Senior Scrum Master

Talentify; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 98,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to guide multiple Scrum teams, align Product Owners and stakeholders, and serve as a catalyst for agile transformation. You will facilitate Scrum events, support PI Planning, and remove impediments to improve value and flow.

You will mentor Product Owners on user story creation and backlog refinement, measure team capacity with data, and collaborate with other Scrum Masters to advance Agile practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an Agile environment.
• 3+ years of Scrum Master experience.
• 2+ years of large-scale agile project experience.
• Strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Experience with Agile tracking tools (ADO, Jira, VersionOne, Rally).

Responsibilities

• Guide the Scrum Team on Scrum and SAFe practices to deliver value.
• Facilitate Scrum events and support PI Planning, System Demos and Inspect and Adapt sessions.
• Mentor Product Owners in user story creation, prioritization and backlog refinement.
• Remove impediments and shield the team from disruption.
• Use data to demonstrate team capacity, predictability, and maturity.
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to improve Agile practices across the organization.
• Navigate organizational change using Kotter and PROSCI ADKAR frameworks.

Skills

5+ years agile experience

3+ years Scrum Master

2+ years large-scale agile

Coaching and mentoring

Facilitation and stakeholderEngagement

Scrum/Kanban knowledge

SAFe experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management or IT

Tools

ADO

Jira

VersionOne (Digital.ai)

Rally

Job description

Become a part of our caring community

The Senior Scrum Master facilitates and aligns across one or more teams including Product Owners, stakeholders, other Scrum Masters and the Program Team to iteratively and incrementally deliver value. Acts as a catalyst for change by making the evolving processes work for the entire team. Acts as the servant leader for aligned team(s) by creating an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a focus on accountability, adaptability, collaboration, and high-performance. Shares learnings with a community of like-minded Scrum Masters to accelerate Humana's agile transformation. Drives the implementation of various frameworks in order to focus on value, flow, quality, predictability, modern engineering practices, and driving continuous improvement of assigned team(s). The Senior Scrum Master performs moderately complex to complex work necessitating independent initiative, judgement as well as a need to react quickly and adapt to changing department or team needs.

• Guide the Scrum Team on how to use Scrum and SAFe practices and patterns to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers.
• Navigate easily through different coaching stances deliberately (coaching, mentoring, teaching, facilitating) while growing the agile skills and mindset of team members.
• Create an environment that empowers and energizes team members, with a focus on accountability, adaptability, and collaboration.
• Foster team collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement to support effective delivery and business outcomes.
• Facilitate and support all Scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. Supports PI Planning, System Demos and Inspect and Adapt sessions.
• Mentor the Product Owner(s) in user story creation, prioritization and Product Backlog refinement ensuring the team focuses on technical needs, including improvements to testing and deployment processes.
• Facilitate team productivity by removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team's goals and by preserving flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes. Make work visible to ensure impediments are removed and progress is viewable and continuous.
• Utilize and correlate data and team metrics to demonstrate team capacity, predictability and maturity.
• Help teams navigate through organizational change leveraging change management frameworks such as Kotter's Leading Change and PROSCI ADKAR.
• Collaborate with other Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches to contribute to the improvement of Agile practices within the organization, including sharing through Communities of Practice.
• Influences departmental outcomes by navigating moderately complex challenges and applying organizational policies, practices, and data-informed decision-making.
• Works independently determining methods and approach to work. Determines priorities and timelines for own work.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of related experience in an Agile environment
• 3+ years of Scrum Master experience
• 2+ years of experience working with agile methodologies on large scale, technically complex projects.
• Thorough understanding of agile methodologies, values, practices and patterns.
• Proven experience coaching and mentoring others.
• Proven ability to facilitate the removal of impediments.
• Advanced facilitation, presentation, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Thrives in a VUCA environment (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous)
• Validated agile learning/credentials such as CSM, A-CSM, SA, PSM, IC Agile such as ACC (IC-Agile, IC-Agile ATF (Agile Team Facilitator).
• Experience with Agile Tracking tools (agile lifecycle management tools) such as ADO, Jira, VersionOne (Digital.ai), Rally

Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business management, Information Technology or a related field
• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience leveraging data and team metrics to assess and improve team capacity, predictability, and Agile maturity.
• Experience with Lean and implementing a process improvement mindset.
• Experience with Portfolio tools such as Service Now, Jira Align, PlanView/Leankit
• Agile coaching experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) certification(s): Scrum Master or Advanced Scrum Master
• Experience with testing practices (Gherkin) and DevOps.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops as a product backlog tool.
• Experience supporting Agile teams delivering cloud-based initiatives, platforms, or infrastructure solutions, including collaboration with cloud engineering, platform engineering, and DevOps teams.

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$97,900 - $133,500 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About us

About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.