Overview

The Junior Scrum Master will work closely with our project team to gather and analyze requirements, design, and implement solutions, and provide ongoing support. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, analytical, and possess strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
• Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
•  Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Responsible for identifying when the internal and external dependencies must be met for the team to meet their PI goals.
•  Works with Project Manager to finalize the PI plan.
•  Facilitates preparation and readiness for Agile Release Train (ART) ceremonies.
•  Supports the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy intra-team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
• Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
• Guides the team in establishing normalized estimates and helps the team and the ART estimate larger Features. This will require high-level understanding of the system features to effectively negotiate the estimations.
• Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Health Informatics, Computer Science, or related field
• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and software development life cycle (SDLC) processes is a plus.
• Familiarity with healthcare IT systems and federal regulations is a plus.
• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident