Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Establish and refine a clear vision for the product and communicate it effectively to the development team and stakeholders, ensuring everyone understands the product's strategic direction


• Manage the Product Backlog, including creating stories/epics, prioritizing them with business stakeholders and making it visible and understandable to all stakeholders and team members


• Act as the liaison between the business, customers, and the development team, gathering feedback, anticipating needs, and ensuring the product meets their requirements


• Provides guidance, answers questions from developers, and ensures the team understands the backlog items and the overall product objectives


• Work with the team to deliver product increments at regular intervals and monitor key product metrics to evaluate progress and make informed decisions


• Evaluate priority and communicate/set expectations to all stakeholders regarding when features/functions could be delivered to business stakeholders


• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Proven working experience as a Product Owner in health IT and/or federal government contracting environments.


• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to lead a cross-functional team


• Positive approach to continuous growth and actively applies feedback to strengthen their work


• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.


• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and project management software (e.g., MS Project, JIRA).

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree + 5 years' experience in requirements elicitation in federal government environment


• Agile certifications preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies


• Experience working with the Department of Veterans Affairs


• Familiarity with supply chain, prosthetics, and/or system modernization


• Active clearance for Public Trust Position with access to VA systems, including PIV, and GFE

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