Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries

The position of Scrum Master/Business Analyst (BA) III is within our Cardiometabolic and Informatics business unit located at Charlottesville, VA, Alere Informatics.  The BA plays a critical role on the Agile Development Team acting in a dual role as Scrum Master and Business Analyst.  The BA is actively engaged with the Team by: representing; advocating and shepherding the many customer voices; ensuring that the products we deliver meet the diverse and competing needs of our customers (internal and external); understanding and identifying opportunities, flows and issues with discussions and interactions within the entire project team. 

The BA is responsible for facilitating discussions between Product Owner, Stakeholders, and the Development Team to ensure the full scope of requirements has been defined and balanced with an overall technical understanding of the solution. The BA role requires excellent communication and facilitation skills and the ability to work interdependently with the team and effectively challenge the status quo to reach successful business outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Business Analyst:

• Define and document software requirements
• Gather product feedback from internal stakeholders and external customers
• Produce elements of systems design, including data migration rules, business rules, wireframes, high fidelity mockups, or other detailed deliverables
• Author documentation to be consumed by internal and external customers

As a ScrumMaster:

• Guide and coach cross-functional teams to excellence
• Facilitate team meetings and scrum ceremonies
• Protect the team from distractions and interruptions

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS | EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's Degree or eight or more equivalent years of related experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ Year of Agile experience
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• Experience using Agile Tools to manage backlog and track iterations
• Technical writing
• Strong communication, both written and verbal
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to think strategically and independently
• Demonstrated ability to drive a team towards deadlines
• Demonstrated people management experience; ability to coach, mentor, and grow junior talent

ABOUT ABBOTT

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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