Project Manager/RTE &Scrum Master

We are looking for a Project Manager who also serves as Scrum Master for three delivery teams within a strategic programme that applies agentic AI and rule-based automation to clinical trial data review. The programme is in active build with a fixed MVP deadline, a distributed team of approximately 50 people across 5 delivery teams, and GxP regulatory requirements.

At the programme level, you own delivery execution - planning, tracking, risk management, dependency resolution, and stakeholder communication. At the team level, you facilitate agile ceremonies, coach teams on effective ways of working, and remove impediments for cross-functional delivery teams. You will work alongside a Product Manager (who owns vision and prioritisation) and a Solution Architect (who owns technical decisions).

The perfect candidate: The perfect candidate is a pragmatic, hands-on servant leader who thrives in ambiguity and leads by enabling the team rather than controlling them. He maintains a high-trust, psychologically safe environment while remaining firm on scope and commitments. Balancing a sharp eye for detail with a broad program-level perspective, he leads by example-equally comfortable shaping high-level strategy or diving into the trenches to update a RAID log or fix a broken Jira filter.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Programme Delivery Management

• Own the delivery plan across multiple parallel teams from current state through MVP and subsequent releases

• Drive PI-level planning, manage cross-team dependencies, and resolve blockers before they hit the critical path

• Maintain the RAID log with clear owners, deadlines, and recommendations

• Enforce scope discipline through a structured requirements intake and triage process

• Release management: develop and maintain a release calendar and schedule, coordinating with development, QA, and operations teams on timelines. Lead post-implementation reviews to identify release cycle process improvements. Scrum Master for Three Delivery Teams

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives for the teams

• Shield teams from external disruptions and remove impediments quickly

• Coach team members on agile practices and continuous improvement

• Track sprint health (velocity, burndown, blocked items) and surface concerns early

• Support Product Owners with backlog refinement, story breakdown, and Definition of Done compliance

Cross-Team Coordination

• Facilitate Scrum of Scrums, PO Sync, and dependency resolution sessions across all 5 delivery teams
• Manage the Jira ALM project structure as the single source of truth for programme status
• Ensure consistent Jira hygiene across all teams (issue types, labels, linking, workflows)
• Enable effective collaboration between co-located (Basel) and virtual (US, India) team members

Stakeholder Communication

• Provide transparent program status reporting to leadership
• Manage stakeholder expectations around MVP scope and post-MVP deferrals
• Coordinate with adjacent programmes and platform teams on integration dependencies

• 7+ years of project management experience in software delivery, including 3+ years managing programmes with multiple parallel teams
• Demonstrated Scrum Master experience - you have facilitated agile teams, not just observed them. You know how to run an effective retro and how to coach without directing
• Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience with understanding of GxP requirements and what inspection readiness means in practice
• Hands-on Jira experience - you have configured and managed Jira projects, not just consumed reports. Xray test management experience preferred
• Experience with scaled agile delivery (SAFe or similar) and the pragmatism to know when to adapt the framework to the situation
• Strong risk and dependency management skills with a bias toward action
• Experience managing distributed hybrid teams across multiple time zones
• Fluent English communication - written and verbal

Nice to haves:

• Clinical data management domain familiarity - you understand CRFs, EDC systems, data queries, and the data review process at a working leve
• Experience with AI/ML product delivery, particularly the challenges of validating non-deterministic systems
• GxP validation experience for AI/ML or software systems in pharma
• Experience with clinical data systems (Medidata Rave, CDMS, RBQM tools)
• CSM, PSM, SAFe SM/RTE, PMP, or equivalent certification