Scrum Master - Life Sciences/CPG

We are seeking an experienced Scrum Master with a deep understanding of Agile principles and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean. The ideal candidate will act as a servant leader, coach, and facilitator for the Agile Release Train (ART), ensuring teams deliver business value while driving continuous improvement.

Experience in the Life Sciences/CPG industry and GxP-validated environments is mandatory.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events and processes to ensure teams remain aligned with delivery objectives.

Act as a servant leader, Chief Scrum Master, and Agile coach for teams and stakeholders.

Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.

Coach teams on Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Agile best practices.

Collaborate with Product Owners, team members, external partners, and stakeholders.

Manage product backlogs, refine user stories, and support feature and capability estimation.

Use JIRA, Confluence, and TCS MasterCraft DevPlus to support Agile delivery.

Monitor team performance metrics, including velocity and burndown charts, and identify improvement opportunities.

Identify risks and impediments and guide teams toward timely resolution.

Support capacity planning, task management, and delivery commitment tracking.

Apply Agile engineering practices, DevOps, continuous integration, and continuous testing principles.

Adapt Agile practices to meet customer requirements, particularly for GxP-validated systems.

Coordinate Scrum activities across multiple teams and collaborate with other Scrum Masters.

Promote transparency, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Resolve team conflicts and facilitate effective decision-making.

Prepare practical project plans and provide regular progress updates.

Strong understanding of Agile principles, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.

Demonstrable experience in Scrum management and Agile team facilitation.

Mandatory experience in the Life Sciences/CPG industry.

Mandatory GxP experience, preferably in validated environments.

Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and Agile project management tools.

Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, continuous testing, and Agile engineering practices.

Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.

Experience with user story management, capacity planning, and delivery tracking.

Ability to identify risks, resolve impediments, and drive continuous improvement.

Willingness to participate in onsite Scrum events at least 3 days per week in Raritan, NJ.

Essential Skills:

Scrum Master

TCS MasterCraft DevPlus

Scrum Management

Agile Release Train (ART)

GxP

Preferred Qualification:

Scrum Master certification.