Scrum Master

MedHub (www.medhub.com) is the leading provider of health care education management solutions for graduate and undergraduate medical education, and advanced practice healthcare institutions. MedHub offers two health care education solutions, MedHub and eValue, used by more than 600 organizations to address the complex tasks and interactions between trainees, educators, programs and institutions. Both were developed to enhance institutional oversight, improve educational outcomes, reduce redundant administrative effort, and mitigate institutional risk and liability.

Job Overview

We are searching for a Scrum Master for our eValue team. This is a full-time position in our Minneapolis, MN office.

The role of the Scrum Master helps team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate. They will also work with a Release Train Engineer and other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and cooperate more effectively across teams.

The Scrum Master facilitates execution without coercion, assigning, or dictating work and will remove impediments or assist the team in doing so, to allow the team to achieve their sprint and/or PI objectives. They will work to establish a trusting and safe team environment where problems can be addressed without blame or judgment with a focus on problem solving, and will foster a “learn by doing” environment. They act as a servant leader, lead by example, and always protect the team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for facilitating agile sprint ceremonies for two scrum teams. (Backlog Grooming, Spring Planning, Retrospectives, Demo, Daily Standups)
• Provide day-to-day coordination, support, and coaching to the team to encourage adoption of agile practices best-practices.
• Encourage and facilitate cross-team collaboration and communication
• Remove impediments for the team(s) and escalate as appropriate
• Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on scrum progress and quality, including capacity allocations and team velocity.
• Track and manage project execution in accordance with company’s solution delivery roadmap and financial management practices.
• Lead backlog grooming activities and facilitate clarification on requirements and stories. Ensure stories and tasks are properly estimated.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adopted at the team level. Ability to recognize when team is making decisions that impact overall release train direction and escalate as appropriate.
• Ability and willingness to lead team(s) to self-organization
• Desire to bring disclosure and transparency to both business and IT and grow to grow trust amongst partners.
• Ability to facilitate discussion at the team level and facilitate alternatives or different approaches.
• Be a team player who protects the scrum team while also providing un-biased transparency on progress.
• Ability to bring the creative ideas of others to market.
• Ability to function effectively during ambiguous tasks.
• Ability to own tasks outside of immediate scope of responsibility.
• Technical aptitude to partner with development teams.
• Analytical thinker and problem solver.
• Detail oriented with a strong focus on quality.
• Strong written communication skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Three to Five years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Agile Coach.
• Five plus years of total experience working on an agile team
• Experience leading agile/scrum adoption at the team level
• Agile/Scrum Master certification preferred
• SAFe experience or certification preferred
• JIRA experience preferred

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.