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Director IT - Plymouth, MN
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | Plymouth, MN Plymouth, Minnesota |
About this job
The Director IT serves as the Agile Program leader and will be responsible for leading the Agile transformation and for the successful execution of one or more Agile Programs. The Director to supports all Scrum Masters and the over-all delivery and reporting within their Programs. This position requires individuals who have previously been successful Scrum Masters and/or Agile Coaches on highly distributed teams, have led Agile/Scrum adoption in the past, and have experience in software delivery as well as those who can drive and influence change and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Accountable for the delivery and reporting of several Scrum Teams within a Program
- Establishing program level cadence and driving program level ceremonies (e.g. PSI Planning, release train retrospectives, backlog refinement)
- Work with other program leaders to drive the definition and refinement of the program backlog
- Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to the Scrum Masters at the team level
- Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration
- Serve as an escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Masters
- Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-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.
- Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career
- Provide real time feedback to the methodology team based on experiences with software delivery teams
- Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution
- Be a change agent and foster a “learn by doing†environment
Requirements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of IT experience
- 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Agile Coach
- 2+ years of leading/managing people
- 2+ years of experience working on large scale, multiple Scrum team projects
- 2+ years of experience working on mixed methodology program (Scrum interfacing with Waterfall from a dependency perspective)
- Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- Experience acting as a Scrum Master for multiple scrum teams
Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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