Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nationwide is a Fortune 100 insurance and financial services company whose Technology team delivers innovative technology solutions and supports extraordinary customer care. The Consultant, Scrum Master facilitates agile delivery, strengthens team collaboration and execution transparency, manages risks and impediments, and coaches teams in software engineering and continuous improvement practices.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates team cadence (e.g., retrospective, daily standups and show-and-tell meetings) to encourage collaboration, communication and feedback within the team; promotes a learning culture and challenges the team to be innovative
- Removes impediments to the team’s progress; communicates obstacles requiring outside resolution to the partners
- Identifies risks and issues that might have an impact on delivery and facilitates a mitigation strategy for risks
- Collaborates with partners to prioritize the backlog to maximize value and create clarity on the team activities
- Collaborates with the agile technology team to provide guidance to the team in the areas of analysis, design, development and testing, and ensures that standard methodologies are used
- Guides and enables automation, software engineering practices, such as DevSecOps, to improve quality, productivity, efficiency and consistency of processes and product
- Monitors team metrics, such as time to market (speed), quality and productivity and progress using historical data, observations and experiences to achieve team goals and commitments; leads the team to deliver high-quality solutions
- Improves team delivery capabilities continuously by adopting Nationwide Agile Practices, collaborating and coaching
- Provides a technical voice on the team to challenge decisions such as design approach, estimates, etc
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned
Skills
- Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis
- Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Ability to champion agile delivery over fixed practices, flexibility over rigidity, coaching, empowerment and influence over dictation and automation over manual processes
- Confirmed knowledge in software development
- Proven software engineering expertise using Lean, agile and DevSecOps principles
- Thorough understanding of agile technology frameworks and software engineering practices
- Consistent record of optimally leading, empowering and building engaged teams
- Experience developing and maintaining strong business partnerships
- Effective communication skills
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and decision-making skills
- Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is preferred
- Project management experience is preferred
- Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision
- Life insurance
- Short and long term disability coverage
- Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
- Nine paid holidays
- 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
- 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- Company-paid pension plan
- Business casual attire
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