Scrum Lead – Global Insurance Transformation

PM-Partners Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relationship Manager

Professional development

Certifications access

Consultant support

Delivery practices knowledge

Job summary

PM-Partners Group is seeking an experienced Scrum Lead to support a major global insurance transformation. You will enable effective Scrum, coach cross-functional teams, and remove impediments to ensure high-quality delivery across a portfolio of strategic initiatives.

You will lead Scrum ceremonies, collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement in a complex enterprise setting within the insurance/financial services domain.

Qualifications

• Experienced in leading Scrum or Agile delivery teams in complex environments.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience working across technology, business and product teams.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Agile and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to identify and remove delivery blockers.
• Experience managing dependencies, risks and competing priorities across multiple teams.
• Strong communication skills with delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience in insurance, financial services or other regulated environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate core Scrum ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Coach and support Scrum Teams, Product Owners and stakeholders in Agile principles and ways of working.
• Remove impediments and address risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Support teams to establish clear sprint goals, manage backlogs and maintain a sustainable delivery cadence.
• Work closely with Product Owners to ensure priorities, requirements and acceptance criteria are understood.
• Track and communicate delivery progress, risks, dependencies and milestones to program and senior stakeholders.
• Encourage continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback and data-driven delivery insights.
• Help establish consistent Agile practices across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and align broader program and technology initiatives.
• Contribute to improving Agile maturity, delivery governance and team performance.

Skills

Scrum leadership

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Cross-functional teams

Risks & dependencies

Communication

Insurance domain

Job description

Scrum Lead – Global Insurance Transformation

PM-Partners group is a specialist Project Management Consultancy. We have a unique way of running projects and providing training and advice, so our clients get the best results with less cost and risk. Each year we deliver over $3B of projects, train over 10,000 people, and help some of Australia’s leading brands improve their PMOs.

The Opportunity

A leading global insurer is looking for an experiencedScrum Leadto support a major technology and business transformation program. This is an opportunity to work within a complex, enterprise environment, helping agile teams deliver high-quality outcomes across a portfolio of strategic initiatives.

The Scrum Lead will be responsible for enabling effective Scrum practices, removing delivery impediments and creating an environment where cross-functional teams can perform at their best.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate core Scrum ceremonies including stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Coach and support Scrum Teams, Product Owners and stakeholders in Agile principles and ways of working.
• Remove impediments and proactively address risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Support teams to establish clear sprint goals, manage backlogs and maintain a sustainable delivery cadence.
• Work closely with Product Owners to ensure priorities, requirements and acceptance criteria are clearly understood.
• Track and communicate delivery progress, risks, dependencies and key milestones to program and senior stakeholders.
• Encourage continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback and data-driven delivery insights.
• Help establish consistent Agile practices across multiple teams and workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and support alignment across broader program and technology initiatives.
• Contribute to improving Agile maturity, delivery governance and team performance.

About You

You will be an experiencedScrum Lead, Scrum Master or Agile Delivery Leadwith a strong track record working in complex enterprise environments.

You will bring:

• Strong experience leading Scrum or Agile delivery teams.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working across technology, business and product teams.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Agile and continuous improvement principles.
• Proven ability to identify and remove delivery blockers.
• Experience managing dependencies, risks and competing priorities across multiple teams.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with both delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Experience withininsurance, financial services or another complex regulated environmentwould be highly regarded.

What we can offer you!

• People: A group of talented, experienced, and dedicated Consultants to work by your side with a dedicated Relationship Manager
• Passion: Ability to band together when under pressure to deliver first class results to clients
• Professional Development: On the job development and access to certifications in our Training practice
• Care and Support: On-going support and advice from experienced PM-Partners Consultants
• Knowledge: Access to PM-Partners Delivery and Advisory practices