Agile Practitioner
Work location (specify UHG/UHC/Optum location or remote/telecommute)? IL043
Are you open to candidates that would need to be 100% remote for the duration of the engagement? Yes
Work hours (ex. 9am-5pm day/night shifts rotating shifts etc)? 9am-5pm CT
Please provide a summary of the project/initiative that this candidate will be working on? Optum Specialty Fusion Engine is a specialty drug benefit recommendation engine that optimizes benefit and lowers overall cost
Please describe the team the candidate will be working with - how many members? 20
What is the break-down of the teams skill sets (ex: 1 PM 4 Developers etc.)? 14 engineers, 2 quality engineers, 4 analysts, 1 scrum master (this position)
What are the top 5-10 responsibilities for this position (please be detailed as to what the candidate is expected to do or complete on a daily basis)?
Facilitates daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective meetings
Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP
Familiar with SAFe and PI concepts
Manages backlogs with assistance from the product owner
Resolves conflicts by focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect
Is a friendly communicative person
Expert in estimation and planning
Serve as a coach for the team, and manage processes and tools
Ability to track and remove impediments
Is familiar with using Rally and Aha
Ability to manage to achieve the agile metrics thresholds
What does the ideal candidate background look like (ex: healthcare specific background specific industry experience etc.)
Experience: 2 years required