IT Agile Team Leader II

Ultipro; Bremerton (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories is seeking an Agile Team Lead to guide Scrum teams and product management, acting as the process owner to ensure high performance. The role involves removing impediments, coaching the Product Owner, and collaborating with stakeholders to groom the backlog.

You will facilitate Scrum events, promote transparency, and drive maturity across teams while staying current with Agile practices. Entry requires a background in CS and Scrum certification; pharmaceutical/lab domain

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and two years’ work experience and two years leading Agile software teams OR six years work experience and two years leading Agile software teams
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or able to receive certification within 6 months of hire date
• Two years’ experience serving in a ScrumMaster or Product Owner role, working on more than one complex software development project
• Deep understanding of the basic principles of Scrum
• Experience organizing work and projects
• Experience with meeting facilitation, conflict resolution and training others
• Experience working with teams of various sizes, in different cultures, and with both collocated and dispersed teams
• Experience relating to technical and business roles at varying levels of the organization
• Experience with a variety of Agile concepts including release and sprint planning, stand up, burn-down, retrospectives
• Independent thinking

Responsibilities

• Guide development teams and product management on the use of agile practices; act as an agent of change to expand the use of Scrum throughout the organization
• Empower delivery teams to be self-organized; guide team to work toward measurable goals
• Facilitate collaborative, cross-functional communication, improving transparency and radiating project information and metrics
• Assess the scrum maturity of the team and organization; coach the team to higher levels of maturity
• Remove impediments; understand the difference between internal and organizational impediments and how to manage each effectively
• Build a trusting/safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving
• Support and educate the Product Owner, with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
• Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible; lead by example
• Participate in the Scrum of Scrums with the other SM’s to coordinate interdependencies and implement best practices
• Stay current on industry and Agile best practices
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Scrum

Facilitation

Leadership

Agile coaching

Jira

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Schedule :
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: IT Program Management - 225

Primary Purpose :

The Agile Team Lead is responsible for making sure Scrum teams live by the values and practices of Scrum, and for acting as the process owner for the team, creating a balance with the Product Owner. As an Agile Team Lead, you will do whatever possible to help the team perform at their highest level. This involves removing impediments to progress, facilitating meetings, and working closely with the product owner to make sure the product backlog is properly groomed.

About ARUP :

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions :

Guide development teams and product management on the use of agile practices; act as an agent of change to expand the use of Scrum throughout the organization

Empower delivery teams to be self-organized guide team to work toward measurable goals

Facilitate collaborative, cross-functional communication, improving transparency and radiating project information and metrics

Assess the scrum maturity of the team and organization; coach the team to higher levels of maturity

Remove impediments; understand the difference between internal and organizational impediments and how to manage each effectively

Build a trusting/safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving

Support and educate the Product Owner, with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog

Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible; lead by example

Participate in the Scrum of Scrums with the other SM’s to coordinate interdependencies and implement best practices

Stay current on industry and Agile best practices

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements :

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently and effectively communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Qualifications

Education

Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent or better.

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree or better in Computer Science or related field.

Experience

Required

Bachelor’s degree and two years’ work experience and two years leading Agile software teamsOr six years work experience and two years leading Agile software teams

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or able to receive certification within 6 months of hire date

Two years’ experience serving ina ScrumMaster or Product Owner role, working on more than one complex, software development project

Demonstrated and broadly recognizable deep understanding of the basic principles of Scrum

Demonstrated work experience organizing work and or projects

Demonstrated work experience with meeting facilitation, conflict resolution and training others

Demonstrated work experience working on teams of various sizes, in different cultures, and with both collocated and dispersed teams

Demonstrated work experience relating to technical and business roles at varying levels of the organization

Demonstrated work experience with a variety of Agile concepts, including release and sprint planning, stand up, burn-down, retrospectives

Demonstrated work experience showing independent thinking

Preferred

Understanding of organizational structure and best practices of enterprise frameworks (e.g. ITIL, COBIT)

Experience with diagramming (e.g. UML, OBASHI)

Extensive experience facilitating effective meetings

Scrum, Kanban, or Lean Six Sigma certifications

Two years of experience as an Agile Project Manageer or Agile Product Owner within software development.

Two years of experience configuring Jira and Confluence as a Site or Org Admin level for 300+ employees across multiple divisions.

Second level Scrum certification

Project Management certification (PMP) or equivalent

2 years’ experience mentoring others

Experience with establishing Agile practices in an organization

Familiar with Servant Leadership

Experience in most Advanced Agile Concepts (User Stories, TDD, Continuous integration, Continuous testing, pairing, automated testing)

2 years’ experience with systems analysis

Experience working with hybrid teams (agile projects/teams interacting or working with non-agile teams)

Experience with root cause analysis

Experience using Lean or other Agile methods such as Kanban

Experience with Microsoft Team Foundation Server or similar tool

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

Cert ScrumMaster

Project Management Prof

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