POSITION SUMMARY
Aetna Consumer Health & Products (CHP) mandate is to transform health and wellness via products that enable consumer engagement and a best-in-class experience. This team is responsible for Aetna's digital strategy and all digital products ; as well as the development road-map and execution of the road-map. A key part of this team is to build an integrated platform and underlying products to drive engagement and revolutionize health and wellness.

Aetna is taking on a major initiative to redesign and rebuild many of its customer facing digital assets. This effort will include a completely new approach to developing software within Aetna, using the latest design approaches, technologies, and processes. Aetna Digital is a newly formed startup like business unit within Aetna, which will design, build and deliver a completely new and integrated digital experience for our users. 

Aetna Digital is looking for a Certified Scrum Master (to support UX/UI/Product Design Team) who will be responsible for developing an agile based process for a team that is responsible for the design (user experience & visuals) its new consumer facing mobile applications. This role is tied tightly to the design team, and will also contribute in ways (using their own strengths & interests (UX/UI/Design Ops)) to enhance the user experience.


Fundamental Components:
 

•  Develop agile based process for managing the demands on a product design organization creating necessary standards, tools and best practices in a clearly document form.
• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meeting
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Maintain process documentation
• Ensure the design team is practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on Product & Sprint Backlogs.
• Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice
• Support the design managers, dev managers and project leads as necessary
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Empower the teams to self-organize
• Improve the productivity of the teams in any way possible
• Ensure the team strives to make each increment of functionality potentially shippable
• Participate in the organization and planning of the development schedule based on methodology that has been developed to create a cohesive plan with identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the agreed project plans and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters
• Adapting project plans, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout pilot projects to respond to emerging requirements and risks.
• Exhibits the following Employee Behaviors

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE desired:

•   Excellent team player and team builder
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline sensitive work environment
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
• An interest in product design and desire to improve the digital experience for customers.

EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

ADDITIONAL JOB INFORMATION
Aetna digital has the best of both worlds. Start up like environment in a large company within the healthcare domain!

Aetna is about more than just doing a job. This is our opportunity to re-shape healthcare for America and across the globe. We are developing solutions to improve the quality and affordability of healthcare. What we do will benefit generations to come.

We care about each other, our customers and our communities. We are inspired to make a difference, and we are committed to integrity and excellence.

Together we will empower people to live healthier lives.

Aetna is an equal opportunity & affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of personal characteristics or status. We take affirmative action to recruit, select and develop women, people of color, veterans and individuals with disabilities.

We are a company built on excellence. We have a culture that values growth, achievement and diversity and a workplace where your voice can be heard.





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