Scrum Master

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

**Job Description**:
You will be part of a growing team developing products for the insurance industry, working with insurance companies, suppliers, police forces and all supporting industries - both within the UK and Worldwide.

We are currently driving cutting-edge technical change making use of the latest cloud technologies, serverless and micro services architecture to meet our client and business requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**:
As a Scrum Master you’ll be the facilitator for our agile development teams. We see the key role of a Scrum Master as to protect the team and keep its members focused on tasks. As a Scrum Masters you will also help Product Owners and Managers maximise productivity by maintaining the backlog and release plan, thereby informing product owners about the scrum team’s success.
- Run stand-up’s, retrospectives, planning meetings, and any other meetings that impact the engineering teams
- Track team analytics such as velocity, focus factor, etc.
- Monitor work boards and remove impediments to ensure cards move through the process in an efficient and timely manner
- Coordinate with scrum masters on other teams when cross-platform needs arise
- Coordinate with product management to ensure card requirements are fully fleshed out before scheduling a task for development
- Coordinate with product management on development priorities and release timelines
- Be an advocate and coach for Agile Practices and Principles

**Qualifications**:
**Essential Requirements**:

- Scrum Master Certification and or 3+ years work-related experience
- Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, etc.
- Demonstrable experience of Scrum Management
- Understand the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
- Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules, and practices.
- Strong organisational, planning and coordination skills
- Ability to work independently to achieve exceptional results
- Strong communication, interpersonal skills
- Works well within tight deadlines (able to prioritise)
- Strong problem solving, analysis, conflict management skills
- Proficient with MS Office, JIRA, Confluence, etc.

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale. We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
- Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
- Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
- Innovate by redefining what’s possible, embracing challenges, and pushing boundaries

**Verisk Businesses**

Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision

Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences

Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient

Extreme Event Solutions — pr