IT Agile Team Leader II

Schedule:
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Department: IT Program Management - 225

Primary Purpose:

The Agile Team Lead is responsible for making sure Scrum teams live by the values and practices of Scrum, and for acting as the process owner for the team, creating a balance with the Product Owner. As an Agile Team Lead, you will do whatever possible to help the team perform at their highest level. This involves removing impediments to progress, facilitating meetings, and working closely with the product owner to make sure the product backlog is properly groomed. 

About ARUP:

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development.  Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month.  We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence.  Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

Guide development teams and product management on the use of agile practices; act as an agent of change to expand the use of Scrum throughout the organization 

Empower delivery teams to be self-organized guide team to work toward measurable goals

Facilitate Scrum activities/ceremonies 

Facilitate collaborative, cross-functional communication, improving transparency and radiating project information and metrics 

Assess the scrum maturity of the team and organization; coach the team to higher levels of maturity 

Remove impediments; understand the difference between internal and organizational impediments and how to manage each effectively 

Build a trusting/safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on problem solving 

Support and educate the Product Owner, with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog 

Provide support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible; lead by example 

Participate in the Scrum of Scrums with the other SM’s to coordinate interdependencies and implement best practices 

Stay current on industry and Agile best practices

Other duties as assigned.

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently and effectively communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. 

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.