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INSTANDA is the worlds first no code platform for Insurance. A pioneering Insurtech, we’re revolutionising the insurance industry by offering insurers a versatile tool to create, manage, and distribute digital insurance products. Our innovative technology empowers insurance carriers to adapt swiftly to market demands and navigate the evolving landscape. Our Technology is consistently recognised as the best policy administration platform for innovative insurers, winning awards in both the UK and US.
INSTANDA has grown significantly in recent years and we are now a team of 200+ employees with partnerships that operate worldwide. We’re continuing to grow our business and our Scrum team is at the forefront of our growth plans.
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We are seeking a passionate, proactive and highly motivated individual with a minimum of 2 years of hands-on Scrum Master experience to join our team. The Scrum Master will play a key role in fostering an Agile mindset, ensuring best practices, and promoting a collaborative, high-performance environment. The position is perfect for someone who wants to experience working for a scale technology company and be instrumental in helping our business thrive.
The Scrum Master is directly responsible for the effectiveness of the Scrum teams working on an engagement to produce high-quality deliverables in adherence to customer agreements and agile best practices, radiating information to interested parties and making sure team members are motivated and focused on collaboration. The Scrum Master is in charge of maximizing the team performance following best practices from agile software development and being a hands-on servant leader. Ideal candidates are not only self-motivated, they embrace a fast-paced commercial environment and enjoy working with people.
If this sounds like you, we look forward to reviewing your application.
This is an India based role and is fully remote.
What you will do:
- Act as a servant leader and coach for Agile teams, enabling them to follow Scrum principles and practices effectively
- Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospective
- Remove impediments that hinder team progress and escalate issues as necessary
- Promote a collaborative environment that encourages transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Work closely with Product Owners to ensure the product backlog is well-groomed and prioritised
- Track and communicate team metrics, such as velocity and flow metric
- Foster an understanding of Agile methodologies across the organization and advocate for Agile best practices
- Support teams in adopting new tools and processes to enhance productivity
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables
- Demonstrate proactive leadership in identifying potential challenges and implementing solutions before issues arise
- Encourage a culture of innovation, learning, and adaptability within teams
Essential:
- 2+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master in the software and insurance industry
- 2+ years‘ experience working with teams using Agile methodologies
- Experience with software project management tool to track progress (Jira)
- Scrum Master certification (PSM-I, PSK-I)
- Experience dealing with challenging projects. Assessing issues and developing plans to fix issues identified
- Strong communication and mentoring skills with the ability to clearly articulate challenges and dependencies
- A great self-starter and team player, comfortable working in both process driven and ambiguous environments
- Strong written, presentation and verbal communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to work independently in a highly collaborative, remote team-based environment
In addition to core job requirements, we ask that you:
- Have a high level of proficiency in English
- Can work a schedule that generally overlaps with a typical UK work day (9am to 5:30pm GMT)
- Competitive salary package
- Generous 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
- One Dynamic Day per month on top of your holiday allowance to spend time doing the things you want to do or simply catching up with life admin.
- All employees are included in the company discretionary bonus scheme.
- Annual individual learning & development allowance of INR100,000
- Free access to LinkedIn learning and Microsoft ESI learning platforms
INSTANDA partners with a local Employer of Record (EOR) entity to manage salary and benefits for our India based employees. Benefits are country-specific but generally include medical, vision, and dental insurance and more.
About Us
Our company was built by looking at the world through a different lens and our culture today reflects that by encouraging you to be yourself, speak your mind, and share your opinions. We want people who want to push themselves, be part of something great, and be prepared to challenge if they think there is a better way. Collaboration sits at the heart of how we operate, it has fueled our growth enormously and our aim to be ‘world class’.
INSTANDA is fueled by Diversity & Inclusion. Different views are advantages, combining our different backgrounds, experiences, and expertise makes us savvier problem solvers and drives better results. INSTANDA is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from everybody, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
We want everyone to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you require any additional adjustments please let us know. Visit for more information
INSTANDA has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. INSTANDA does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired. When we do use agencies, we have a PSL in place, so please do not contact managers directly.
