Job Description
Job Summary
Lead, train, and coach agile teams in their adoption of Scrum practices. You will be accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide, ensuring everyone understands Scrum theory and practice. Your role will focus on enhancing the Scrum Team’s effectiveness by enabling continuous improvement within the Scrum framework.Job Description
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead, train, and coach the organization in Business Agility including its Scrum adoption.
Accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide, by helping everyone understand Scrum theory and practice.
Accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness, through enabling the team to improve its practices within the Scrum framework.
Coach team members in self-organization and cross-functionality.
Coach other scrum masters on improving agile practices.
Help the team focus on creating high-value increments that meet the Definition of Done.
Help remove impediments to the team’s progress.
Ensure that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
Help employees and stakeholders understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work.
Remove barriers between stakeholders and Scrum Teams.
Help the Product Owner find techniques for effective Product Goal definition and Product Backlog management.
Help the Product Owner establish empirical product planning for a complex environment.
Foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
Responsible for scaling scrum practices across teams and synchronizing work.
Ability to advise leadership on shaping agile strategy. This involves advising on resolving impediments at the organizational level
Create and advise on strategy for organization level metrics and reporting to surface bottlenecks and track improvements
Ensure work being done by teams support larger business objectives including those that span cross functional boundaries
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree
Certification / Licensure:
None required.
Work Experience:
At least 5 years of direct work experience in a full-time Scrum Master role.
At least 8 years of experience delivering features on a product/software team
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Strong knowledge of agile & scrum values and principles
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including verbal, written, synchronous, and asynchronous
Ability to lead and facilitate others in stressful or uncomfortable situations
Facilitation skills for teams and larger group events & workshops to reach intended outcomes
Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool (e.g. Jira) configuration expertise
Configuration or local admin skills in team virtual collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams/Zoom, Confluence (wiki), and tool such as Miro/Mural
Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Certification / Licensure:
Scrum Master Certification such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Scrum Master/Advanced Scrum Master (SSM/SASM)
Work Experience:
At least 5 years of experience in fulltime Scrum Master role (i.e. not shared role/partial allocation) with increasing responsibility from Scrum Master to Chief (Senior) Scrum Master, etc. and focusing on the organization and enterprise level
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
Agile Scaling expertise and implementation experience (e.g. SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale)
Coach certification e.g. SAFe SPC, Scrum Alliance Certified Team/Enterprise Coach (CTC/CEC), ICAgile
Product delivery experience
ALM tool certification such as Jira Admin, Jira Managing Cloud Projects
About Medline India:
Medline India was setup in 2010 in Pune, primarily as an offshore Development centre and to augment resources for Medline Industries LP headquartered in Chicago, USA. We are a 1500+ strong and growing team of technology, finance & and business support professionals who support our businesses worldwide towards a mission to make healthcare run better. We are proud to be certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute® (India) for the duration May 2023 – May 2024.
We are an organization with a conducive work environment, ample opportunities to learn, contribute and grow with a highly empowered & engaged team. We encourage our people to share their best ideas and create new opportunities for our customers and ourselves to work together to solve today’s toughest healthcare challenges.
About Medline Industries, LP:
Established in 1966, Medline Industries LP is a renowned global healthcare organization boasting 56 years of consecutive sales growth, exceeding $21 billion in annual sales. With a workforce of over 36,000 professionals spread across the globe, we operate in more than 125 countries and territories. As the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies in the United States, Medline is uniquely positioned to offer comprehensive products, education, and support across the continuum of care.
At present, Medline Industries, LP holds the esteemed position as the #1 market leader, delivering an extensive portfolio of over 550,000 medical products and clinical solutions. Our clientele includes hospitals, extended care facilities, surgery centres, physician offices, home care agencies, providers, and retailers. We are proud to be recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Large Employers and Best Employers for Women. Additionally, the Chicago Tribune has consistently named us a Top Workplace for the past 12 years.