Scrum Master/PM

Scrum Master/PM

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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Scrum Master/Project Manager at our Bloomington, MN location (currently remote) on our Pharmacy Plan Admin Systems Team. The position will be responsible for working with project teams on the delivery of a large, major and highly important initiative which will span multiple years and has many challenges to keep the most inquisitive mind busy. The Scrum Master / Project Manager plays a critical role as a facilitator, coach and servant leader in IS & T development initiatives and is responsible for ensuring agility and continuous improvement of and within their team.

• Manages and coordinates major initiatives across technical and application infrastructure.
• Assesses, plans, and implements mitigation strategies for identified risks; proactively escalates issues and devises contingency plans to stakeholders.
• Coordinates and manages resources; including vendor activities and relationships.
• Identifies the project scope, goals, and critical success factors in consultation with business and IS&T sponsors.
• Analyzes project plans for dependencies; identifying critical path issues and other project dependencies.
• Coordinates and communicates project plans and activities across project participants and stakeholders as appropriate to ensure a coordinated work effort and team approach.
• Plans, tracks and schedules project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools. Tracks and communicates project milestones and deliverables.
• Creates and maintains issue logs; coordinating and ensuring resolution of all outstanding project issues.
• Creates and maintains risk logs; creates and maintains mitigation plans for risks.
• Consults with Business sponsors, stakeholders and subject matter experts to guide business analysis and requirements documentation.
• Provides consultation regarding project issues and difficulties; leading project recovery or strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate the activities of an Agile software development team encouraging and supporting the teams to self-manage their iterations using a servant-leader management style.
• Ensure self-organized team's continuous improvement through monitoring and coaching.
• Assist the Product Owner in maintaining a product strategy/roadmap through story mapping and other Agile activities.
• Work with the Product Owners and Business Analysts to identify that the product backlog is prioritized and refined to the appropriate level to start and continue development iterations.
• Schedule and facilitate all Scrum team ceremonies including release and sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Remove impediments for the team(s) and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Develop team members through coaching and by fostering a positive work environment.
• Collaboratively partner with various levels throughout the organization to achieve goals and remove impediments.
• Responsible for collecting and preparing metrics such as the teams capacity, velocity, burndown rate, and health on an ongoing basis.
• Assist with deployment and release planning and if necessary coordinate across multiple teams.
• Produce and deliver reports which convey team performance and value gained.
• Understand the fundamentals of Agile and iterative development.
• Expert facilitator and collaborator.
• High energy, effective leader with the attitude of empowerment and ability to lead their team to self-organization

• Experience as a Scrum Master for 3+ years with a software development team.
• 5+ years of successful project management experiences.
• Experience managing projects using different approaches (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Blended, etc.).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in a continuous deployment environment.
• Scrum Master Certification or equivalent training

• Certified Scrum Professional or Coach Certification.
• PMP or ACP-PMI Certification from Project Management Institute or similar accreditation.
• 4 year degree in a related field.
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Etc.
• Experience working with teams supporting user experience design