Job title:
Scrum Master I
Key Areas of Responsibilities:
• Manages and optimizes the flow of value through the Team using various tools, such as the Scrum Boards and other information radiators.
• Facilitates Agile ceremonies such as Sprint / PI Planning readiness, by fostering the preparation of Vision and Backlogs, and through pre- and post-PI Planning meetings
• Works with Program/Product Management, Product Owners, Software Leaders, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Assists tracking the execution of features and capabilities.
• Helps manage risks, dependencies and conflicts and escalates and tracks impediments w.r.t project/scrum teams.
• Provides transparency and radiates status reports through to all relevant stakeholders and supports related activities.
• Drives continuous improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assesses the agility level of the Team and helps them improve.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Act as an agile coach for the team.
Key Skills/Competencies:
• Bachelors with overall 8-12 yrs. of IT industry experience
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience as a SCRUM Master in a scaled environment with experience in the healthcare domain
• Must have at least 5 years of experience working through the design, development, testing, release cycle and delivering software products to market.
• Working experience in agile/SAFe development methodologies
• Expertise in estimation and planning for creation of useful, reliable and practical plans for software development projects.
• Good people management skills with proven experience in leading scrum teams and implementing software engineering best practices.
• Good understanding of benchmark software engineering practices.
• Good to have - knowledge of DICOM/HL7/FHIR
• Good to have - Certified Scrum Master certification
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
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About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose.
If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8–12 years of overall IT industry experience
- At least 1–2 years of Scrum Master experience in a scaled environment
- Experience in the healthcare domain
- At least 5 years working through software design, development, testing, release, and product delivery cycles
- Experience with Agile and SAFe development methodologies
- Expertise in software development estimation and planning
- People management experience leading Scrum teams
- Experience implementing software engineering best practices
- Understanding of benchmark software engineering practices
- Knowledge of DICOM, HL7, or FHIR
- Certified Scrum Master certification
Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Philips and has not been reviewed or approved by Philips.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout, including a strong 401(k) match (often described at 7%) alongside pensions in some contexts.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are emphasized through choice in health insurance options and a broad “Total Rewards” approach that combines compensation, health and wellness, and work-life support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous paid time off and policies covering parental leave, caregiving responsibilities, volunteering, and family medical leave.
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What We Do
Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. As a leading health technology company, it is our purpose to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Our goal is to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. We also strive to be the best place to work for people who share our passion, by promoting personal development, inclusion and diversity while acting responsibly towards our planet and society.








