Scrum Master - Remote

Title: Scrum Master - Remote

Location: Remote

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 or c2c

Description:

*** Very long term project Initial PO till for 1 year expect to go for 3+ years *** Remote ***

The department is currently in the planning stages of its Medicaid Modernization program, which will transform Iowa Medicaid business and technology. The department is seeking a Scrum Master with a strong agile delivery background to establish initial project/team backlogs and assist with the formation of agile delivery teams. The Scrum Master will act as the servant leader for one or more agile teams once teams are formed.

The Scrum Master will be responsible for the following:

Working closely with stakeholders to define Epics, Features, and User Stories required to complete project goals

Adhering to project methodology as defined by the DHS PMO and Medicaid Modernization program

Documenting the definition of done for each Epic, Feature, and User Story

Establishing agile teams for the defined backlog

Facilitating the relative sizing of the project backlog in Story Points

Establishing a sprint delivery cadence

Facilitating sprint planning, daily standups, and sprint review/retrospectives

Providing agile coaching to team members

Resolving team blockers preventing the delivery of sprint commitments

Escalating blockers when outside of the teams control

Monitoring project tools and extracting sprint metrics and project progress metrics as defined by the program

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Strong background in agile delivery methodologies

Ability to interact with, educate, learn from, and drive business and IT teams.

Ability to work effectively under very broad direction with general supervision

Ability to motivate team and meet deadlines in a fast paced and challenging environment.

Ability to gather and organize multiple simultaneous complex business process scenarios

Ability to break down complex tasks into actionable work items, sequenced appropriately

Ability to manage scope creep with a focus on delivering a minimum viable product

Excellent organizational, presentation, interpersonal and team building skills

Excellent time management and project planning/strategizing skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrated experience managing multiple parallel work efforts

Other duties or tasks as assigned by management.

Required Skills:

Experience in a Scrum Master role on an IT transformation project 3 Years

Demonstrated ability to learn/understand new business concepts rapidly 8 Years

Experience working within a project governance structure (methodology, required templates and reporting) 8 Years

Extensive experience with planning, managing and tracking multiple major impact projects. 8 Years

Strong process development skills, w/ the ability to learn and understand concepts in order to interpret, document and formalize procedures 8 Years

Demonstrated experience with working with business users to gather and document user stories and/or requirements 5 Years

Experience with Agile toolsets such as JIRA or Azure Dev Ops 3 Years

Demonstrated experience with managing client expectations and implementing change management initiatives 3 Years