*Cirrus Project Manager/Scrum Master* *Client: UHG*
*Face to Face* *Rates $50/hr on C2C* *GC and USC only* *Cirrus Project Manager/Scrum Master* The Cirrus Project Manager/Scrum Master role has a primary responsibility to help the self-organizing, self-managing scrum team achieve its goals. This is accomplished primarily by teaching and coaching, and proactively identifying and eliminating impediments while facilitating the work flow. The Cirrus Project Manager/Scrum Master has all the responsibilities of a traditional Optum Project Manager, plus exhibits expertise in Scrum practices. *Details * The Project Manager/Scrum Master role spends their day helping other team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate; generally, this person assists the team in meeting delivery goals and assuring the team has all of the information necessary without undue roadblocks. The Scrum Master is a team-based management proxy and servant leader who helps teams self-organize, self-manage, and deliver IT products via effective Agile practices. They also help the team coordinate dependencies with other teams on the Agile Release Train, communicate status and generally step in to assist in removing roadblocks and assuring work is proceeding without delays. Responsibilities on the Team The effective Project Manager/Scrum Master is a servant leader who: • Exhibits Lean-Agile leadership. Exhibits the behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader with a Lean-Agile mindset. • Supports CA Agile and PPM Optics. CA Agile is used extensively to document and track all technology requirements. This role contributes responsibility to oversee, direct, train and help monitor all activity for Cirrus requirements within CA Agile. PPM Optics is used for financial forecasts and reporting, status reports and Issue, Risk and Change Management. • Facilitates the team’s progress toward the goal. The PM/SM is trained as a team facilitator and is constantly engaged in challenging the old norms of development, while keeping the team focused on the goals of the Iteration. Helps the teams achieve quality, predictability, flow, and velocity. Helps the team focus on Iteration Goals in the context of current PI Objectives. • Leads the team’s efforts in relentless improvement. Helps teams improve and take responsibility for their actions. Facilitates the team retrospective. Teaches problem-solving and works daily to assure the teams become better problem-solvers for themselves. • Facilitates meetings. Facilitates team meetings, including daily scrum meetings, Iteration Planning, and Iteration Retrospective, among others. Meetings could be recurring or ad hoc, with business and IT partners. This roll will field questions, manage issues and risks, set and execute plans and document progress. • Supports the Product Owner. The Product Owner has a special responsibility on the team. This role supports the Product Owner in their efforts and facilitates a healthy intra-team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope. Manages cross-functional and cross-application dependencies in cooperation with other program managers, project managers, scrum masters, and team members. • Eliminates impediments. This role actively addresses issues so that the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the iteration, anticipating issues and acting proactively to address risks. • Promotes quality practices. OSAM (Optum Scaled Agile Methodology) provides guidance to assist the teams in constantly improving the quality of their deliverables and meeting the Definition of Done; this role promotes the culture of technical discipline and craftsmanship that is the hallmark of effective Agile Teams. Fosters, contributes and supports relevant Communities of Practice, improving processes to optimize performance, quality and value over time • Builds a high-performing team. Focuses on ever-improving team dynamics and performance. Using all their skills, assists teams through conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Partnering with and utilizing organizational resources to achieve objectives • Protects and communicates. Communicates with management and stakeholders. Protects teams from uncontrolled injection of work. Gathering and updating project materials, project documentation, process flows, and lessons learned documents. Facilitating meetings for discovery and retrospectives. Responsibilities on the Release Train The Scrum Master helps coordinate inter-team cooperation and dependencies, helping the team operate as an effective “team on the train.” • Coordinates with other teams. The PM/SM is the Cirrus representative in Scrum of Scrums meetings, and passes information from meetings back to the teams. Often coordinates with other Scrum teams both inside and outside of the Cirrus application sphere, as well as the System Team, User Experience, DevOps, Shared Services, and Release Management teams. It is important to note, the responsibility for inter-team coordination is shared by every team member and not carried solely by this role. • Facilitates preparation and readiness for ART ceremonies. Assists the teams in preparation for ART activities, including PI Planning, System Demos, and JAD workshops. • Supports estimating. Guides the team in establishing normalized estimating and helps the team estimate Features and Capabilities. *Requirements * • 5+ years of IT Project Management and/or Scrum Master experience • 3+ years of working hands-on with System Development Life Cycle • 1+ years of data gathering/analysis/reporting of project lifecycle deliverables • Demonstrated knowledge of Scrum best practices • Demonstrated experience with complex projects in a large organization • Demonstrated experience managing project financials, Issues and Risks *Assets * • Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio) • Proficiency with CA Agile • Proficiency with Agile methodology • Experience facilitating Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification • Proficiency with CA Clarity project management software • Healthcare Industry experience • An influencer more than a driver, able to take a position and know how to use your skills to achieve the objective without having direct authority ------------------------------ Umang Agarwal *Sr.Technical Recruiter* *SriMatrix Inc* 1255 West 15th Street, Suite 815 Plano, TX 75075 *A Certified Minority & Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE)* Ph No: 732-902-0873 *um...@srimatrix.com <parit...@srimatrix.com>* *Privacy Policy* | Under Bill 1618 Title III passed by the 105th USA Congress this eMail cannot be considered as spam as long as we include our contact information and an option to be removed from our eMailing list. 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