Sr. Scrum Master
Senior Scrum Master at Abbott's ONCO Cancer Diagnostics division, responsible for establishing Scrum practices, coaching self-managing teams, and driving agile adoption using tools like Jira or Azure DevOps.
- Compensation
- $78K–$156K / yr
- Location
- United States > Madison : 1 Exact Lane
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in related field; or HS Diploma/GED and 3 years of relevant experience
- Proficient with Agile tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps
- Demonstrated understanding of iterative and incremental development
- Demonstrated understanding of Scrum theory, rules, and practices
- Demonstrated understanding and ability to represent both business and technology
- Demonstrated understanding of Agile methodology and frameworks (Scrum and Kanban)
- Demonstrated expertise in agile metrics and reporting
- Demonstrated analytical and strategic thinking capabilities
- Experience in change management and associated best practices
- Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
Nice to have
- Bachelor's in relevant field
- 3+ years of experience in a Scrum Master role or equivalent
- Advanced certifications (e.g., Professional Scrum Master II)
Full description
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:The Opportunity
The Senior Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide as well as the Scrum Team’s effectiveness. The Senior Scrum Master’s effectiveness lies in their ability to influence without formal authority, drive in establishing a self-managing and versatile team, promote a culture of ongoing enhancement, and guide the team in embracing empiricism through transparent inspection and adaptation. The Senior Scrum Master plays a crucial role in ensuring the team consistently enhances their methods of transforming ideas into valuable increments for both customers and the organization.
What You’ll Work On
Include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Enable the Product Owner by:
o Establishing desired product and business outcomes.
o Maintaining a prioritized Product Backlog.
o Identifying value and methods of measurement.
o Understanding capacity limitations and the ability to accurately forecast when work will be completed.
- Enable the Developers by helping them:
o Grasp the Scrum Framework.
o Understand the Increment and the Definition of Done.
o Embrace testing and adopting small batch thinking
- Enable the organization by:
o Assisting with adoption of agile ways of working.
o Helping build an Agile mindset.
- Understand and implement our standard Hard Skills:
o Establish Ways of Working standards for the assigned Scrum Teams including Scrum events, Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, etc.
o Ability to utilize advanced forecasting models efficiently to aid the team in data driven analysis for establishing delivery expectations.
o Being able to understand, interpret and utilize holistic value and delivery-based metrics such as throughput, defect rate, cycle time, cost savings, revenue generation, CSAT, etc.
- Participate in mentorship program as a mentee for growth and development.
- Take on various stances depending on the situation:
o Teacher – Capable of teaching the Scrum framework and the underlying pillars of empiricism that it sits on. Convey first principles like feedback loops, small batches, cross functionality, and self-management.