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Symetra · 20 hours ago

Scrum Master

Symetra is a national financial services company dedicated to helping people achieve their financial goals. The Scrum Master is responsible for managing day-to-day aspects of Lean-Agile processes for Symetra teams, facilitating team discussions, and driving improvements in software quality and delivery.

Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceInsuranceLife Insurance
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Growth Opportunities
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Responsibilities

Ensure agile practices and required enterprise delivery processes are followed
Assist the team in self-organization, fosters impediment resolution
Hold team accountable for their committed deliverables
Help team with estimation, provides dashboards and metrics to understand how the team is performing (cumulative flow diagrams, velocity etc.)
Build a safe trusting team environment
Facilitate decision making and conflict resolution
Communicates timelines and dependencies
Help teams adapt agile practices to fit hybrid delivery constraints
Understand software delivery and governance processes
Contribute to and champions process improvements in Agile practices
Identifies and follows through on improvement items from retrospectives
Apply agile principles pragmatically within a hybrid delivery framework
Ensure alignment with Symetra delivery standards, governance checkpoints, and compliance requirements
Support integration of agile team outputs into broader program or waterfall-based plans
Facilitate PI planning

Qualification

Agile methodologiesScrum frameworkFacilitation skillsADO proficiencyProcess improvementAnalytic skillsProblem-solving skillsTeam collaboration

Required

College degree or equivalent work experience
Professional certifications or designations appropriate and relevant for this role
5-8 years of cumulative, relevant experience
Experienced professional with considerable skills and knowledge for the role
Possesses analytic, technical, and problem-solving skills and abilities
Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services
Proficient in ADO and able to build metrics and dashboards
High school diploma required

Benefits

Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching
Want more details? Check out our Symetra Benefits Overview

Company

Symetra is a financial service company that provides retirement, employee benefits, group life, and disability insurance.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2015-08-11Acquired
2010-01-22IPO
2004-01-01Private Equity

Leadership Team

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David Goldstein
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
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Mike DiGioia
Vice President, Communications
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