Thrivent · 14 hours ago
Sr Scrum Master
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$126K/yr - $171K/yr
4+ years expThrivent is a company committed to helping people thrive with purpose, and they are seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support product teams within their Life, Health, and Annuities portfolio. This role involves coaching teams on Agile principles, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, and partnering with stakeholders to improve delivery and drive outcomes.
FinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Provides expert consulting to the Product Owner in building and maintaining the product roadmap, release plan and strategic product roadmap based on the priorities set by the Product Owner and input from the Team
Responsible for leading multiple product teams or large initiatives monitoring progress across all products to ensure on target and providing needed support to remove obstacles to achieving product deliverables
Responsible for leading product teams and managing all activities (including strategy and ideation), in a product life-cycle (initiation, planning, executing/controlling, and closing) associated with high visibility products that are long-term, across one or more lines of business and carry a substantial impact to the relevant businesses
Foster self-organization and cross team collaboration. Enable the Team to make decisions and remove decision making barriers whenever possible. Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Identify areas for process improvement and establishes effective and efficient processes, by analyzing current and new product management processes
Provide leadership to assigned product managers to establish product plans and objectives that result in on-time and on-budget outcome. Track progress and provide updates on any changes in strategy or priorities
Effectively communicate relevant status and initiative level metrics to senior executives on the progress of individual products and the overall initiative
Establishes and maintains a strong partnership with internal customers to fully understand the business and their business needs. Work cross functionally in a matrixed environment to drive partnerships to achieve shared goals
Strengthen the presence of our team as an Agile center of excellence. Actively contribute to the company’s Agile and Product Community. Keep the rest of the company network aware of our activities
Inspire others to achieve challenging goals and high standards of performance while committing to the organization’s direction (Product/Agile/DevOps)
Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable
Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business or other technical related field or equivalent work experience
4-6 years in a lead role on projects, scrum teams, and/or business lead initiatives, at least 3 years as a ScrumMaster or related experience
Understand fundamentals of iterative development, software development process and procedures
Expertise with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices
High level of organization and attention to detail
Passion and understanding of new technology and trends
Excellent communication, collaboration and influence skills among all organizational levels; strong facilitation and executive communications skills
Strong ability to effectively manage and resolve conflicting priorities
Preferred
Experience leading agile teams in SAFe, Scrum, or Kanban contexts
Certified Scrum Master or similar certification
Master's degree in a related field
Experience managing essential risk mitigation activities including identification, tracking, follow-up, escalation, and contingency planning on risks, issues
Demonstrates mastery of software development processes and procedures, including test driven development, incremental development approaches and technical change management
Strong leadership skills to coordinate and motivate product teams, even outside direct reporting relationships
Experience developing and implementing initiative and product level performance metrics
Experience working in large, complex organizational initiatives
Advanced skills in MS Office Suite with particular emphasis on Excel
Adept at financial management to administer budgets across multiple products and ensure the product meets its requirements for return on investment
Benefits
Various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Health savings account
Flexible spending account
401k
Pension
Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
Disability insurance
Supplemental protection insurance
20 days of Paid Time Off each year
Sick and Safe Time
10 paid company holidays
Volunteer Time Off
Paid parental leave
EAP
Well-being benefits
Other employee benefits
Company
Thrivent
Thrivent is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Teresa Rasmussen
President & CEO
Kelly Baker
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
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