Join Aya Healthcare, winner of multiple Top Workplace awards!

The Scrum Master will be an integral part of our growing product development team. This person will play a key role in the company’s journey of Agile transformation. The ideal candidate is passionate about Agile and continuous improvement and is invigorated by challenges.

Who We Are:

We’re a $10 billion, rapidly growing workforce solutions provider in the healthcare industry. We deliver tech-enabled services that help healthcare organizations meet and manage their contingent labor needs. We build and manage tech-enabled marketplaces for national and local healthcare talent and deliver contingent labor management solutions through our proprietary software platform.

At Aya, we’re obsessed with creating exceptional experiences for our clients, clinicians, and employees. In fact, we put employee satisfaction above all else. Our team members are responsible for incomparable customer experience and we know that happy employees are critical to maintaining happy clients. We foster an entrepreneurial, high-energy, low-bureaucracy culture and value innovative thinking and creative problem solving. We embrace diversity in thought and backgrounds unified by a commitment to high achievement. When you join Aya, you’ll be surrounded by teammates who care about you as an individual and leaders who will help you grow both personally and professionally.

Responsibilities:

• Support one or more Agile teams in the role of a Scrum Master (Team Agile Coach)
• Champion Agile & Scrum, its roles, events, and artifacts to help the teams and stakeholders understand their value
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Optimize & standardize processes across teams to ensure efficiency in agile development, break down communication barriers, and hold teams accountable to our operating cadence norms that accelerate the product lifecycle.
• Identify specific individual and organizational needs in order to create unique, scalable systems & processes that optimize for the broader enterprise SDLC.
• Gather and analyze data to create detailed business analysis of problems, opportunities, and create pragmatic solutions for a diverse spectrum of stakeholders.
• Remove impediments and coach teams on removing impediments
• Introduce metrics and analysis to the teams to continuously improve performance and delivery
• Encourage team cohesion, empowerment, and ownership of commitments. Help the Scrum teams achieve higher levels of scrum maturity
• Assist Product Owner(s) with backlog management and provide coaching on agile product ownership best practices
• Lead a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging experimentation and innovation in processes

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is preferred)
• 3 years of hands-on Scrum Master experience utilizing Agile delivery frameworks
• Azure, AWS or GCP experience/knowledge is preferred
• Strong knowledge of Agile principles, concepts, and methodologies
• Agile or SCRUM certification or equivalent training and experience are strongly preferred
• Experience of participating in Agile Transformation is a plus
• Strong communication, presentation, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills
• Experience with JIRA or other work management tools
• Knowledge and understanding of common Agile engineering practices is a plus

What We Offer:

• Free premium medical, dental, life and vision insurance
• Generous 401(k) match
• Aya also offers other benefits to those that are eligible and where required by applicable law, including reimbursements and discretionary bonuses
• Aya provides paid sick leave in accordance with all applicable state, federal, and local laws. Aya’s general sick leave policy is that employees accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. However, to the extent any provisions of the statement above conflict with any applicable paid sick leave laws, the applicable paid sick leave laws are controlling
• Celebrations! We hit our goals and reward ourselves.
• Company-sponsored virtual events, happy hours and team-building activities are always on the horizon — plus, you get a special treat on your birthday!
• Unlimited DTO — we believe in time off!
• Virtual yoga, meditation or boot camp classes offered daily

Compensation: Aya reasonably anticipates the pay scale for this position to be an annual salary of $85,000.

The pay scale for this position may vary if applicant possesses experience outside of what Aya reasonably anticipates for this position. Bonuses are subject to the role and your manager’s discretion.

Aya is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO), including Disability / Vets, and welcomes all to apply. Please click here for our EEO policy