Scrum Master II

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Job Details

Summary

The Scrum Master-II is a key member of the team who is responsible for applying multiple agile frameworks to allow the company to meet stated objectives. The Scrum Master-II will also leverage technical knowledge, drive best practices and organizational dynamics to motivate teams. The Scrum Master II will be responsible for budget and status reporting when a project manager is not assigned to the effort, mentoring others on Agile and Waterfall methodology while working toward continuous improvements.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Possesses a solid understanding of how agile and waterfall frameworks work to deliver business value and how various practices can and should evolve.
• Cultivates customer focus as the team collaborates to deliver solutions achieving the desired business outcome.
• Helps teams self-organize and self-manage using collaborative engagement techniques.
• Acts as a coach who works within the team to maximize the value created.
• Responsible for the planning and facilitation of standard meetings to include; backlog preparation, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups.
• Facilitates the sizing of stories during the planning sprint, backlog grooming, or sprint planning sessions for the team.
• Utilizes the team “definition of done” to guide the team during their sprint commitments.
• Leverages defined metrics to enable continuous delivery, provide transparency and to optimize the value of iterative and incremental development.
• Effectively facilitates retrospectives to pull actionable changes for the team.
• Works with the product owner and stakeholders to determine staffing requirements.
• Removes impediments, and makes issues and problems visible. Escalates as necessary.

Experience & Educational Requirements

• Minimum of 3-7 years of Scrum Master experience
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM or related certification strongly preferred)
• SAFe Agile experience recommended
• 3+ years of information technology experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering; or equivalent work experience

Skillsets & Technical Requirements

Competent Level Understanding of:

• Agile and waterfall methodologies, values, and procedures
• Technically complex projects
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
• Relevant business software (e.g. Microsoft Office applications, Clarity, MS Project, Team Foundation Server, Jira)
• Possesses the ability to balance a willingness to engage with ideas different from their own, encouragement of others to express divergent perspectives, the capability to influence, conflict management, and teamwork.
• Highly adaptable to changing environment.
• Situational awareness of when to listen and when to be assertive.
• Ability to work well in a face paced Enterprise environment

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit

Full time

Salary Range*

$88,700 - 126,940

• This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Affiliated Companies

Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation