What are the responsibilities and job description for the PHL Scrum Master position at Carenet Health?
Overview
Do you know what the definition of done means? How about the difference between capacity and velocity? Do you like to use tools such as burndown/up charts? Carenet is looking for a collaborative leader who is as intentional as they are passionate about their work and goals.
This Scrum Master will support agile teams in their ongoing quest for high performance, efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement.
Work schedule: Night Shift, 9PM - 6AM PH time, Monday to Friday
Work Set up: Hybrid ( with occasional visits to Makati once or twice a month )
Eligibility: Filipino Citizen
Responsibilities
As a key player in our agile approach in product delivery, the Scrum Master should be:
- Responsible for scrum ceremonies and processes
- an Agile evangelist with proven track record in Agile product delivery
- Knowledgeable of Agile best practices
- a leader, overseeing, and planning development activities
- Working closely with Product Team and cross-functional teams
- Sharing responsibilities for planning, organization, and execution of technology initiatives within Scrum
Some of the tasks of the Scrum Master are:
- Facilitating Scrum Meetings, and Sprint Planning and retrospectives
- Capacity Planning
- Co-managing product backlogs
- Capturing and supporting story creation, facilitating story breakdowns, and capturing estimates
- Tracking sprint metrics (e.g. velocity, defects, sprint goals, etc.)
- Utilizing team and sprint metrics such as burndown charts
- Anticipating and responding to changes in direction, priority, and sprint performance, amd resolving roadblocks for the team
II. General Tasks
- Participates in process improvement; recommending changes in policies and procedures
- Escalates issues and risks in a timely manner and ensuring that all issues are addressed
- Ensures adherence to Agile practices
- Provide metrics on team performance
- May be responsible for budgeting and forecasting exercises
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Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or Computer Science from a four-year college or university with at least two years of Agile experience.
- CSM certification
- 4 years of experience as a Scrum Master PLUS 5 years solid IT experience in the software development space
- Demonstrated experience in improving team cohesion and velocity
- Experience using agile project management software
- Solid understanding of EPICS, Features, Stories, and Acceptance Criteria
- Excellent communication
- Goal oriented
- Effective decision-making skills
PLUS SKILLS
- SAFe
- CSP certification
- Jira
- Lean
- Kanban
- Software development experience
- Project management experience
Note: Completion of assessments may be required before an applicant can move forward. Completing assessments must be done independently. Any discovery of unauthorized completion, whether during or after the hiring process, will result in disqualification or termination.
Carenet Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Please note that we are not accepting resumes for this position from external staffing agencies or recruiters. To be considered for this role, please submit your application directly through our official career portal.
