Sr. Scrum Master

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Sr. Scrum Master

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will servant leader and coach for a Product Team. The role cultivates an environment where the team can stay focused with limited disruption from outside impacts, enables the team to effectively use Lean and SAFe Agile practices, removes roadblocks to progress, facilitates Agile events. In partnership with the Product Owner, the Scrum Master tracks team metrics, and guides the team towards becoming successful.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Leading/running multiple scrums and projects.

• Facilitate team events such as Daily Stand-ups, Iteration Planning, reviews, and retrospectives

• Act as a servant leader and coach for and within Product and Platform teams

• Develop an environment where the team can stay focused

• Educate the team about Lean and SAFe Agile practices like Scrum

• Remove roadblocks and impediments to team progress

• Support the Product Owner in handling the backlog and guiding the team

• Strengthen communication and collaborations teams, especially those on the Agile Release Train (ART)

• Track team metrics and find ways to improve team performance

• Guide the team towards becoming a successful and self-managing unit

• Continuously learn and improve as a Scrum Master to better support the team's success, including participation in Amgen Communities of Practice

• Run scrum cadences working with multiples teams across the globe.

• Ensure coordination between teams for timely delivery.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Deep knowledge and expertise in SAFe. Combine technical knowledge of SAFe with a motivation to improve software, systems, and Agile business processes.

• Jira hands on experience including work management and reporting

• Expert in driving PI planning events with support of Release Train Engineer in ART set up

• Excellent Project Management, People Management and Leadership skills in a software Development environment.

Education and Professional Certifications

• Master’s degree / Bachelor's degree and 8 to 13 years of experience in Information Systems

• SAFe Scrum Master certification is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical thought leadership

• Able to communicate technical or complex subject matters in business terms.

• Jira Align experience

• Miro experience

• Workshop facilitation experience

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and gap/fit assessment skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.

• Ability to handle multiple priorities successfully.

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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