Consultant, Scrum Master

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to support the StrAInger Things team within Technology Enterprise Solutions (TES). The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of Agile principles and practices, along with the ability to create structure, clarity, and momentum across a team with evolving priorities.   The successful candidate will be an approachable, emotionally intelligent leader who builds trust, encourages open communication, and helps teams work effectively across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups. Experience supporting a team through change, coordinating delivery across dependencies, and maintaining engagement through competing priorities is important.   What we would like from you: Facilitate effective Agile ceremonies, including standups, planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives. Promote a healthy, collaborative, and accountable team culture through strong communication and active listening. Maintain visibility into priorities, delivery progress, risks, blockers, dependencies, and capacity/demand. Partner with team members, product partners, delivery leaders, and stakeholders to support a smooth flow of work from intake through delivery. Support release planning, coordination, and communication across related teams and stakeholders. Use Planview for work management, allocation, demand/capacity visibility, and tracking. Maintain Jira work management practices consistent with TES standards. Help the team identify opportunities for continuous improvement, predictability, and delivery effectiveness. Provide clear, timely status updates and escalate issues or decisions when appropriate. Bring a practical, service-oriented approach to removing impediments and helping the team stay focused on outcomes. Experience working in a technology delivery environment and familiarity with enterprise Agile practices are preferred. The ability to adapt to changing needs while providing consistent structure and follow-through will be especially valuable in this role.

Summary If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you! As a Scrum Master, you’ll be responsible for the effectiveness of one or more Agile teams enabling teams to become self managing, cross functional, and focused on delivering valuable outcomes with high-quality, valuable outcomes. You’ll collaborate with teams and stakeholders to enable effective planning and continuous improvement, by applying Agile practices (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Lean) as appropriate to the team context. You’ll coach teams in effective refinement, flow, and delivery practices while participating in communities of practice to continuously improve Agile ways of working.

Key Responsibilities: Influence and coach multiple team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum values, and empiricism. Drive the identification and removal of impediments to multiple teams’ progress; escalating obstacles requiring outside resolution and helping address risks and issues that may impact delivery. Apply secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery