Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Our client, a leading international Medical Device company located in Zug is looking for a Certified Scrum Master / Agile Coach for a 12 month contract opporunity.
The perfect candidate has a bachelor degree in Software or Computer Engineering or similar discipline as well as a SCRUM Master Certification and has gained at least 5 years of project experience on an Agile Team coaching, in a scrum master role.
General Information:
- Start date: 01.11.2022 or latest 01.01.2023
- End date: one year
- Workload: 100%
- Remote/Home Office: about 50% Onsite required
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Work closely with the Product team (Product definition team, Software Engineers, Business Analysts, technical resources, and other stakeholders)
- Manage and optimize the flow of product value delivery
- Organize, manage and facilitate the Scrum process and ceremonies; daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives,refinement, and planning meetings, etc.
- Help the Product Owner/ Product Manager keep the product backlog in good shape and refined/ready for sprint planning
- Act as a subject matter expert and coach to the team in Agile methodology, tool usage, decision-making process following the proper guidelines
- Resolve team impediments to increase the effectiveness of the delivery approach
- Assist in tracking the execution of features and capabilities
- Coach teams in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
- Help manage risks and dependencies
- Escalate and track impediments
- Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
- Encourage collaboration between teams
- Facilitate System Demos and Solution Demos
- Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the different squads and help them improve
- * Foster use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices
- * Identify gaps in process and skills and help the organization to succeed in applying scaled agile, product-centric delivery
Must Haves:
- Minimum a bachelor degree in Software or Computer Engineering or similar discipline
- Professional SCRUM Master certification
- 5+ years project experience on an Agile Team coaching / scrum master role
- Working experience in a scaled environments
- Experience with managing senior stakeholders
- Exhibits servant leadership style towards the development team and stakeholders
- Strong skills in leading teams, problem-solving, influencing, teamwork, initiative, and communication
- Strong communication skills
- Negotiation skills, long term and strategic thinking without losing the actual needs, teamwork, and fast integration into bigger teams
- Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
- Fluent English skills (written and spoken)
Nice to Have:
- Experience with GxP relevant systems
- Knowledge of Pharma / Diagnostics business
Interested in this opportunity? Kindly send us your CV today through the link in the advert. However, should you have any questions please contact Elaine Kanwar at +41 61 282 22 23