Scrum Master - Abbott Lingo Biowearables

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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Lingo

Meet Lingo, a new biosensing technology that provides users a window into their body. Lingo tracks key biomarkers - such as glucose, ketones, and lactate - to help people make better decisions about their health and nutrition. Biowearable technology will digitize, decentralize and democratize healthcare, enabling consumers to take control of their own health.

The opportunity

Personalized healthcare is the future. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance. The Lingo team embodies a start-up culture and mindset with the backing of Abbott, a company with a rich history of healthcare innovation. Join us and grow your career as you help Abbott shape the future of healthcare.

You will be a part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional Scrum team. You will advise and oversee the squads on agile values, practices, and processes to ensure that each squad is fully functional, productive, and focused on the sprint goals. You will conduct all the ceremonies of an agile development cycle such as sprint planning, daily standups, feature refinements, sprint demos, and retrospectives.

You will support the development team and product owners in delivering incremental value for each sprint for each of the products. You will facilitate the scrum process, protect the team from interference, and remove obstacles so that the team can deliver the sprint goals. You will remove impediments and act as a shield from external distractions.

What you'll do

• Facilitate scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-up meetings, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews /demos, and sprint retrospectives
• Assist the Scrum team to become a self-organized, cross-functional, and highly efficient team that delivers high-quality products
• Coach the team in practicing agile principles, identify team training opportunities, and engage necessary expertise to facilitate
• Deliver appropriate and effective executive-level communication
• Organize and facilitate all agile ceremonies to ensure appropriate team commitments
• Document the action items from the various meetings and follow up with the respective stakeholders
• Help to identify, remove, and/or escalate impediments, risks, and dependencies that could hinder the team's ability to deliver on the sprint goal or long-term commitments
• Coach leaders to develop a product mindset and coach the organization overall on the adoption of agile
• Foster psychological safety

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with Agile and Scrum
• Strong knowledge and expertise with Agile concepts
• Strong knowledge and understanding of fundamentals of iterative development and software development processes and procedures
• Proven ability in building effective partnerships with diverse groups in multiple locations/environments
• Strong relationship management skills; able to set priorities, influence others, manage customer expectations, and effect change through influence and partnerships
• Able to communicate well with all levels of the organization from Scrum team members to executive level
• Effective communication, team dynamics, conflict resolution, mentoring, and servant leadership skills

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The salary for this role is between:

N/A

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

DIVISION:

CHMN Office of the Chairman

LOCATION:

United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Austin : 8701 Bee Caves Rd, United States > Bend : 1000 SW Emkay Drive, United States > Orlando : 30 S. Keller Road, United States > Santa Clara : 4551 Great America Parkway

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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