Analyst, Scrum Master

About the position

At CVS Health, we're building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. As the nation's leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues - caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. A Brief Overview Carries out and facilitates Scrum events, removing impediments, promoting collaboration, supporting the Product Owner, and driving continuous improvement. Ensures the effective implementation of the Scrum framework, creating a conducive environment for the team's success, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Administers the capacity planning plan, using historical data and trend patterns to effectively estimate team capacity for future key projects.
• Analyzes and reviews product backlogs, sprint backlogs, and burn-down charts to gather key insights on productivity.
• Applies knowledge of scrum processes to identify process improvement opportunities for productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Communicates with teams in a collaborative environment and provides feedback to help team members excel.
• Configures software for agile process facilitation to organize daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Coordinates internal retrospective meetings to guide teams in reflecting on lessons learned for completed projects.
• Designs team training, mentoring, or coaching programs to improve the understanding and application of scrum principles.
• Develops networking and collaboration opportunities to connect with scrum masters and agile practitioners to exchange experiences and share challenges.
• Examines competencies needed for scrum projects and develops communication, facilitation, conflict resolution skills in team members.

Requirements

• 0 -2 years of work experience/ coursework in Project Management and/or Agile/Scrum principles
• Working knowledge of problem solving and decision making skills
• Willingness to learn

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options
• 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.