Scrum Master III (Hybrid)
Globe Life Inc.

Job Description:

Scrum Master III (Hybrid)

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Experience what being part of the Globe Life family feels like. Be inspired by your leaders, encouraged, and cheered on by your teammates to excel and be supported in your career while working with us. We offer a competitive salary with a great benefits package, including 401(K) match, medical, dental, and vision health plans, short - term and long-term disability, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and other career development opportunities.

Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices, the Scrum Master III facilitates agile ceremonies and assist multiple standing teams in delivering sprints and improving software development processes. The role acts as a coach to business leaders, standing team members, and developing scrum masters in the organization to further the understanding and application of scrum concepts for technical implementation by standing teams. This role aids in removing obstacles which may impede progress of current and upcoming sprints.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with business tech services and standing teams on high product complexity (or multiple low to medium) deliveries
• Coach to ensure backlog is primed and priorities are known for sprint planning
• Assist team with decomposition of backlog into components that can be completed in a sprint
• Facilitating scrum ceremonies and scheduling ad hoc meetings as necessary
• Engage with business tech services and standing teams for facilitating removal of roadblocks, backlog refinement, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and sprint reviews
• Actively communicate sprint dependencies and resolve prioritization challenges in conjunction with other scrum masters
• Maintain agile metrics and present teams' journey as needed

Required Skills

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Solid knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks to deliver solutions. Scrum or Kanban knowledge, required
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to present information with confidence and clarity for IT Teams to understand
• Proven interpersonal skills with an ability to interpret and deliver information effectively to a diverse audience of professional and IT practitioners
• Proven interpersonal skills with an ability to interpret and deliver information effectively to a diverse audience of professional and IT practitioners
• Ability to coach teams that are new to agile and scrum/kanban framework

Applicable to all employees of Globe Life & Accident and its subsidiaries:

• Reliable and predictable attendance of your assigned shift
• Ability to work full time and/or part time based on the position specifications.

Required Knowledge & Experience

EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, IT or relevant field
• Certified Scrum Master or Advanced Certified Scrum Master optional
• 5-7 years' experience working on an IT project team with a minimum of 2 years as a scrum master

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