Scrum Master - #1408716
National Indemnity Company
Date: 1 day ago
City: Omaha, NE
Contract type: Full time

Company
NICO National Indemnity Company
Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that offers “large company” benefits with an exciting, friendly, and “small company” atmosphere? Our companies, as members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, provides opportunities for professionals interested in just that.
A Brief Overview
The Scrum Master serves in facilitating one or more technology product delivery teams assisting in bringing new products to market and/or maintaining product health through feature enhancements and code improvements. Assists in empowering delivery teams to be high performing, delivering business value through their development and execution of work activities. Facilitates initiatives of varying complexity from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with Agile Scrum and/or Kanban practices. Removes impediments to delivery through the proactive management of external dependencies, team problem solving and the development of new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges.
This position will be with National Indemnity Company in Omaha, Nebraska and is a hybrid work schedule requiring 50% in-office. Sponsorship for employment visa status is not available for this position.
What will you do?
We care about your health and wellbeing! Our Wellness program is integrated into the Company culture with an online wellness portal that offers a year-round, one-stop-shop to manage and track all areas of health, our Omaha office boasts a complimentary state-of-the-art onsite fitness center, and a robust wellness program.
Benefits, Perks and more! We offer retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment with 100% employer match up to 5%, Medical, Dental and Vision for regular, full-time employees and eligible dependents, a dedicated Learning & Development program for employees to grow personally and professionally, 100% upfront Educational Reimbursement program, subsidized downtown parking, competitive time off policies including parental leave, an Employee Assistance program and much more!
NICO National Indemnity Company
Want to work for a company with unparalleled financial strength and stability that offers “large company” benefits with an exciting, friendly, and “small company” atmosphere? Our companies, as members of the Berkshire Hathaway group of Insurance Companies, provides opportunities for professionals interested in just that.
A Brief Overview
The Scrum Master serves in facilitating one or more technology product delivery teams assisting in bringing new products to market and/or maintaining product health through feature enhancements and code improvements. Assists in empowering delivery teams to be high performing, delivering business value through their development and execution of work activities. Facilitates initiatives of varying complexity from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with Agile Scrum and/or Kanban practices. Removes impediments to delivery through the proactive management of external dependencies, team problem solving and the development of new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges.
This position will be with National Indemnity Company in Omaha, Nebraska and is a hybrid work schedule requiring 50% in-office. Sponsorship for employment visa status is not available for this position.
What will you do?
- Serves as Scrum Master facilitating one or more technology product delivery teams assisting in bringing new products to market and/or maintaining product health through feature enhancements and code improvements.
- Works with the Product Owner and Technical Lead to ensure the appropriate development and delivery of the prioritized backlog of work.
- Facilitates initiatives of varying complexity from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with Agile Scrum and/or Kanban practices.
- Removes impediments to delivery through the proactive management of external dependencies, team problem solving and the development of new solutions or approaches to ongoing challenges.
- In conjunction with Product Owner and Technical Lead, assesses the team’s maturity in understanding and adopting Agile skills and methodologies.
- Bachelor's degree in related field
- Three or more years related work experience.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
- Knowledge of software development practices and procedures
- Experience working in application lifecycle management tools such as DevOps, JIRA, or Rally
- 2+ years as a Scrum Master
- Experience with business analysis or project management
- Familiarity with continuous delivery and continuous integration
- Insurance industry and product knowledge
- Strong team facilitation skills
- Strong interpersonal skills including conflict resolution skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with all levels of the organization
- Ability to explain and defend a view point, and persuade others to a defined position
- Ability to prioritize work objectives and goals
We care about your health and wellbeing! Our Wellness program is integrated into the Company culture with an online wellness portal that offers a year-round, one-stop-shop to manage and track all areas of health, our Omaha office boasts a complimentary state-of-the-art onsite fitness center, and a robust wellness program.
Benefits, Perks and more! We offer retirement and savings plan with immediate enrollment with 100% employer match up to 5%, Medical, Dental and Vision for regular, full-time employees and eligible dependents, a dedicated Learning & Development program for employees to grow personally and professionally, 100% upfront Educational Reimbursement program, subsidized downtown parking, competitive time off policies including parental leave, an Employee Assistance program and much more!
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