Scrum Master

Company: Inovalon, Inc.

Location: Canonsburg, PA 15317

Overview:[

The Scrum Master leads high performing agile scrum teams on multiple complex technology projects ranging from basic enhancements to complex enterprise strategic implementations. Serving as a leader, the scrum master partners closely with technology and business stakeholders on project planning, leads the scrum team, champions continuous improvement, and partners with the project owner in the responsive delivery of solutions. The scrum masters plays a key role in contributing to a strong and effective agile practice and serves as a mentor and coach for project and portfolio teams.

]Responsibilities:

Champion and manage weekly backlog grooming sessions with the team, ensuring work items are estimated, ready-for-work and maintained;

Guide teams of Product Owners to ensure alignment of priorities and that dependencies are delivered in the appropriate sprints to support other teams delivery commitments;

Empower teams to self-organize and facilitate decision making during sprint planning sessions ensuring the commitments made are appropriate and uphold scrum principles;

Release management, facilitate release planning activities, and risk to resolve issues and impediments;

Coach, mentor, and confirm team delivering stories such that they meet the definition of done;

Lead team retrospectives and ensure key learning is incorporated into next sprint;

Build trust and empowerment and creativity using sound judgement and excellent communications;

Organize, lead extremely complex projects, define project scopes, schedules, deliverable and provide regular progress reports and metrics;

Foster an agile culture, building trust and collaboration across all team members;

Protect the team from outside interference, removing impediments, and ensuring that the work is delivered as a team;

Maintain an in-depth knowledge of product life-cycles, standards, and supporting processes and practices;

Monitors team project delivery on commitments through the use of burndown charts and other visual methods;

Maintain compliance with company’s policies, procedures and mission statement;

Collaborate with the Product Owner to understand the business priorities in upcoming sprints and able to impact beyond area of responsibility;

Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position; and

Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by company for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Company.

Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement;

Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position;

Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Company;

Uphold responsibilities relative to the separation of duties for applicable processes and procedures within your job function; and

We reserve the right to change this job description from time to time as business needs dictate and will provide notice of such.

Maintain compliance with Inovalon’s policies, procedures and mission statement;

Adhere to all confidentiality and HIPAA requirements as outlined within Inovalon’s Operating Policies and Procedures in all ways and at all times with respect to any aspect of the data handled or services rendered in the undertaking of the position;

Fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success of the Company;

Uphold responsibilities relative to the separation of duties for applicable processes and procedures within your job function; and

We reserve the right to change this job description from time to time as business needs dictate and will provide notice of such.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

4+ years’ experience as a scrum master in an agile software development environment;

Scrum Master Certification required;

Ability to identify and resolve risks in a highly complex capacity;

Highly effective facilitation skills in both small and large group settings, energetic;

Proven experience in both traditional project management and agile;

Comfortable with ambiguity, open to change, working in a fluid fast-paced environment;

Demonstrated experience overseeing multi-functional project teams including leading Agile scrum teams on complex, integrated platforms preferred;

Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills;

Product Owner and SAFe Certifications are a plus;

Must have excellent written and oral communication skills; and

Proven experience in communicating with all levels of executives and operate at a strategic business level.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / engineering or equivalent experience.

Typically 5 or more years experience of related professional experience. Prior experience as a scrum master, software engineer, or project manager.

SAFE (Scaled Agile Framework) Certifications Agile / Scrum Certification Required

Inovalon provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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