Scrum Master

About the job you’re considering:

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master to coordinate the work of an Agile development team and support the end-to-end product development lifecycle. This role is responsible for planning, facilitating, and optimizing Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, backlog reviews, and retrospectives.

The Scrum Master partners closely with clients, end users, product management, and development leadership to ensure business requirements are well understood and Agile best practices are consistently applied. Acting as a servant leader, this role proactively identifies and removes impediments that may slow progress, while promoting continuous improvement to help the team meet delivery goals and milestones.

Your Role:

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

Your Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 4+ years of related experience in 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 OR equivalent work experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile methodologies and the Scrum framework.
• Hands-on experience with Scrum and Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, JAMA)
• 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.
• Scrum Master Certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster – CSM) preferred.