At Healthgrades, we are focused on providing trusted information that allows consumers to receive more transparency around their healthcare and we have become the 3rd largest health care site on the web, generating 20 million visits a month. 
 
As a Scrum Master on the Healthgrades web engineering team, you will serve as a subject matter expert on Scrum values and methodologies for our internal and external stakeholders. You will work closely with Product Managers and Development Teams to facilitate discussions, advise on best practices, adequately define specifications and oversee the development and adoption of our Healthgrades.com site. As we embark on solving new problems for consumers looking for healthcare, we will need a driver such as yourself to be a key contributor on this exciting challenge.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform traditional Scrum Master duties that include organizing and facilitating daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related events
• Track and communicate team velocity, throughput, and sprint/release progress
• Work with Technical Leads and Product Managers to refine the product backlog, increasing its effectiveness
• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and 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

Education, Knowledge & Skills:

• Scrum Master Certification with 2 years of Scrum Master experience
• In-depth knowledge of agile practices and the ability to determine when to deploy Kanban, Scrum, etc. Also, knowledge of agile excellence topics such as Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development
• Proficiency in using Atlassian suite of tools – JIRA
• Leadership qualities that enable the ability to influence without authority and negotiate
• Highly adaptable to changing environment and priorities
• Must have exceptional communication, organization, and time management skill
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse and geographically dispersed teams
• Ability to coach teams to reach their highest potential
• Must be collaborative in driving decisions and able to deal with multiple projects and deadlines
• Ability to hold team members accountable, set clear sprint performance standards, resolve sprint performance issues, keep team engaged and on task

Why Healthgrades?

• Work that matters – we help over a million Americans a day make meaningful connections with their healthcare providers
• Excellent balance in life
• Evolving, fast paced culture with career advancement opportunities
• Successful and accessible senior leadership team
• Robust benefits – generous PTO, 401k contributions, company-wide bonuses, wellness programs, paid volunteer time and more!
• Be Social at Work - company wide demos, annual hackathons, new hire socials and more!