UnitedHealth Group - Scrum Master

Discipline - Information Technology

Industry - Product/Software Engineering

Job Description :

- Responsible for the work flow of all projects-Interact with customers both internal and external to gather project requirements and act as liaison between customer and design team

- Simultaneously lead several complex projects with varied, multiple deliverables, team members and audiences requiring ongoing prioritization and relationship management

- Communicate job status information to all team members

- Promote smooth workflow and communication between departments

- Create and manage timelines for all projects

- Ensure workflow progresses efficiently and projects/staff are organized as priorities shift

- Maintain job tracking and time keeping database

- Maintain and update project status report and run weekly status meetings

- Help enhance and improve department processes

- Communicate consolidated project milestones and deliverables for readiness

- The ability to generate detailed project status reporting (including critical path impact, dependencies, milestones, resources, cost, work breakdown structures, etc.).

- The ability to work in a matrix environment across cross functional teams-Workflow design, implementation and management experience-Strong negotiation skills.

- Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get.

- Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably.

- There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)Project Leadership

- Leads and directs high-priority projects, which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration and iteration with internal teams

- Presents project status and issues to stakeholders through formal presentations

- Conducts regular meetings with project teams to review the current status of the project including technical, schedule, and labor issues

- Takes ownership of all project status updates, and maintains all project related plans, documents and applications- Accountable for project forecasting activities Project Management

- Is responsible with managing projects from the Initiation phase of the SDLC through the Release phase of the Optum Insight SDLC.

- Act as a Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams within a Release Train/Value Stream

- Establishing team level cadence and driving team level ceremonies (e.g. sprint planning, team retrospectives, backlog grooming, etc.)

- Work with the Product Owner to drive the definition and refinement of the program and team backlogs

- Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to the team

- Ensure cross-team coordination and collaboration- Remove impediments for the team(s)

- Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on team-level progress and quality

- Act as a liaison to assigned program manager and project managers. Take responsibility for managing dependencies between the program team and third parties, release managers, or between the team and other scrum teams.

- Actively contribute to the company's Agile and Lean Community through participation in the internal Agile Community of

Practice and Scrum Master Forums.

- Provide real time feedback to the methodology team based on experiences with software delivery teams

- Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution

- Ensures that the SDLC process is followed with reaching successful SDLC Compliancy for each phase/sprints.

- Manages the scope, risks, issues, deliverables, and schedule of individual project tasks.

- Attends committee meetings and provides project status updates

- Establishing and enforcing the use of the projects Change Control Process

- Establishing and enforcing the use of the projects Communication Plan

- Responsible for tracking, resolving and escalating project Issues and Risks

- Participates in the PMO with revising and creating new policies and procedures

- Creates, maintains and is accountable for labor identified within Plan view for the project

No. of Openings : 1

Qualification : Requirements :

- B.Tech/M.Tech/MCA/M. Sc with 7 - 10 years relevant experience

- 4+ years of IT Project Management experience

- 4+ years of working with all aspects of the System Development Life Cycle

- 4+ years of data gathering/analysis and writing system requirements

- Experience working with test plans and test cases

- Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions Assets

- Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)

- Proficiency with MS Project- Proficiency with MS Visio- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification- Healthcare Industry experience

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