have risk mitigation plans in place

·         Assist CIO and Project Management Office (PMO) in compiling regular updates for senior management, coordinating company-wide demos, and assisting in development projects as necessary (such as rolling out new tools and technologies to teams).

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

·         3+ years of project management experience in software development using Agile and traditional SDLC methodologies

·         2+ years of Scrum Master experience

·         3+ years of managing technical teams and complex technical projects

·         Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

·         CSM (Certified ScrumMaster) certification

·         Demonstrated excellence in leadership and ability to create collaborative, productive teams

·         Ability to collaborate effectively with global team

 Preferred:

·         PMI-ACP certification

·         Prior software development experience preferred

·         Experience working successfully with external clients

·         Experience with JIRA and Confluence  

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and comprehend detailed instructions, correspondence, and memos. Ability to professionally execute written communications. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, long term/short term disability, life insurance, and 401(k).

We are a Drug Free Workplace and EOE.