Sr Scrum Master

Job Details

The stated pay range is based on a national average location. Actual salary is determined by factors including relevant work experience, skills and location. This position is bonus-eligible.

The Sr. Scrum Master acts as a servant leader for multiple Scrum teams, resolving complex impediments and managing various scrum processes. This role involves coaching and mentoring Scrum teams and junior Scrum Masters, ensuring smooth project execution across different business functions. The Sr. Scrum Master collaborates closely with Product Owners to prioritize and deliver high-quality products on time. They adeptly handle team conflicts and sensitive issues, oversee all aspects of product delivery, and ensure Product Owner involvement in business decisions. Additionally, they monitor scrum processes and meetings, drive team efficiency, motivate team members, and recommend improvements to maintain quality and timeliness, ensuring adherence to the Definition of Done (DoD).

Come join our growing IT department! In 2023, CNO was nominated for an “Exceptional Employer Award” from TechPoint, an Indiana tech advocacy non-profit. CNO IT, through progressive leadership, offers career advancement opportunities, consistently provides employee recognition, and maintains a fun and exciting culture. The CNO IT vision is to achieve TechHappiness for both our business partners and IT associates.

As a Senior Scrum Master, your responsibilities will include:

• Coaching multiple teams on Scrum; guiding various teams impacting multiple business functions in adopting Scrum and Agile practices and acting as a coach on methods and techniques to improve quality of work delivered.
• Encouraging creativity and working to improve the efficiency of multiple teams; identifying and removing complex impediments to Scrum teams served.
• Taking a new perspective on existing solutions when providing recommendations.
• Planning and leading meetings such as daily stand-ups, spring planning, and retrospectives; being accountable for decision-making processes that ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process.
• Partnering with Product Owners (POs) on effective backlog management and sharing the priorities of the backlog and the reasons behind them.
• Ensuring that the PO shares the context and vision with everyone on the Scrum team.
• Acting as safeguard for multiple teams; influencing the organizational objectives of multiple teams by providing input into operational plans that support the execution Agile processes across the organization.
• Serving a resource and mentor for more junior Scrum Masters and colleagues.
• Having strong business acumen and an understanding of financial industry developments and changes and how they may impact business areas served.
  
  
  

The Senior Scrum Master position is well-suited for you if you:

• Have strong knowledge of Scrum framework, Scrum values, Agile principles, methodologies, and frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc), and solid knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Are knowledgeable in Agile techniques such as Writing User Stories, DEVOPs, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and Agile Games.
• Have strong communication and coaching skills, as well as project and time management skills.
• Are a good listener and can influence through empathy to the problems and needs the teams and respective members.
• Possess strong conflict resolution skills handled through conversations focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect.
• Can analyze accurate sprint metrics such as team capacity and velocity to ensure that team is aware of their progress and ability to take on work in future sprints.
  
  
  

What you’ll need:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or equivalent.
• Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM, ACP) and a SAFe certification (SAFe Practitioner) is required.
• Typically, requires a minimum of five years of related experience, including leading/coaching scrum teams, projects, and/or business initiatives; as well as solid experience in Agile Methodologies.
  
  
  

What Will Set You Apart:

• Coaching certificate is preferred
• Prior experience with AI tools such as Exelia or Xtrakto is preferred
  
  
  

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Short-term & long-term disability insurance
• Paid time off and corporate holidays,
• Paid parental leave
• Company-paid life insurance
  
  
  

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CNO embraces flexibility and encourages you to work where you’re most productive. Associates who live within a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando, and Milwaukee) have access to come into that office.

Associates who live outside of a 60-mile radius of a corporate office (Birmingham, Carmel, Chicago, Orlando, and Milwaukee) may perform this role full-time work from home (WFH) from any US-based location, as long as you are willing to work central or eastern time zone hours.

All associates may be asked to travel to varying corporate offices periodically. Work cannot be performed from outside of the United States.

CNO provides life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits solutions through our family of brands and supported by our associates and agents. Our customers work hard to save for the future, and we help protect their health, income, and retirement needs with 3.2 million policies and more than $35 billion in total assets. Our 3,400 associates, 8,600 exclusive agents and independent partner agents guide individuals, families, and businesses through a lifetime of financial decisions.

We are financially strong and well-positioned for continued growth, and we are grounded in our core values of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I); Integrity, Customer Focus, Excellence, and Teamwork. We have offices in more than 260 communities in the U.S., including our headquarters in Carmel, Indiana, and corporate offices in Birmingham, Chicago, Orlando, and Milwaukee.

At CNO Financial Group, we’re always looking forward—to the security and stability we help create for our insurance brands’ customers, and the growth we create within our own company. We're looking for ambitious people who want to do more. We'll provide you with opportunities to grow your skills through challenging professional experiences.

If you're looking for a culture that encourages development, helps you reach your potential, and rewards you for your contribution, then CNO Financial Group is right for you. For more information, visit CNOinc.com.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Compensation

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

ReqID : JR168746

Job Type : Full time