Scrum Master

Job Duties

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Position Title : Scrum Master

Location : Hybrid | Eagan, Minnesota

Career Area : Project / Program Mgmt|Product Led Model

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.

The Impact You Will Have

The Scrum Master will help push for continuous improvement focusing in on four key areas : Organizational Effectiveness (Engaged Teams), Customer Value (Building the right things), Quality (Working Product) and Team Effectiveness (Deliver Predictably). This position will work with multiple teams to help teams identify scope to achieve delivery on key outcomes. In the role, the position will help identify and mange impediments, while focusing on Agile best practices. Furthermore, this role will be responsible for helping launch new products or services for their designated product area, assist with large-scale application development, migration to new business applications, outsourcing of business or system capabilities, and infrastructure upgrades. The Scrum Master must ensure that delivery methods occur on an iterative basis leading with agility.

Your Responsibilities

• Uses Agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.
• Collaborates with product owners on the product development and business requirements.
• Responsible for helping teams build out their backlog and ensure best practices around acceptance criteria.
• Able to conduct journey mapping session, definition of ready and definition of done.
• Incorporates tasks, issues, risks, and action items within Agile process and team backlog.
• Schedules and facilitates scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.
• Identifies team opportunities to work with the team and measure data based improvements.
• Ensure teams follow Agile Life Cycle at a team level or at Scale.
• Ensures the proper use of collaborative processes and removes impediments for the team.
• Ensures initiative processes, deliverables, and financials are tracked.
• Prepares and presents value and Improvement reports to stakeholders.
• Trains, mentors, and supports Agile teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices to develop a continuous improvement mindset.
• Generally, Scrum Master will have accountability of larger cross functional product(s).Number of products, product size, revenue impacts and / or complexity are all considerations in performance.

Required Skills and Experience

Preferred Skills and Experience

Compensation and Benefits :

Pay Range : $88,600.00 - $117,400.00 - $146,200.00 Annual

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include :

To discover more about what we have to offer, please review our benefits page.

Role Designation

Hybrid

Anchored in Connection

Our hybrid approach is designed to balance flexibility with meaningful in-person connection and collaboration. We come together in the office two days each week - most teams designate at least one anchor day to ensure team interaction. These in-person moments foster relationships, creativity, and alignment. The rest of the week you are empowered to work remote.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please contact us at : talent.acquisition@bluecrossmn.com.

Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota and Blue Plus® are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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Minimum Education Required

Minimum Experience Required

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

Compensation

Postal Code

55121

Place of Work

Hybrid

Requisition ID

2193

Job Type

Full Time

Job Benefits

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