Valen Analytics is a rapidly expanding advanced data and predictive analytics company headquartered in downtown Denver. Valen’s state-of-the-art analytics and predictive modeling products are built on our unique industry-wide contributory data platform, specifically designed for property and casualty insurance carriers. By joining Valen you will have the opportunity to help build an innovative, growing and highly respected organization. The right candidate will be entrepreneurial, driven and passionate about being successful and absolutely committed to making Valen successful.  

We are currently looking to fill the following position in our Denver, CO office:

Scrum Master

At Valen, we are in an accelerated growth phase as an organization.  As a Scrum Master, you will be a key performer to help our existing product and services teams meet rapidly growing client needs, market demands, etc., while also help ensuring new hires are trained / onboarded to seamlessly join Valen.  The ideal candidate will understand the twists and turns of growth companies and will thrive in a dynamic and changing environment.    

What you’ll be doing:

Educate Colleagues

• Develop and lead training sessions on Agile principles / methodologies for onboarding of new team members to ensure organization-wide adoption  
• Coach the team on Agile best practices to ensure quality and on-time delivery including test driven development, test automation, continuous delivery, etc. 
• Assist Product Owners to ensure backlog is well defined and organized as well as develop short term and long-term release plans by gathering functional requirements for developers 

• Work with the VP of Services on standard KPIs that are visible to all stakeholders and reported on a regular cadence  

Mentor Team 

• Mentor teams, leading them to be self-directed with strong accountability, decision making, conflict resolution and transparency  
• Coach teams, Client Relationship Executives, Solution Architects, Managers and Executives on Agile values and principles to promote continuous improvement in practices and artifacts 

• Provide hands-on support to all employees to help further understanding and adoption of Agile 

 Develop Agile Adoption Strategy 

• Design and implement a strategy to ensure organizational adoption of Agile 
• Ability to perform assessments of the current Agile practices to determine areas for improvement 

• Strive for excellence by driving continuous improvement initiatives, which encourage the adoption of agile practices and result in improved project execution 

 Implement Agile Methodology 

• Use techniques that increase collaboration, predictability, transparency and promote a culture of experimentation and innovation 
• Champion cultural change and collaborate with other team members on plans and techniques for accelerating and advancing the organization's transformation 

• Track and share Agile recommended practices through participation in Agile communities and adoption of continuous learning, keeping current with industry trends and Agile framework and patterns 

What you’ll need:

• Servant leader who truly believes in making the team successful above themselves 
• Must possess great interpersonal skills along with strong communication skills and teaching abilities 

• Understands the value of iterative, incremental value creation 
• Capacity to inspire and motivate others  
• Prior experience coaching teams in Agile adoption preferred 
• Light technical knowledge around software development cycles and software engineering practices is important 

Additional skills 

• CSM® (Certified ScrumMaster) 
• Knowledge of Agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and others from which to draw practices that can be leveraged to help make the team successful 
• PMP experience preferred 
• Familiarity with Targetprocess, Jira, other project management tools a plus 
• Experience working with data and software teams 

• Knowledge of metrics related to Agile and use of them to report back to Valen team members at all levels including the Valen leadership team 
• 3+ years of Scrum / Agile management 
• 4-year college degree 

What you’ll get:

RTD EcoPass  |  Collaborative Culture  |  Competitive Salary

Flexible Hours  |  Growth Opportunities  |  Generous Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits  |  401K Matching  |  Great Location

Does Valen Analytics sound like the right place for you?  Send us your application and a cover letter highlighting what sets you apart from the nice-to-haves and makes you a must-have for our team!

Thank you for your interest in Valen Analytics, An Insurity Company; only those candidates selected will be contacted. 

Insurity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer