Scrum Master

Senior Scrum Master - Local to Chicago

What the right candidate will enjoy:

The opportunity to work in an enterprise environment!

Competitive compensation!

Senior Scrum Master to join our Agile Center of Excellence (ACE) team. This is a new role, added to support the continued growth of the team. The new Scrum Master will specifically support our Claims Center of Excellence (CCOE), helping to drive agile maturity and successful project delivery.

We’re looking for a dynamic, servant leader who can make a real impact as we continue to advance our agile transformation.

Key Requirements:

Proven experience as a Senior Scrum Master, with a strong grasp of agile frameworks and delivery practices

Demonstrated success in facilitating agile teams, coaching team members, and collaborating with stakeholders

Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to navigate complex environments

Background in healthcare and information technology

Agile certifications (CSM, SAFe, etc.) are highly desirable

Azure DevOps (ADO) experience is required

Apply if your background includes:

8 years of experience as Scrum Master and familiar with the adoption of Agile values, principles, framework, and practices.

BA / BS in IT, statistics, computer science, mathematics, information management, business or a related field or equivalent experience.

Microsoft Azure DevOps expertise.

Figma Expertise.

CSM, A-CSM, SAFe SM or CSP designation.

Strong investigative, analytical skills.

Interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work independently or as part of a team with both the Business and technology staff.

Experience leading or participating in all Agile meetings including: sprint planning, sprint grooming, review, demo, stand-up, and retrospective sessions.

Experience in all phases of product, software, and testing lifecycles.

Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.

Curious, self-motivated, independent.

Responsibilities:

Ensure impediments are resolved quickly, the team follows their agreed-to team working agreements, and that there is a good relationship between the Product Owner(s) and the development team(s).

Establish and ensure adherence to the Scrum framework and ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand-up, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

Help the team define team working agreements, like a Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforces the agreements.

Set up standard project metrics, product templates and processes and works with the team(s) to create the proper ceremonies and deliverables.

Continuously strives towards more efficient and effective Scrum teams, resulting in higher and consistent velocities as well as better software quality.

Clearly communicate with all stakeholders, including Product Owner and Team, manage risks and resolve impediments.

Apply expert level knowledge of the software development life cycle to coach teams to flawless deployments to the production environment.

Drive Scrum of Scrums to ensure dependencies are clearly understood and cross-team impediments are addressed.

Understand the big picture as well as the details and complexities of technical and functional issues, driving them to resolution.

Ensures the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO).