Beschreibung:

For our client, a well-known pharmaceutical company in Basel, we are looking for an ambitious Technical Project Manager / Scrum Master (m/f)

Background

This position is for a strong scrum master with a solid background in Technical Project Management.

As scrum master you will be leading a team that is in transition from a traditional waterfall delivery model to a product-centric, scaled agile framework.

You have a strong enough foundation in Agile methodologies to guide a transitional team as well as provide technical project management where needed as we close skill gaps and phase out unneeded processes.

General Information

• Start date: 01.02.2021
• Latest start date: 01.02.2021
• End date: 6 months contract
• Extension: Yes
• Work location: Basel
• Workload: 100%

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Product team (Product Manager, Release Train Engineer, Product Owner(s), developers, Business Analysts, technical resources, and other stakeholders
• Manage and optimize the flow of product value using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanbans, boards, trackers
• Organize, manage and facilitate the scrum process and ceremonies; daily stand-ups, demos, retrospectives, grooming and planning meetings, etc.
• Help the Product Owner/ Product Manager keep the product backlog in good shape and groomed/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
• Resolves team impediments with the other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the product-centric delivery approach in the organization
• Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities
• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics, where necessary
• Coach leaders, 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 and Solution Architects/Engineering
• Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Work with the Release Train Engineer on program execution and operational excellence
• Facilitate System Demos and Solution Demos
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve
• Foster use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices
• Identify gaps in process and skills and help bridge the transition of the organization to scaled agile, product-centric delivery
• Help manage other special projects within the domain as assigned

Must Haves

• 10+ years’ experience in proj mgmt - 8+ years’ experience in the management of complex technical projects, 4+ year’s project development experience on an Agile Team
• Has successfully led large-scale software projects (with multiple tracks of work and teams in multiple locations) from concept to delivery
• Has already implemented agile systems in ongoing business areas
• Healthcare software background within a regulated environment, International teamwork or global functional experience is preferred
• Strong communication skills and experience with managing senior stakeholders
• Fluent English skills (written and spoken)
• Flexible working hours: Late evenings working with US Timezone
• Strong skills in leading teams, problem-solving, influencing, teamwork, initiative and communication.

Nice to Haves

• Previous experience in pharma and GxP environment
• Experience with deployment of cloud and SaaS solutions
• Knowledge of Diagnostics business
• Experience supporting research laboratory execution informatics

Contact

Jan Schmitz-Elsen

Talent Acquisition Consultant

+41 61 500 01 74

jan.schmitz@datalynx.ch