Scrum Master, IT

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Role Summary:

The Scrum Master - IT supports Agile delivery for the Finance Product Team by facilitating Agile ceremonies, enabling effective planning and prioritization, improving delivery transparency, and helping the team deliver predictable business value. The role partners closely with the Product Owners, Finance stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership to improve backlog health, manage dependencies, remove impediments, and foster continuous improvement while supporting established Agile ways of working

Key Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Agile delivery for one IT product team, with flexibility to support additional teams as business needs evolve.

• Facilitate team ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, demos, and retrospectives.

• Use Scrum, Kanban, and applicable SAFe practices to help the team plan work, manage flow, and deliver against agreed priorities.

• Partner with Product Owners, Finance stakeholders, delivery leaders, and team members to maintain backlog health, clarity, support sprint goals, align delivery with business objectives

• Support work intake, prioritization, and capacity planning processes to ensure work is aligned to business priorities, operational commitments, and team capacity.

• Identify, track, and help remove team impediments, escalating risks, dependencies, or decisions when support is needed.

• Facilitate management of cross-functional dependencies, risks, and decisions that may impact delivery commitments or planned business outcomes.

• Maintain visibility into team progress, blockers, sprint health, and delivery metrics to support transparent communication and timely decisions.

• Monitor delivery performance using metrics such as sprint commitment reliability, velocity trends, throughput, carryover, cycle time, and dependency management to drive continuous improvement.

• Support release readiness by coordinating team inputs, tracking dependencies, managing risks, and following established delivery and governance practices.

• Coach the team on Agile principles, Scrum practices, accountability, self-organization, and continuous improvement while promoting collaboration and transparency.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, team engagement, and psychological safety through effective facilitation and constructive feedback practices.

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Required Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, burndown tracking, and managing unplanned work.

• Ability to facilitate team discussions, resolve day-to-day delivery challenges, and support alignment across Product Owners, Delivery Managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders.

·         Ability to communicate delivery status, risks, dependencies, and key metrics effectively to technical teams, Finance stakeholders, and leadership audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to support sprint execution, remove blockers, and improve delivery predictability over time.

• Strong organization, follow-through, attention to detail, and commitment to quality in team communication, documentation, and delivery practices.

• Collaborative, practical, and continuous improvement-oriented, with the ability to build trust and promote transparency within the team.

• Experience facilitating prioritization discussions and balancing competing business demands.

• Strong understanding of Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown, throughput, cycle time, carryover, and delivery predictability.

• Experience supporting backlog management, acceptance criteria refinement, and sprint readiness activities.

• Ability to influence without authority and build strong relationships across product, business, and technology teams.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile delivery facilitator, or similar role supporting business and technology product teams.

• Experience using Agile planning and delivery tools, such as ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.

• First-level Scrum Master certification, such as CSM or PSM I, and/or SAFe Practitioner certification is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting technology delivery in a regulated industry.

• Familiarity with medical device, healthcare, or other regulated delivery environments.

• Experience supporting Finance, Corporate Functions, ERP, Workday, SAP, Oracle, or financial process transformation initiatives.

• Experience working with governance, compliance, audit, financial controls, or regulatory requirements.

• Experience supporting Agile transformation or product team maturity initiatives.

Reasonable Accommodation

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