Scrum Master

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values :

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

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Alight is hiring a Business Technical Analyst / Scrum Master to join our Retiree Health Solutions business unit. As part of an industry-leading team, you will help empower results for our clients by delivering innovative and effective solutions. The Business Technical Analyst / Scrum Masteris responsible forworking witha team and stakeholders to gather, capture, and groom requirements, develop acceptance criteria, and assistuser testing to ensure a quality product is delivered for one or more product teams.

Key Responsibilities

Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

Guide and coach the Scrum team on Agile principles and best practices.

Remove impediments and blockers to ensure smooth project delivery.

Collaborate with the Product Owner(s) to manage and prioritize the product backlog.

Liaisons between Business Product Owner(s) and Technology Development team(s).

Leads business requirement discussions based on priority set by the Product Owner; manage capture of materials and documentation as needed by the team to support successful delivery.

Supports and coordinates User Acceptance testing.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback and process refinement.

Promote team accountability and ownership of deliverables.

Ensure alignment with organizational goals and Agile standards.

Documents requirements (user stories), functional and nonfunctional, for existing and new products, to pass on knowledge to the technology delivery team. Answers questions and works closely with the project team and business team throughout development.

Applies and adapts agile values and principles with the team to improve workflow, identify lessons learned, evaluate completed tasks, and make process improvements based upon successful and unsuccessful project elements. Develops best practices to share.

Serves as an escalation point for issues requiring functional engagement.

Required Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business or related field.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) or SAFe Scrum Master certification (preferred)

Proficiency in Agile tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps

Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and DevOps Practices

Strong understanding of Business Systems and Customer Relationship Management software, particularly Microsoft Dynamics CRM, preferred.

Strong facilitation, conflict resolution and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Ability to drive team collaboration and foster a high-performing Agile culture.

Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.

Strong facilitation skills in leading planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives.

Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse and remote teams.

Ability to structure and communicate needs, requirements, and solutions in a business context for business stakeholders.

Experience as a Business Analyst including understanding of business requirements gathering and business analysis referring to existing documentation and processes.

Experience in analyzing business requirements at all stages of software development

Exposure in functional, integration, regression and user acceptance testing of applications.

Preferred (nice to have) :

• Exposure and understanding of Medicare domains of the health insurance industry for appointments and enrollments
• Knowledge in working with ETL processes

Experience :

5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in Agile environments for a product focused delivery team

Proven track record of successfully delivering projects using Scrum methodologies.

Experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams.

Experience in Health Insurance Technology Solutions.

Domain expertise in IT, software development, or relevant industry sectors.

Experience in coordinating and managing teams to develop functional designs that satisfy the user requirements.

Successful track record of delivering technology projects of very high complexity.

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position : SSN / SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and / or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.