Senior Manager, Agile Coach

Job Description

Senior Manager, Agile Coach

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Lead an Organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that supports a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be the leaders who have a passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, which will allow us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.
  
  

Our Technology centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. AN integral part of the our company IT operating model, Tech centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each tech center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

As an Agile Coach, you will be responsible for task management, Agile coaching, workshop coordination, and the documentation of success stories. You will play a critical role in promoting a structured and collaborative work environment, ensuring that our teams remain aligned with business goals and objectives. Your organizational skills and attention to detail will be essential as you help facilitate effective communication and accountability within and across teams.

What Will You Do In The Role

Task and Workflow Management

• Organize, document, and prioritize tasks across multiple projects using Agile tools like Jira.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure proper task tracking, create status reports, and regularly groom backlogs.
• Manage team workflows to ensure timely completion of tasks aligned with priority objectives.
  
  

Agile Coaching and Team Support

• Act as an Agile Coach, fostering a structured, efficient, and collaborative work environment.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups as needed.
• Provide guidance on best practices for task management and professional workflow organization.
  
  

Workshop and Engagement Coordination

• Organize, manage, and follow through on workshops with divisional customers, internal product teams, and vendors.
• Coordinate logistics, agendas, and documentation for workshops, ensuring that outcomes are actionable and tracked.
• Serve as the point of contact to ensure workshops are aligned with strategic objectives and team priorities.
  
  

Success Story Documentation and Communication

• Identify and document success stories arising from team engagements and deliverables.
• Publish and share success stories within the organization, highlighting the impact of the team’s work.
• Support the team in preparing impactful presentations and reports for internal stakeholders.
  
  

Reporting and Communication

• Prepare and publish periodic status reports that detail team progress and achievements.
• Ensure clear and consistent communication among the Strategy and Architecture team, divisional customers, and internal product teams.
• Drive accountability and transparency by maintaining updated project plans and dashboards.
  
  

What Should You Have

• Experience Minimum of 5 years in Agile project management, team coordination, or a related role.
• Agile Expertise Deep understanding of Agile principles, tools, and methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
• Organizational Skills Proven ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Communication Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable updates.
• Technical Tools Proficient in tools like Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, and other collaboration platforms.
• Leadership Ability to inspire and guide cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Problem-Solving A proactive approach to identifying challenges and driving solutions.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with architecture or related technical disciplines.
• Experience coordinating workshops, forums, and cross-functional engagements.
• Demonstrated ability to document and publish success stories or impact reports.
• Exposure to enterprise-level environments with multiple stakeholders.
  
  

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation

Who We Are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What We Look For

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Required Skills

Capability Development, Change Management, Classroom Delivery, Client Counseling, Learning Design, Methodical Approach, Organizational Structures, Teaching

Preferred Skills

Job Posting End Date

05/30/2025

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Requisition ID R345605