Agile Coach

Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solution are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships.Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success.Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better.We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

Are you looking for an opportunity to help people continuously improve? You could do just that as an Agile Coach at Vertafore In this role, you’ll influence individuals and groups to ensure the continuous improvement of our software development teams and processes.
On a daily basis, you’ll coach development teams and individuals to enable effective processes, healthy relationships and interactions, and sustainable development. You will also provide Agile leadership and guidance to teams and leaders at alllevels of the organization. You’ll work closely with our Release Train Engineers, helping facilitate alignment and transparency across the business

**Qualifications**:
**“Must have” skills**:

- Excellent written and oral communication, especially enabling visibility and transparency
- Practical team experience with Scrum, Kanban, and/or XP practices
- Continuous improvement mindset and understanding of the core tenants of Agile
- Pragmatic approach to enacting change in individuals and groups
- The ability to approach both problems and successes with open-minded curiosity
- Large and small group facilitation experience
- Previous Scrum Master or Agile Coach experience
- The ability to engage with a group or individual and facilitate learning without directing them to a specific solution

**“Nice to have” skills**:

- Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), or other scaling strategies
- Experience with cross-functional teams, both within development and across departments (e.g., customer support, sales, marketing, implementations, etc.)
- Project leadership & organization skills, including a little spreadsheet voodoo
- Interest in looking at data (qualitative or quantitative) and discovering the story behind the data
- A background in Computer Science or related technical experience

THE VERTAFORE STORY

Over the past 50 years, Vertafore has advanced the entire insurance distribution channel with the best software solutions in the industry. Today, we’re proud to say hundreds of thousands of Vertafore users rely on our solutions to write business faster, reduce costs, and fuel growth by increasing collaboration and streamlining processes. Vertafore leads the industry with secure, cloud-based mobile products that provide superior reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insight— right when customers need it most. We partner with other leading technology companies to deliver comprehensive solutions to improve the way our customers do business and serve their customers.

The Vertafore Way

Insurance is about relationships, and technology should make those relationships stronger. That’s why, at Vertafore, it’s our mission to transform the way the industry operates by putting people at the heart of insurance technology. By focusing on our customers, becoming better every day, and delivering results you can see, we provide the level of trust and security that insurance is all about.
- Bias to Action: We're united by an innate drive to take action and make a difference in the technology and insurance spaces.
- Win Together: We work together as one team, showing empathy and respect along the way.
- Show Up Curious: We work to challenge one another to push boundaries and think beyond the box.
- Say It, Do It: We honor every one of our commitments because integrity is important to us.
- Customer Success is Our Success: We cultivate authentic relationships and follow up by actively listening to their needs.
- We Love Insurance: We appreciate the impact insurance has on the world.

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