At AIA, our vision is to help people live healthier, longer, better lives by encouraging them to make positive lifestyle changes one step at a time. Our firm belief is that by following our Operating Philosophy of doing the right thing, in the right way with the right people, the results will come. AIA Insurance for Life, Health and Wellbeing.

The Opportunity at AIA

We’re embarking on an exciting journey in our technology and digital strategy at AIA NZ and are looking for a Scrum Team Lead / Scrum Master to ensure out team members communicate, coordinate, and collaborate to meet their delivery goals.

Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for the identification and validation of the project problem and/or the solution alternative
• Collaborates with Product Owners to define goals and prioritisation of releases/iterations via the use of agile inceptions
• Work with Project Managers to ensure successful delivery of projects
• Ensure releases are well planned, structured and estimated using agile techniques
• Identifies and proactively resolves, and/or escalates, issues in a timely fashion
• Drives the fundamentals of iterative development, incremental delivery, value metrics, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, and velocity and task definition
• Track iteration progress (day-to-day work), report and remove obstacles, obtain clarifications and make sure iterations commitment will be fulfilled, point out blockers in the delivery process
• Facilitates sprint retrospectives, and showcases
• For the overall project, build a team environment with people working together towards common goal (they succeed or fail together)
• Focuses on team morale, encourages an enjoyable working atmosphere and tracks team satisfaction
• Act as a buffer and protects team from distractions. Manage and guide requirements in order to prevent continually changing requirements
• Identifies resources the team will need to successfully deliver a project (i.e. people, tools and environments) and ensure the team understands their roles, responsibilities, & commitments within the iteration.
• Tracks capacity of team by noting vacations, paid time off, etc.
• Management of assigned project Vendor resources and relationships
• Provides ongoing education and support of Product Owners and other key stakeholders to the Agile delivery process
• Manages identified activities for production deployment(s) and handover to Support

About you:

• You’ll be a collaborative and engaging Scrum Leader who values being in a business that is committed to diversity and inclusion and will relish being able to foster this culture (see some of our success here)
• An Agile certification is desirable
• Demonstrated success delivering projects using Agile techniques
• Strong experience in project management or delivery management or as an Agile coach, Iteration Manager or Senior Business Analyst
• Experience working across multiple domains within a customer-focused team
• Proven ability to manage resources, dependencies, scope, and risks using Agile
• Proven people leadership experience
• Proven success in working with and across Business and IT Delivery Teams to deliver effective and cost efficient technology based solutions
• Experienced in Vendor Management and selection
• Tertiary qualification in IT/computer Science or business related discipline

Recruitment Agencies: Our Talent team does not require any recruitment agency support.

Interested Candidates: Apply using the ‘Apply’ button. No emailed applications accepted. For general enquiries only, contact:

Healthier, Longer, Better Lives
At AIA, wellbeing is at our core. We understand that healthy employees are happy employees. That’s why we have a culture of care that promotes wellbeing and flexibility, recharge days, flexible work arrangements and an AIA Vitality membership.  
 
We focus on career development, people development and leadership capability, so that you’ll be nurtured and have every opportunity to reach your full potential.
 
We recognise your efforts and hard work because we understand that everyone in our AIA family is important. When people feel valued, they become more productive and satisfied, and we want you to feel inspired every day.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer that embraces and values diversity and inclusion in our workforce.  We believe that for people to be their best selves at work, they must feel they can be themselves.  We celebrate both our differences and similarities including how we dress, and we trust our employees to dress appropriately and comfortably for their day.

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