The APM must be well-rounded, highly motivated, self-starter that works best in a collaborative, dynamic, and agile environment.  Excellent communication skills (written and oral) are essential to this position as the APM will interface with on- and off-shore resources, business owners, enterprise architects, security, and infrastructure resources.  An APM needs to have great motivational and time management skills as well.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating Scrum team ceremonies including Story Grooming, Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Demo, Product Backlog Review, Scrum of Scrums, and Sprint Demos

• Responsible for Scrum/Kanban team performance including the team’s commitments and quality

• Orchestrates all aspects of Sprint delivery, including analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment activities

• Directly drives all committed user stories and defects through completion during the Sprints.

• Drives reprioritization of stories/scope to keep releases on track

• Eliminates team blockers to ensure the team can remain focused on the task at hand and be able to achieve the task successfully in a timely manner

• Monitor internal and external dependencies and work with others to have a strategy around dependencies

• Graphically and through various other communication paths, report current state of the Scrum/Kanban team to all levels within the organization on both the IT and business side.  Also be able to provide plan vs. actual analysis of the Scrum/Kanban team, creating better insight into the team’s status

• Champion process improvements within the Scrum/Kanban teams based on lessons learned and retrospectives

• Coordinate and facilitate external discussions on project work to ensure successful on-time delivery

• Negotiate scope and schedule with business leads and IT leadership

• Ensuring all expected artifacts are completed and maintained

• Have a thorough understanding of the scrum team’s build

• Problem solve with team members based on understanding of the build

• Conduct capacity planning

• Have ability to facilitate large planning sessions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Management Information Systems or a related discipline strongly preferred

• At least two years of work experience as a Scrum Master required OR Scrum Master Certification

• Preferred to have at least an additional two to five years of work experience within IT in application development management and/or project management

• Experience with Agile development (Scrum methodology) a must and Scaled Agile Framework

• Experience being on a Scrum/Kanban team is preferred.

• Experience with Jira required.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 94,500 - 157,500 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.