Job Description

The Scrum Master manages small to large enterprise-level projects that have department or enterprise-level importance, moderate to high risk and risk interdependencies, several interrelationships, and moderate to high costs associated with delivery. The Scrum Master supports projects of major complexity as part of a program team in support of higher level project or program managers.

SCRUM MASTER RESPONSIBILITIES
Fostering Communication - creating channels and translating Scrum nuanced language
Protecting the team - acting as a buffer for disruptive product managers and management
Tool Maintenance - administer the Scrum tools and framework
Reporting - creating and delivering reporting framework for team members and management
Meeting Facilitation - sprint planning, daily scrum/standups, retrospectives
Agile Coaching - 1:1 with Scrum team members, stakeholders and management
Team Support - facilitating communication and resolving disagreements, tech
Remove Blockers - work with the team to understand blockers, work to remove them
Support the Product Owner in the following areas
Ensuring that goals, scope, and product domain are understood by everyone on the Scrum Team as well as possible.
Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management.
Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items.
Understanding product planning in an empirical environment.
Ensuring the Product Owner knows how to arrange the Product Backlog to maximize value;
Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed.
Support the Scrum Team in the following areas
Coaching the Team in self-organization and cross-functionality;
Removing impediments to the Team\xe2\x80\x99s progress;
Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed
Coaching the Team in organizational environments in which Scrum is not yet fully adopted and understood.

Other Responsibilities include the following:
Works with business and technology teams to ensure business needs are clearly understood and the technology implemented meets the needs and expectations of the business.
Creates and manages the artifacts required for governance approval for medium to large-scale projects.
Tailors the use of specific project management techniques to each assignment (e.g. emphasizing risk management, or change management).
Reports status to the Program Team / RTE, and escalates changes, issues, risks for resolution as needed.
Collaborates with RTE, Program Team, and/or Procurement teams to acquire the resources necessary to produce the project on time and within budget.
Achieves project objectives in conformance with Healthfirst project management methodologies and standards.
Responsible for supporting all release management activities working in partnership with the RTE and Release Management
Practices Servant Leadership to ensure successful delivery across all the scrum / delivery teams
Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:
HS Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
3-5 years working as a Scrum Master
Strong Project Management Skills
Experience in managing or working on projects across multiple departments using an SDLC methodology and Agile/Scrum methodology.
Experience working in a team environment, exercising independent thinking, problem solving and achieving goals and deadlines.
Exceptional interpersonal, communication and mentoring skills to frequently interact with all levels of the organization.
Ability to analyze and think quickly to resolve conflict

Preferred Requirements:
Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree from an accredited institution
CSM Certified
Experience working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
Knowledge and/or experience with multiple Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming, Automated Testing.
Knowledge of AWS Cloud
Experience working with data management teams (e.g. Data Warehouse, MDM, Enterprise Integration or more) in some capacity.

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