The Scrum Master will be responsible for coaching and supporting one or more Scrum teams who are responsible for large scale enterprise projects, enhancements, and break-fix support for assigned application areas. The Scrum Master will coach the teams in scrum best practices, participate in Scrum of Scrums to work through dependencies and impediments, and participate in the Scrum Master Community of Practice to develop tools and practices to continue to mature the practice of Scrum in the Meritain organization.
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Fundamental Components:
- Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meeting
- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
- Maintain process documentation
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
- Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.
- Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice
- Support the development managers and project leads as necessary
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal
- Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
- Empower the teams to self-organize Improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible
- Ensure the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially shippable
- Participate in the organization and planning of the development schedule based on methodology that has been developed to create a cohesive plan with identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the agreed project plans and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters
Background Experience:
- Ability to understand technical issues at a high level
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types
- Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
- Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment
- Excellent team player and team builder
- Must be a Certified Scrum Master with 3+ years Scrum Master experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in a closely-related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Job Information:
This role will interface with teams both in person and virtually to enable effective collaboration and drive to complete work.
Required Skills:
General Business – Maximizing Work Practices, Leadership – Collaborating for Results, Leadership – Driving Strategic and Organizational Agility
Desired Skills:
Leadership – Creating Accountability, Service – Working Across Boundaries, Technology – Creating Technology Partnerships
Potential Telework Position:
No
Percent of Travel Required:
0 – 10%
EEO Statement:
Aetna is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer
Benefit Eligibility:
Benefit eligibility may vary by position. Click here to review the benefits associated with this position.
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