Scrum Master

Job Description

The Scrum Master is a key member of the Solution Delivery team responsible for supporting one or more non-software development Scrum teams. The Scrum Master role requires a highly organized Agile process expert, who will foster continuous improvement, collaboration and transparency across teams. The ideal candidate must have strong interpersonal skills and a passion for process improvement as well as experience guiding teams through Agile methodologies outside the traditional software development setting.

Responsibilities for Scrum Master

• Lead the Scrum teams in using Agile methodology and Scrum practices, act as a coach and mentor
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning and retrospectives
• Monitor team performance, track metrics
• Communicate progress, blockers, risks, and improvement opportunities to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner
• Work with Project Managers and Scrum teams to achieve customer satisfaction
• Remove impediments and coach the Scrum team on delivering value
• Help the Scrum teams to identify and continuously improve within the Agile framework
• Resolve conflicts and issues that occur
• Help the scrum team achieve higher levels of Scrum maturity

Qualifications for Scrum Master

• Prior experience on a scrum team, preferably outside of software development
• Familiarity with delivery of software solutions to external customers is a plus
• Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
• Ability to determine what is Scrum and what is not
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Ability to work with and lead a team
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Outstanding organizational and planning skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Experience encouraging teamwork and building team morale
• Self-motivation and ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction
• Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
• Scrum master certification is preferred

Education and Experience-

• E / B.Tech / B.S in Computer Science or related degree, or a combination of education and related experience.
• 4-6 years of Scrum experience

GHX: It's the way you do business in healthcare

Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) enables better patient care and billions in savings for the healthcare community by maximizing automation, efficiency and accuracy of business processes.

GHX is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using our world class cloud-based supply chain technology exchange platform, solutions, analytics and services. We bring together healthcare providers and manufacturers and distributors in North America and Europe - who rely on smart, secure healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate their business processes and make more informed decisions.

It is our passion and vision for a more operationally efficient healthcare supply chain, helping organizations reduce - not shift - the cost of doing business, paving the way to delivering patient care more effectively. Together we take more than a billion dollars out of the cost of delivering healthcare every year. GHX is privately owned, operates in the United States, Canada and Europe, and employs more than 1000 people worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is in Colorado, with additional offices in Europe.

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