Scrum Master

About Dexcom

Founded in 1999, Dexcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), develops and markets Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes and by healthcare providers for the treatment of people with diabetes. The company is the leader in transforming diabetes care and management by providing CGM technology to help patients and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. Since the company’s inception, Dexcom has focused on better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by delivering solutions that are best in class - while empowering the community to take control of diabetes. Dexcom reported full-year 2022 revenues of $2.9B, a growth of 18% over 2021. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company employs over 8,000 people worldwide.

**The IT Scrum Master will**:

- Provide overall guidance for Scrum teams to adhere to Agile principles and practices. This includes sprint team backlog refinement estimating and sizing effort, release planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospective.
- Guide and Coach the Scrum Team(s) and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values while also meeting delivery commitment.
- Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team(s) and organization and coach the team(s) to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Provide Agile execution metrics and KPIs to IT leadership Support and educate Product Owner(s) in refining and managing the product backlog(s).

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:
The Scrum Master duties will include the following key responsibilities:

- Member of IT Scrum of Scrums and IT Scrum Master Council
- Oversee Scrum process and provide guidance to the Agile teams
- Facilitate Scrum routines and corresponding with management as needed
- Facilitate process improvement in use of the Agile Tool for tracking work (JIRA)
- Integrate with project, technology and business partners to manage projects and be proactive in gathering status updates from partners, while minimizing impact.
- Support Product Owners in short and long-term release planning, backlog health and preparation for execution. Coordination, facilitation and leadership of multiple distributed Agile Teams.

**Required Qualifications**:

- Certified Scrum Master with minimum 7 years in-depth experience in IT, 5 years experience as Scrum Master; and 2 years as Scrum Master for a Scrum of Scrums.
- Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed)
- Experience with assisting a historically waterfall team and organization with Scrum adoption.
- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Experience in assessing the Scrum Maturity of the teams and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
- Experience in management of interdependencies between agile teams.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Atlassian/JIRA Certifications (Administrator)
- Experience with Smartsheet Project Management tool Experience with JIRA X-Ray Test Management

**Desired Skills**:

- Knowledge of other approaches discussed in the Agile space such as XP & Kanban
- Experience with Devops methodology and execution
- Project Management certifications are a plus.
- Expert user of Atlassian apps; Jira, Confluence is a plus