Scrum Master Exact Sciences

Ourlivesmadison; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 76,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Exact Sciences seeks a Scrum Master in Wisconsin to establish Scrum as defined and enhance team effectiveness. You will influence without formal authority, foster self-managing teams, and drive continuous improvement to deliver valuable increments for customers and the organization.

Responsibilities include enabling the Product Owner and Developers, promoting an Agile mindset, and implementing standard Scrum practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or GED with relevant experience as outlined in duties.
• Demonstrated ability to perform essential duties with or without accommodation.
• Proficient with Agile tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of Scrum theory, rules, and practices.

Responsibilities

• Enable the Product Owner by establishing outcomes and maintaining a prioritized backlog.
• Enable the Developers by teaching Scrum framework and Definition of Done.
• Enable the organization by helping adopt agile ways of working and mindset.
• Establish Ways of Working standards for Scrum teams and forecast delivery.
• Maintain regular attendance and act with an inclusion mindset.

Skills

Agile tools

Scrum framework knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or GED

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Help us change lives

At Exact Sciences, we’re helpingchange how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you’re working to help others.

Position Overview

The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide as well as the Scrum Team’s effectiveness. The Scrum Master’s effectiveness lies in their ability to influence without formal authority, drive in establishing a self-managing and versatile team, promote a culture of ongoing enhancement, and guide the team in embracing empiricism through transparent inspection and adaptation. The Scrum Master plays a crucial role in ensuring the team consistently enhances their methods of transforming ideas into valuable increments for both customers and the organization.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Enable the Product Owner by:
  • Establishing desired product and business outcomes.
  • Maintaining a prioritized Product Backlog.
  • Identifying value and methods of measurement.
  • Understanding capacity limitations and the ability to accurately forecast when work will be completed.
• Enable the Developers by helping them:
  • Grasp the Scrum Framework.
  • Understand the Increment and the Definition of Done.
  • Embrace testing and adopting small batch thinking.
• Enable the organization by:
  • Assisting with adoption of agile ways of working.
  • Helping build an Agile mindset.
• Understand and implement our standard Hard Skills:
  • Establish Ways of Working standards for the assigned Scrum Teams including Scrum events, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, etc.
  • Ability to utilize advanced forecasting models efficiently to aid the team in data driven analysis for establishing delivery expectations.
  • Being able to understand, interpret, and utilize holistic value and delivery-based metrics such as throughput, defect rate, cycle time, cost savings, revenue generation, CSAT, etc.
• Take on various stances depending on the situation:
  • Teacher – Capable of teaching the Scrum framework and the underlying pillars of empiricism that it sits on. Convey first principles like feedback loops, small batches, cross functionality, and self-management.
  • Coach – Act as an individual and team coach. Help identify areas for continuous individual and team improvement. Help hold the team accountable to themselves.
  • Change Agent – Be an advocate for change and experimentation.
  • Facilitator – Guide respectful ways of working, handle disagreements, and assist in conflict resolution on your team. Be willing to step into “the danger zone” and help the team address “the elephant in the room.”
  • Impediment Remover – If no one else can, then it falls to the Scrum Master to take the initiative to remove team and organizational impediments that are blocking the team from being able to make progress on features and functionality.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 100% of a typical working day.
• Ability to use a telephone through a headset.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field as outlined in the essential duties; or High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and 1 year of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Proficient with Agile tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Demonstrated understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Demonstrated understanding of Scrum theory, rules, and practices.
• Demonstrated understanding and ability to represent both the business and technology.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in relevant field.
• Demonstrated understanding of Agile methodology and frameworks, to include Scrum and Kanban.
• Demonstrated analytical and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Possession of Scrum Master certifications (e.g., Professional Scrum Master – PSM-1).
• Knowledge of change management and associated best practices.

Salary Range:

$76,000.00 – $125,000.00

The annual base salary shown is for this position located in US – WI – Madison on a full-time basis. In addition, this position is bonus eligible.