Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master (Life Insurance) (Hartford)

Job Description :

This position will provide subject matter expertise and direction on complex projects / initiatives for assigned area(s) of responsibility to ensure solid project management and agile practices are understood and enacted. As the Sr. PM / Scrum Master, you will provide delivery oversight and delivery expertise for a fast-paced application development environment with multiple project team streams utilizing agile methodology. The role will act as Scrum Master and communicate and liaise with stakeholders from across the business, facilitate discussions / decisions, monitor program activities, and resolve issues.

What you'll be doing

• Provides project oversight on Actuarial Data Repository initiative that will translate strategic business objectives into actionable plans focusing on delivery and advancement of Lincolns Data strategy.
• Manages the delivery and execution of projects milestones to ensure business capability is realized and cost, time and quality goals are met.
• Identifies critical path items & action plan to remediate open items including due dates, etc.
• Identifies and manages risks, issues and dependencies and responsible for managing impediments to an outcome.
• Manages and reports key project status, developments, challenges to the sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owner, Product Manager and Stakeholders on project roadmap development and execution.
• Manages and leads one to two application development team(s) to using agile methodology. Facilitates day-to-day project management / Agile ceremonies (Planning, Daily Stand-up, Retrospective and Backlog refinement).
• Identifies and directs the implementation of process improvements that significantly improve quality across the team, department and / or business unit.
• Identifies and recommends process improvements that significantly reduce workloads or improve quality.

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