Scrum Master

Do you have expertise in Business Analysis, and passion for providing solutions to technical needs? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person

About IT

Here our work has a direct impact on patients - transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining ground breaking science with leading digital technology platforms and data. All with a passion to impact lives through data, analytics, AI, machine learning and more. Join us at a crucial stage of our journey in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise. Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth. Focused and committed, and backed with the investment to succeed, we're driving cross-company change to disrupt the entire industry.

Here at Södertälje, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturing units, innovative ideas are transformed into finished products, every minute. Here we have our Sweden Operations and Sweden Biologics sites, which stand for high-tech production of traditional and biological drugs. General industry knowledge is mixed with Life Science expertise and ground-breaking IT skills in an international environment with supportive leadership. We work together to serve a common purpose: to change and extend life of our patients by creating the drugs of the future.

We are now looking for you, the next SCRUM Master to join our Sweden Operations IT team.

Our team is passionate about delivering innovative digital technologies across our 6 factories in Södertälje as well as cooperating globally with our other Lighthouse sites.

As a SCRUM Master you will be part of Swedish Operations IT team, working in a tandem with our Digital Business Partner, Global Product Owners and driving Digital Transformation in AZ. You will be leading your own small or medium project deliveries and will be part of extensive global programs.

In your role you will closely collaborate with different business and IT teams, meet our Engineering, Production, Automation, Data, and many other teams. You will be a part of digital journey for one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturing units and will play a key role in transformcasesases in a real-live technical solutions.

The role includes, but is not limited to:

* Creating a framework of agile deliveries in the region
* Scale agile delivery approach globally
* Build robust and effective teams, facilitating the SCRUM process and agile ceremonies
* Continuous team coaching in SAFe principles and agile methodologies
* Remove impediments, that preventing the team from delivering
* Ensuring that the delivery follows AZ requirements

Is this you?

* Have passion to Agile methodology and have strong IT background
* Genuine curiosity and strong willingness to learn
* Effective communication and presentation skills
* Have a get-it-done attitude
* Teamwork mentality

Skills and Experience required

* Experienced scrum master with a SCRUM master certification, AGILE Project Management Certification and practical usage of Agile Methodology
* Strong background in global companies with different IT and business customers
* Experience in project management
* Expert in Jira, SharePoint, Power BI and Power Apps
* Experience of working in a regulated environment (either Pharmaceutical or production)
* Experience in application maintenance is a bonus
* Strong understanding of deployment process for a variety of business analysis tools/techniques to enable business change
* Proven experience of working with complex integrated systems, using creative and strategic thinking to deliver exceptional results
* Strong engagement, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including excellent presentation and influencing skills
* Experience of mentoring, coaching, or developing others
* Experience of working in a regulated environment
* Experience of virtual collaboration to lead, shape and develop innovative solutions
* Experience of working with and managing third party suppliers/vendors

Opening date: 10th August 2023 Closing date: 24th August 2023

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods, and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it's yours

Where can I find out more?

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