This role is in the Fraud, Waste and Abuse Team where you will be working on the claims audit platform which is a new initiative to modernize legacy platforms onto common platforms for health. You will be building microservices in Azure, taking each component and building them out on cloud. Join us! There's never been a better time to do your life's best work℠

Primary Responsibilities

• Act as a Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams within a Release Trail
• Establish team level cadence and drive team level events (e.g. sprint planning, team backlog grooming, team retrospectives, etc.) in alignment with Program level cadences established
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to the team to encourage adoption of good agile practices
• Be a change agent and foster a “learn by doing” environment
• Encourage and facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration
• Remove impediments for the team(s) and escalate as appropriate
• Facilitate management of the scrum team’s dependencies between the program team and third parties, release managers, or other scrum teams
• Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on team-level progress and quality
• Track and manage project execution in accordance with company's delivery and financial management practices
• Attitude of empowerment: Must be able to lead team(s) to self-organization
• Attitude of transparency: Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to both business and IT and build trust amongst partners
• Collaborative: Ability to partner with others to achieve goals at various levels throughout the organization and lead others to do so by example
• Communicative: Must be able to communicate well with all levels of the organization from Scrum team members to release train leadership
• Conflict resolution: Must be able to facilitate discussion at the team level and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
• Quick learner: Must be able to quickly gain a high-level understanding of the technical and business domains of the scrum teams
• Servant Leader: Support the team by eliminating roadblocks
• Team-oriented: Must be a team player who protects the scrum team

You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Strong Experience as a Scrum Master, including delivering modern solutions
• Experience of managing developer backlogs
• Strong experience on Agile Methodology
• Experience in capturing Agile metrics like sprint burndown, burnup, velocity, scope creep

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
• Healthcare Industry experience
• Proficiency with MS Office (Including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Proficiency with MS Visio or equivalent
• Proficiency with CA Agile Rally
• Familiarity with project financial reporting

We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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.