Pricing Scrum Master

Haywards Heath
5 days ago
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Pricing Scrum Master

This role is largely remote with the occasional travel.

We’re seeking an experienced Scrum Master to support the setting up and ongoing embedding of the agile delivery of key initiatives within our Pricing and Underwriting department. You will facilitate agile ceremonies, promote agile best practices, and help cross-functional teams deliver high-value solutions that enhance our pricing models, underwriting tools, and decision engines.

This role will be pivotal in helping to delivering an ambitious transformation programme and embed a fully agile approach to managing continuous improvement and BAU change.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

Serve as Scrum Master for one or more agile teams focused on pricing development, transformation activity for pricing processes & platforms and data analytics tools.

Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives).

Remove blockers and help the team navigate dependencies, particularly with actuarial, data science, and product functions.

Champion continuous improvement and agile principles, encouraging a learning culture within the team.

Work closely with Product Owners to maintain a healthy, prioritized backlog aligned to business goals.

Collaborate with stakeholders across Pricing, Underwriting, IT, and Data to ensure alignment on objectives and technical requirements.

Promote visibility and transparency through clear reporting on team velocity, delivery progress, and impediments.

Coach wider team members on agile frameworks and ensure the team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and rules.

Support the adoption and improvement of tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).

Skills, Experience & Knowledge:

Proven experience as a Scrum Master in a regulated, data-heavy environment.

Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and agile delivery within cross-functional teams.

Experience in insurance, ideally within pricing, actuarial, or underwriting domains.

Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.

Experience working with actuarial or machine learning teams (advantageous).

Familiarity with tools and technologies used in insurance pricing e.g., Radar, Emblem, R, Python (advantageous)

Certification (CSM, PSM, or SAFe Scrum Master) is preferred.

About our organisation:

Markerstudy is one of the largest insurance intermediaries in the UK, insuring over 8 million customers, accredited Investor in People employing more than 7,000 staff across the UK with a vision to be the No.1 provider of general insurance services and innovative solutions to customers in the UK.

Benefits:

Company Funded Private Medical cover

28 days Holiday

Opportunity for yearly bonus

Collaborative, fast paced working environment

Please apply with your up-to-date CV

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