Scrum Master III
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: REMOTE
Salary: $74.00 USD Hourly - $84.00 USD Hourly
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Scrum Master III

Key Responsibilities:

• Align with the Enterprise Actuarial Projects PMO organization, bringing hands-on experience in supporting actuarial modeling programs/projects.
  
• Oversee project management for actuarial model and data delivery, as well as business testing and adoption activities.
  
• Perform project management (PM) and scrum master (SM) tasks in support of multiple teams.
  
• Partner with team members and stakeholders to develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, and resource needs.
  
• Facilitate daily stand-up meetings for multiple teams, conduct weekly status meetings, and lead ad hoc working group meetings.
  
• Escalate, track, and report on project risks and issues, key decisions, and changes to scope, schedule, and budget via formal change control processes.
  
• Remove impediments to ensure program teams have the resources they need to succeed.
  
• Apply knowledge of PMO tools (e.g., ADO, SmartSheet, Excel, PowerPoint) to capture and report key project metrics using a data-driven approach.
  
• Represent project/team status in weekly stakeholder meetings through formal weekly/monthly project status reports.
  
• Ensure quality deliverables and successful business testing, production readiness, and adoption.
  
• Develop strong relationships with key project stakeholders from various teams (Actuarial modeling, business, IT) to facilitate cross-functional collaboration.
  

Required Skills / Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in program/project management with a track record of delivering business value.
  
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
  
• Financial services experience, specifically in actuarial projects/programs (e.g., GAAP LDTI, Prophet platform implementations).
  
• 4-year degree or equivalent experience.
  
• Ability to oversee multiple teams independently with minimal guidance.
  
• Understanding of platform implementation, integration best practices, and systems development lifecycle methodologies.
  
• Experience in needs analysis, process mapping, requirements gathering, and solution discovery.
  
• Effective stakeholder and project team management skills.
  
• Proficient in project management methodologies and best practices (i.e., Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile, Waterfall); experience with Agile practices and tools.
  
• Experience managing quality assurance, regression, user acceptance, and production parallel testing activities, along with defect management/resolution.
  
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, negotiation, and organizational skills.
  
• Team player focused on collaboration and continuous improvement.
  
• Self-starter with sound judgment, decision-making skills, and an analytical, data-driven mindset.
  
• Proficient in common project management tools including MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, ADO, MS PowerPoint, Excel.
  

Preferred Skills / Experience:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
  
• Additional Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe, RTE).
  
• Experience supporting Life Insurance and Annuity business areas.
  
• Experience with solutions delivered via Prophet platform (actuarial models) and/or Snowflake (data delivery).
  

Contact: pmahoney@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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