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Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield · 7 hours ago

Scrum Master

Little Rock, AR

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Assists team in identifying local stories, maintenance, defects, tech debt, and other needed work

Assists with Planning Interval (PI) Planning

Ensures team is briefed on upcoming Features and writes draft PI Objectives

Collaborates with other Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers

Ensures all team events take place, are positive, productive and within the timebox

Facilitates the implementation of SAFe principles and practices

Guides team to achieve its goals

Guides team to find solutions independently

Identifies and eliminates bottlenecks to flow

Identifies and resolves cross-team impediments

Participates in, and facilitates, iteration events

Provides insight to team on methods beyond Scrum, such as Kanban, Flow, Built-in Quality

Serves as a lead to less knowledgeable/skilled Scrum Masters

Supports Iteration Execution

Qualification

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Scrum MasterSAFe AgilistAgile methodologiesServiceNowAzureDevOpsCoaching toolsStakeholder Management

Required

Bachelor’s degree in technical or business discipline (Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field). In lieu of degree, five (5) years’ relevant experience will be considered.

Minimum three (3) years’ experience working as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, Project Manager, or equivalent, supporting teams in end-to-end implementation.

Experience with ServiceNow, AzureDevOps (ADO), or other software to manage agile programs.

Practical knowledge of various coaching tools in team management.

Proficient technical knowledge.

Understanding of Agile frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, DevOps, etc.).

Demonstrated understanding of and experience using Agile methodologies, preferably SAFe.

Demonstrated organizational skills.

Directs teams using clear written/verbal communication skills.

Empathetic; exhibits high level of personal accountability; resilience; continuous learning mindset.

Exhibits comfort when communicating at various levels within the organization (Product Owners, Product Management, and Senior Management).

Facilitates conflict resolution; must be able to facilitate discussion of multiple approaches and drive resolution.

Builds and maintains networks with influence, able to work upward and across teams to build rapport and partner with others to solve common problems; stakeholder management.

Employs problem solving skills to identify root cause.

Collaborates with cross-functional teams.

Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and digital products.

Formulates qualitative and quantitative team metrics.

Certified SCRUM Master - Scrum Alliance, SAFe (SSM) - Scrum Master - Applied Frameworks, SAFe Agilist (SA) - Scaled Agile.