Scrum Master III

Abbott; North Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plan

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

401(k)

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Scrum Master III for a 12-month remote engagement. You will drive Scrum adoption, coach Product Owners and Developers, and guide the team toward self-management while delivering valuable increments for customers and the organization.

You will facilitate events, maintain and clarify the backlog, forecast work, and promote data-driven decision making. Strong mentoring and change-agent mindset are essential to enable agile transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required; agile experience preferred.
• Proficient with Agile tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.
• Strong understanding of Scrum theory, rules, and practices.
• Proven ability to lead and coach teams in agile environments.
• Experience in change management and data-driven delivery.

Responsibilities

• Enable the Product Owner by establishing outcomes and backlogs.
• Forecast capacity and help teams deliver in short cycles.
• Facilitate Scrum events and coaching across teams.
• Coach Developers in the Scrum framework, DoD, and testing.
• Help the organization adopt agile ways of working and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Agile Leadership

Facilitation

Team Coaching

Mentorship

Change Agent

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Title: Scrum Master III

Duration: 12 Months

Work Arrangement: Remote

Position Overview

The Senior Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide as well as the Scrum

Team's effectiveness. The Senior 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 Senior 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.
• Participate in mentorship program as a mentee for growth and development.
• 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.
• Mentor - Share your own experience and ideas using judgement about when it's time to help others solve problems through your knowledge vs. helping them come to the solution 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 3 years 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 understanding of Agile methodology and frameworks, to include Scrum and Kanban.
• Demonstrated expertise in agile metrics and reporting.
• Demonstrated analytical and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Experience in change management and associated best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's in relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in a Scrum Master role or equivalent.
• Possession of advanced certifications (e.g., Professional Scrum Master II).

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.