About emocha:
emocha Mobile Health is on a mission to solve medication nonadherence. We’re a diverse team of designers, technologists, researchers, and public health enthusiasts committed to building high-impact technology that help patients get better faster.
emocha builds a platform of mobile and web-based applications used in the US and abroad, which means a wide variety of work day-to-day. Our team is constantly taking on challenging and exciting problems, with the goal of making a serious impact on the lives of clinicians and patients. We work with world-renowned clinicians and scientists to help the patients that need the most help. Our focus is on patients with infectious and chronic diseases/conditions such as tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis C, opioid addiction/substance abuse, diabetes, asthma, and mental health.
emocha is a startup motivated by delivering high-quality products. We have a multi-disciplinary team of designers, engineers, and business professionals. We partner with Johns Hopkins and other academic medical centers and adherence experts across the country to develop our tech-enabled solution.
About the role:
An ideal candidate is a collaborative, solutions-oriented team player and dynamic leader comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. You must be a strong communicator, comfortable working with internal stakeholders of all organizational levels. You are a thoughtful multitasker able to work across multiple projects. You care about the details and are interested in understanding the projects you work on. You love working across different groups in a fast-paced environment, and you’re not afraid to embrace change. We recognize that Scrum Master and Project Manager are different roles and are looking for an individual that can competently perform both.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning, execution, and closing of sprints to support the delivery of software product
- Planning responsibilities include facilitation of planning meetings to identify the product
- backlog items to be worked in a sprint and estimating the level of effort of development activities
- Execution responsibilities include leading daily standup meetings, tracking progress by keeping the sprint backlog up-to-date, and helping to remove impediments.
- Closing activities include conducting an end of sprint meeting where sprint products are demonstrated to stakeholders, reporting on scrum team productivity & development progress, and conducting the end of sprint retrospective with the scrum team
- Foster collaboration and communication between team members on technical issues, on process improvements, and in addressing and escalating project risks and issues
- Manage QA and engineering team interactions, reviewing any and all bugs found in QA to properly prioritize them in the backlog or sprint
- Facilitate product owner input and team interactions. Ensure the communication of scope and requirements changes throughout the team, including sprint impact analysis
- Create predictable and reliable capacity assessments, effort estimations, and delivery forecasts
- Create an environment of team spirit and enthusiasm around what is being delivered
- Provide expertise in identifying process improvements to reduce defects and errors and improve overall team productivity
- Own project tracking software, configuring and adjusting as needed
- Manage a couple other non-scrum technical projects (waterfall) utilizing off-shore teams
- Create and maintain process documentation
General Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in Agile Scrum as Scrum Master
- 5+ years of experience in project management
Specialized Experience and Qualifications:
- Experience working with customer-facing web and mobile product development teams
- Robust experience utilizing Jira for tracking agile epics, features, user stories, capacity, product life cycle and release management
- Technical background and with some development experience is preferred
- Excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
- Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (required)
- PMP certification (preferred)
Other Requirements:
US citizenship, permanent residence or work permit required
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