Agile Practitioner 1
Optum · Schaumburg, IL · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$73k–$130k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Facilitate interactions, planning sessions, and team activities to ensure software delivery objectives and milestones are met
- Cook up team capacity, sprint schedules, and release planning to ensure alignment with product roadmaps and business goals
- Identify, track, and proactively resolve delivery risks, cross-team dependencies, and operational bottlenecks
- Track, analyze, and report key delivery metrics and team progress based on organization expectations to improve forecasting and predictability
- Communicate clear delivery status, milestone progress, and performance metrics to technical leaders and stakeholders
- Partner with Product Owners and tech leads to refine backlogs, define clear scope, and manage sprint commitments
- Guide and coach team members on self-organization, execution efficiency, and standard delivery frameworks
- Utilize enterprise-approved AI and automation tools to streamline team workflows, automate status tracking, and drive continuous operational improvements
- Evaluate emerging trends in agile execution, delivery metrics, and team collaboration to inform solution design and strategic innovation
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience facilitating technology delivery, team execution, or agile ceremonies within a software engineering or technical environment
- 2+ years of experience tracking, analyzing, and communicating delivery status, progress metrics, or milestone schedules to stakeholders
- 1+ years of experience coordinating dependencies, managing delivery risks, or resolving operational bottlenecks for technology teams
- 1+ years of experience utilizing delivery tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Rally, or similar) to manage backlogs, track work items, and compile reports
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related technical field
- 1+ years of experience utilizing approved AI, automation, or productivity tools to automate status reporting, analyze metrics, or generate sprint summaries
- Strong communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills with a delivery-focused mindset
- Experience working with remote, distributed teams in a global setting
- Active Agile or Scrum certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or PMI-ACP)