Scrum Master - Optum Experience is a plus

Job Description Role: Scrum MasterDuration: 7 months USA - Remote WorkPrevious Optum Experience is RequiredRole description: *Facilitate Agile team events, including Daily Stand ups, Iteration Planning, Iteration Reviews, and Iteration Retrospectives, ensuring meetings are productive and conducted within established timeboxes *Guide the Agile team through planning, execution, review, and reflection activities to support consistent delivery *Coach team members in Scrum, Kanban, and quality practices *Promote and reinforce self organization and self management within the Agile team *Mentor team members to foster a continuous learning mindset and encourage independent problem solving *Identify and help eliminate bottlenecks, delays, and waste to improve team workflow efficiency *Assist the Agile team in meeting delivery goals and maintaining focus on iteration and PI objectives *Support the Product Owner in backlog management and prioritization activities *Ensure requirements and priorities are clearly communicated and understood by the team *Facilitate healthy team dynamics around scope, priorities, and commitments *Collaborate with other Scrum Masters and the Release Train Engineer (RTE) during PI Planning and ART level events *Support coordination and alignment across Agile Teams within the ART *Analyze team performance metrics, delivery progress, and key performance indicators *Guide the team in using metrics and insights to address challenges and improve execution *Facilitate retrospectives focused on continuous improvement and value deliveryRequired skills:3 years of residential requirements in the USExperience working as a Scrum Master and solid working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Agile practicesExperience supporting Agile Release Trains and participating in PI Planning activitiesExperience analyzing team metrics and using data to guide team improvement and delivery outcomes Demonstrated ability to operate independently on ambiguous, high impact initiatives with executive visibilityDemonstrated ability to coach teams on Agile practices, self organization, and continuous improvement.Proven ability to collaborate with Product Owners, ReleaseTrain Engineers, and other Scrum MastersProven solid strategic thinking, analytical problem solving, and stakeholder influence skillsProven solid facilitation skills with the ability to lead effective, time boxed Agile ceremoniesDesired skills:Experience in regulated or healthcare environmentsExperience working within a SAFe or scaled Agile environment.Experience using AI assisted tools to supportAgile delivery activities such as backlog refinement, planning, retrospectives, and flow analysis, while ensuring human ownership and decision making remain intactExperience in Agentic Scrum integrating AI agents into AgileExperience using AI-powered tools to automate reporting and track performance metricsThis is a remote position.