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Blue Shield of California · 2 days ago

Scrum Master, Consultant

California, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Blue Shield of California is focused on enhancing customer and technical collaboration through their Payer Systems Applications team. The Scrum Master will lead Agile teams, facilitate continuous improvement, and ensure adherence to Agile principles while supporting the Member Customer Experience area.

Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide Agile team support by serving as the Scrum Master and Team Coach for Agile teams, ensuring smooth operation and adherence to Agile principles

Educate and lead one or more Agile teams in Scrum, Built-in Quality, Kanban, and Scaled Agile (SAFe) principles and practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness by preparing Agile teams for PI Planning sessions, guiding the creation of PI plans, objectives, and business values, ensuring alignment with organizational goals

Collaborate with other Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Management roles across the enterprise, contributing to the maturation of business units along with IT agile teams on the path towards our business agility

Lead iteration execution by facilitating key team events, including backlog refinement, team planning, team synchronization, team review, demo, and retrospective sessions, fostering collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement within the team

Qualification

Scaled Agile (SAFe) CertificationScrum Master experienceScrum Master certificationJIRAHealthcare experienceAgile coachingContinuous improvementTeam facilitationCollaboration

Required

Requires bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and Scaled Agile (SAFe) Certification and 7 years of Project Management skills or Scrum Master experience

Requires Scaled Agile (SAFe) certification: Scrum Master or Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)

Preferred

Preferred Scrum Master certification (PSM II, PSM III, CSP, CTC); CSM, A-CSM (Scrum Alliance certifications)

Preferred experience as a Scrum Master role for minimum of two years for a Scrum team

Preferred experience using JIRA and AgilePlace

Preferred Healthcare experience

Preferred experience on the Pegasystems platform

Company

Blue Shield of California

Glassdoor3.8

Blue Shield of California is a health insurance service provider.

Founded in 1939

San Francisco, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.blueshieldca.com

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