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Magellan Health · 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 the highest business value.

Act as a liaison between clients and delivery teams, ensuring project success and team enablement to deliver excellence.

Participate in project estimation sessions with technical and business stakeholders.

Qualification

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T3 investigationIT engineeringAgile principlesRisk managementChange managementScrumRoot cause analysisCoachingProblem-solvingCritical thinkingCommunicationOrganizationalTeam buildingServant leadership

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