Consultant - Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum Master

GCL: C3

Introduction to role:

At AstraZeneca, we are committed to more than just creating life-changing medicines; we envision a future driven by bold, dynamic, and visionary individuals. As a Scrum Master, you will lead the charge in revolutionizing drug discovery, using powerful technology and advanced AI capabilities. Collaborate with our dynamic, globally distributed team to design and develop data products in the cloud, accelerating scientific breakthroughs like never before. Are you ready to be part of this exciting journey?

Accountabilities:

• Run sprints in JIRA/Confluence with all standard Agile ceremonies, including Sprint planning, Backlog refinement, and Stand-ups.
• Provide Agile coaching for your Scrum Teams and support the Product Owner, especially with refinement and maintaining the product backlog.
• Update JIRA with progress, structure JIRA dashboards, and complete Sprint reports.
• Resolve sprint blockers and manage capacity allocation during delivery for one or two Sprint teams.
• Coordinate Product-owner led Demos, Performance Metric reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Identify and implement measurable continuous improvements within the Scrum teams.
• Facilitate the team's progress toward Sprint goals, commitments, and successful delivery – Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Foster a positive team environment, growing the team's candor and confidence to take on challenges. Ensure everyone is respected, contributes effectively, and is heard.
• Resolve sprint blockers and manage resource allocation during sprints delivery from multiple teams.
• Act as a change agent that increases the productivity of the team.
• Remove impediments to development progress, actively coordinate with external teams to resolve dependencies, and timely intensify when beyond the team’s control.
• Ensure ongoing and active collaboration between the Product Owner and the Development team for Story definition and acceptance, ensuring the development of quality products first time.
  
  
  

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least 5 years for a software/data development team.
• Experience with widely successful Agile approaches and techniques.
• Experience engaging project partners not familiar with Scrum.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills.
• Experience as a Leader, Motivator, and Facilitator.
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability.
• Some traditional project management experience (e.g., Coordinate release management, create project documentation, manage communications to partners, negotiate schedule with partners, provide status reports to partners not familiar with Agile methods).
• Jira knowledge and usage.
  
  
  

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

AstraZeneca offers an environment where innovation thrives. Our work directly impacts patients by transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower our teams to perform at their peak by combining powerful science with leading digital technology platforms and data. With a passion for impacting lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning, and more, we are at a crucial stage of our journey to become a digital and data-led enterprise. Here you can innovate, take ownership, and explore new solutions in a modern technology environment that challenges you every day.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join us on this exciting journey!