Scrum Master

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

We are looking for a Scrum Master who has a passion for agile product development and is able to drive it forward. Ultimately, our aim is for our teams to work effectively together and to achieve  the best outcome. That is why we are looking for a good listener and observer with the ability to ask powerful open-ended questions. Someone who is open to new experiments and has a drive for continuous learning as well as understands the importance of self-improvement and self-reflection. You will need to demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness and create transparency on scope, resources, timing and risks.

You will be responsible 

• Be responsible for coaching up to two teams and empower them to become  self-organized, performant teams 

• Help the teams to improve their ways of working, to be efficient, effective and to work at a sustainable pace

• Help the teams and the company to increase collaboration, predictability and transparency. For that, you ensure a continuous management of an active backlog, good practices in writing clear stories and calculate and communicate team velocity.

• Enable the teams to make quick and sustainable decisions

• Organize and facilitate productive and effective meetings, agile ceremonies & workshops such as sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives

• Measures and monitors engineering performance against established and new metrics

• Guide the team in identifying, tracking, and managing risks

• Ensures compliance and adherence to Roche SOPs and encourages collaboration between all teams and development partners.

• Be proactive in maintaining the healthy atmosphere and well-being within the teams 

• Promote a culture that embraces change and values experimentation and innovation

• Live a learning and open feedback culture. You mentor development team members on Scrum principles, best practices and technical and personal growth

• Share your knowledge and actively participate in Agile Coaches Community of Practice

• Work with other Scrum Masters and stakeholders.

• Collaborate with teams located in different geographies

Your profile

• Attained at least 2 years full-time experience as an Agile Coach/Scrum Master

• Experience with various methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, XP

• Great written and verbal communication skills in English

• Interpersonal, problem solving skills, compelling storyboarding, presentation skills and influencing abilities

• Technical Background: experience in working in Software Development, preferably in Cloud product development

• The ability to recognize and aid the resolution of team conflicts and impediments

• Tact, diplomacy and cooperation skills

• An attentive and empathic nature

Nice to have

• Experience and certificate with SAFe

• Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum – including training, and participation in conferences, user groups, podcasts, etc.

• Experience on a Team of Teams level

• Experience in guiding and mentoring other Agile Coaches/Scrum Masters by sharing your expertise and helping them to grow

• Knowledge of DevOps principles and best practices

• Experience in pharmaceutical/ healthcare/ medical device industry and/or highly regulated environments

Location

You will be based in Pune, India. At the Company's discretion, an exception to the location requirement could be made under extraordinary circumstances.  

As this position is a global role, international business travel will be required depending upon the business location of the successful candidate and ongoing business project activities.

Roche is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to build teams that represent a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Embracing diversity enables us to create a great place to work and to innovate for patients.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.

The Scrum Master is expected to demonstrate the Roche Operating Principles and contribute to the Roche Group. The Roche Operating Principles are:

• Put patients first

• Follow the science

• Act as one team

• Embrace differences

• Accelerate learning

• Simplify radically

• Make impact now

• Think long term

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.