Senior IT Application Analyst - Scrum Guide

The Senior IT Application Analyst - Scrum Guide is responsible for facilitating the scrum process, ensuring that all team members are working together to achieve the product/project goals. The Scrum Guide will help the team stay on track and ensure that everyone is following the established processes and procedures. They will also be responsible for resolving any conflicts or issues that arise during the project. Additionally, the Scrum Guide will provide guidance and support to the team, helping them to become more effective and efficient in their work. 

Responsibilities: 

• The Scrum Guide is responsible for facilitating the Scrum process, ensuring that all team members understand and adhere to the Scrum values and practices, removing any impediments to progress, and helping the team improve their processes. 
• Facilitate the Scrum process: The Scrum Guide is responsible for ensuring that the Scrum process is followed correctly and efficiently. This includes facilitating daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. 
• Ensure understanding of Scrum values.

Serves a primary role in the support of software programs or modules across multiple clinical and/or business functions.
Understands the business environment and the impact IT can have on the business environment. Provides analysis and support for installed systems, as well as system implementation and integration projects, which require systems analysis, design, build, testing and implementation for specific modules or applications. 
Functions as a liaison between clinical, business, and technical areas during the planning process and provides oversight throughout the project cycle. Builds credibility and rapport with customers to understand their needs. 
Researches requests to determine scope, size and impact. Validates requirement information with the stakeholders to ensure completeness, correctness, and clarity. Validates solutions to ensure it satisfies the stated requirements.
Maintains in-depth knowledge of existing systems and certification in the vended application. Able to design, develop, or modify applications, algorithms, or rules via vendor tools or augmented tools developed within Mayo Clinic and are able to validate data integrity of changes introduced. 
Works on strategic projects with a Project Manager and is able to manage small- to mid-sized operational projects independently. Works independently across multiple departments and divisions in order to accomplish goals. 
Creates test plans and evaluates current plans for improvement. Guides and advises less experienced business analysts, and provides orientation and training for new employees.
Maintains knowledge of current and emerging technologies that directly affect enterprise processes. Maintains awareness of overall enterprise architecture.
May be required to provide 24/7 on-call support.

This is a remote position, however the incumbent will need to be on campus approximately 1 - 2 days per month.  Therefore preference will be given to candidates that live within 70 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus.

Mayo Clinic will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position including F1 OPT Stem.

Bachelor’s Degree with 4 years’ experience OR Associate’s Degree with 6 years’ experience. Vendor application certification may be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 years' experience in Software Development and leading teams
• Experience leading and facilitating Scrum teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of Agile and Scrum principles, practices, and theory 
• Ability to facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Experience in coaching teams on Agile and Scrum values and principles
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills
• Understanding of software development processes and procedures 
• Ability to track and report progress against project goals
• Knowledge of tools and techniques for effective product backlog management
• Experience with metrics and analytics to measure
• Professional Scrum Master I Certification Required and SAFe Agilist Certification preferred

Why Mayo Clinic
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