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Magellan Federal · 1 week ago
Sr. Scrum Master
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$84K/yr - $143K/yr
4+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Lead the scrum team in moderate complexity work streams. Oversee scrum process and coach the teams on how to use scrum and Agile practices and methodology.
Influence and collaborate with others to drive continuous improvement. Advocate for transparency, inspection, and adaption.
Lead daily scrums, sprint planning, sprint reviews, Agile Release Train (ART) sync meetings to ensure full team engagement. Manage interdependencies for your teams.
Partner with the Product Manager/Owners to support short and long-term release planning, and to keep work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
Conduct demand and capacity planning models.
Track deliverables and maintain in partnership with Product Managers an IT forecasting roadmap.
Oversee and manage scope, budget, timeline, quality, and deliverables that support business goals.
Create a team environment that is open, non-judgmental, and trustworthy, while emphasizing problem solving.
Protect scrum team from outside interference during a sprint.
Remove impediments or guide team on how to remove impediments.
Assess team maturity with assistance and coach the team to higher levels of maturity at a sustainable pace.
Report on team progress each sprint through defined metrics.
Partner with product manager/owner and business stakeholders to ensure scrum team focus is on highest business value.
Act as liaison between clients and delivery teams, making sure that projects are successful and that teams are enabled to deliver excellence.
Participate in project estimation session with technical and business stakeholders.
Qualification
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Required
Favorably adjudicated T3 investigation / secret clearance
4+ years' related experience in IT engineering
Minimum of 2 years' experience in Agile software development as a scrum master delivering medium complexity products to customers
Servant leadership approach
Knowledge of Agile principles and concepts
Strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills
Experience in risk and change management
Ability to work with teams not co-located
Experience working with multiple software development teams that diligently applied Scrum principles, practices, and theory
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Ability to lead a team in brainstorming, root cause analysis, or similar problem-solving techniques to assist in resolving issues, crafting solutions, or defining process improvement
Ability to coach on Scrum/Agile processes and give feedback to individuals and teams
Demonstrated planning and organizing skills
Preferred
Bachelor's degree
CSM - Certified Scrum Master - Enterprise
Benefits
Health, life, voluntary benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Short-term incentives
Company
Magellan Federal
Magellan Federal—a Magellan Health company—has received recognition as a 2024 Military Friendly®, a Washington Post Top Workplaces, and MilitaryTimes Best for Vets company.
1,001-5,000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Anna Sever
President and CEO
Todd Baker
Vice President of Financial Operations and Chief Financial Officer
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