Company: Oak Street Health

Title: Sr Scrum Master, IT

Location: Treehouse or Downers Grove

Role Description:

We are looking for an experienced scrum master to oversee and guide scrum teams. The scrum master's responsibilities include ensuring that development teams follow scrum framework values and agile practices, mentoring and motivating the teams to improve processes, facilitating meetings and decision-making processes, and eliminating team impediments.

To be successful as a scrum master, you should have a firm grasp of agile practices and the ability to effectively manage and mentor development teams. An outstanding scrum master should have excellent interpersonal, project management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a scrum master practice to build standards across the organization

• Manage a scrum master team within the practice

• Using agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions.

• Training, mentoring, and supporting scrum teams to follow agile values, principles, and practices.

• Determining and managing tasks, issues, risks, and action items.

• Scheduling and facilitating scrum events, meetings, and decision-making processes.

• Monitoring progress and performance and helping teams to make improvements.

• Planning and organizing demos and product/system testing.

• Ensuring the proper use of collaborative processes and removing impediments for the scrum team.

• Tracking project processes, deliverables, and financials.

• Preparing and presenting status reports to stakeholders.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience as a scrum master or in a similar role.

• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.

• Leadership and management experience.

• Excellent people and project management skills.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field preferred.

• Certified scrum master, SAFe preferred.

• Healthcare related knowledge is preferred, not required

What does being “Oaky” look like?

• Radiating positive energy

• Assuming good intentions

• Creating an unmatched patient experience

• Driving clinical excellence

• Taking ownership and delivering results

• Being relentlessly determined

Why Oak Street Health?

Oak Street Health is on a mission to “Rebuild healthcare as it should be'', providing personalized primary care for older adults on Medicare, with the goal of keeping patients healthy and living life to the fullest. Our innovative care model is centered right in our patient’s communities, and focused on the quality of care over volume of services. We’re an organization on the move! With over 150 locations and an ambitious growth trajectory, Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody “Oaky” values and passion for our mission.

Oak Street Health Benefits:

• Mission-focused career impacting change and measurably improving health outcomes for medicare patients

• Paid vacation, sick time, and investment/retirement 401K match options

• Health insurance, vision, and dental benefits

• Opportunities for leadership development and continuing education stipends

• New centers and flexible work environments

• Opportunities for high levels of responsibility and rapid advancement

Oak Street Health is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and encourage all interested readers to apply.

Learn more at www.oakstreethealth.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-oak-street-health