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Scrum Master

Remote:

Full Remote

Experience:

Mid-level (2-5 years)

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience., ScrumMaster Certification from a recognized organization preferred., At least 2 years of experience as a Scrum Master., 3+ years in software development industry preferred..

Key responsabilities:

Manage team’s velocity and health.
Coach product teams on self-organization.

UPMC XLarge https://www.upmc.com/

10001 Employees

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Job description

Purpose:

The HealthPlan App Engineering Team is hiring a Scrum Master to join their team. If you are Scrum Master who is looking for an opportunity in a team-oriented atmosphere and one where there is room for growth look no further! Fully remote opportunity working off core hours of 9:00-3:00 EST. Must work an 8-hour shift but be available in those core hours. Must be able to work East Coast hours.

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the management team and senior staff, this intermediate level position requires a functional level of leadership of agile engineering teams. A ScrumMaster is has a working knowledge in agile practices, conflict resolution, communication, and building self-organizing teams. Typically, Scrum. Masters can lead two to four product teams.

Responsibilities:

Managing a team’s velocity, team health, etc. Will be working as an expert in the SM area and process alignment across the other Scrum teams.
Engaging and Coaching product teams to help them recognize the effectiveness of self-organization and continuous improvement
Accurately plan team capacity for specified iteration
Communicate trends within the team and facilitate discussion for sharing wins and problem areas
Maintain Team Dashboard for daily monitoring of sprint progress and drive adjustments for sprint success
Work closely with Product Owners to properly scope and plan current and future work
Actively work with the team to remove impediments, or finding the right people to remove them
Build a safe and trusting environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judge.
Collaborate with engineering leadership and management to help drive team success
Process Utilizes broad knowledge of agile frameworks (not just Scrum) to help transform the team into a high performing group
Coaches and obtains buy-in of the team on best practices for agile software development
Embraces and practices continuous improvement
Reports team metrics, successes, improvements, challenges, and opportunities to engineering leadership
*Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors.
*Performs other duties as assigned.
Bachelor's degree in an applicable field from an accredited university or equivalent experience is preferred.
ScrumMaster Certification from a recognized organization such as ScumAlliance, Scrum.org, or ICAgile preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated ability to lead a team through continuous improvement to a state of high performance
Typically, at least one year (preferred-2 years) as a ScrumMaster and 3+ years (preferred-1 year) in the software development industry-
Demonstrates a working understanding of the fundamental tools and concepts of agile processes (not just Scrum) and how to apply them to improve team performance
Ability to operate independently