Scrum Master 3

About the role

Plan, facilitate, and lead all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, board reviews, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Lead cross-functional teams as Scrum Master to be compliant with cGEP/cGMP standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective breakdown of work by guiding the decomposition of epics and stories into sub-stories, tasks, spikes, and other actionable items.
• Coach the team on Scrum principles and ensure consistent adherence to Agile processes, enabling a high-performing and self-organizing team.
• Ensure stories are properly progressed through all required workflow steps to maintain transparency and delivery momentum.
• Identify, remove, and escalate impediments that impact team productivity, while encouraging focus on committed sprint work.
• Partner with Development Managers to support effective planning, prioritization, and capacity management.
• Conduct retrospectives and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives based on team feedback and performance insights.
• Schedule and facilitate backlog grooming sessions to ensure readiness of upcoming work.
• Support the development of delivery timelines and schedules in collaboration with PMO, including capacity planning, resource loading, and forecasting.
• Assess resource capacity and proactively identify gaps or the need for additional resources; support resource balancing strategies as needed.
• Collaborate with clients and end users to clarify business requirements and ensure alignment with development output.
• Act as a liaison between development teams and product management to ensure project processes, governance, and delivery standards are followed.
• Monitor risks and delivery issues, escalating concerns beyond the development team when needed and driving resolution through appropriate management channels.

Qualifications

• Overall 10+ years' experience with minimum 4+ years of related experience in Robotic / Embedded / Manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience with new product introduction (NPI) & GMP and new process development from SCRUM perspective.
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical or engineering field.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile methodologies and the Scrum framework.
• Hands-on experience with Scrum and Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, JAMA).
• Experience managing multiple teams.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams.
• Solid understanding of basic project management principles and practices.

Skills

• Scrum Master Certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster – CSM) preferred