AI Scrum Master V

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

Job Summary

The AI Scrum Master V is a servant leader and coach for an agile delivery team within the AI Strategy and Development department. This role involves coaching, training, ceremony orchestration, and the escalation/removal of impediments to refine agile maturity and practices. The AI Scrum Master V will build a strong team culture focused on predictably delivering customer value and will ensure a healthy system is in place to provide visibility and insight on Product Increment and overall team health and maturity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the scrum process and coach the team on how best to use scrum and Agile practices.
• Manage inter-dependencies between agile teams.
• Facilitate daily scrums, sprint reviews, and planning meetings to ensure full team engagement. Facilitate all team meetings, including Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and Iteration Retrospective. Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrum coordination meeting and coordinate external dependencies within IT Shared Services. Facilitate preparation and readiness for ART events and assist the team in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and the Inspect and Adapt.
• Work with Product Owners to support short and long-term release planning and keep the working backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Anticipate and address potential or actual impediments to team delivery. Shield the teams from external interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
• Guide the team in establishing normalized estimates and improve feature and story estimation. Teach problem-solving techniques and help the team become better problem-solvers.
• Establish and analyze team productivity reports to aid in continuously improving flow predictability and velocity.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• High School Diploma or GED is required. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.
• 6+ years of experience coaching as a Scrum Master to development teams. Experience facilitating agile ceremonies and/or team-building events. 1-3 years of experience working in AI specifically, or collaborating with Data Scientists, is highly preferred.
• Experience with AI and/or data science projects, as well as Jira/Atlassian is highly preferred.
• Strong facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to structure complex problems, define and conduct critical analysis, extract key insights, and assist leaders in defining future state designs and adaptive implementation methods.
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills (verbal and written) with all levels of leadership.
• Strong conflict resolution and consensus-building skills.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and related reporting tools and plug-ins.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Driving Success – Sets goals that inspire others; demonstrates a high level of ambition to achieve outstanding results.
• Improvement Mindset – Identifies the interrelatedness of work activities; targets important areas for improvement across business unit/functions.
• Winning Together  - Makes decisions in partnership with impacted business unit/function leaders with the goals of the organization in mind; acts in the best interest of the organization.

Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard, you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
• An annual incentive bonus plan
• Generous paid time off
• A supportive and responsive management approach
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement 
• Paid time off to volunteer
• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
• Much more!

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Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.