Job Description
Sr Scrum Master
Location: Santa Fe, Mexico City (Hybrid)
Join Takeda's Digital Revolution
At Takeda, our purpose is to create better health for people and a brighter future for the world. As a global, values-driven biopharmaceutical leader, we focus on innovative treatments across key therapeutic areas like Oncology, Rare Diseases, Neuroscience, and Gastroenterology.
Our team is guided by values such as Integrity, Fairness, Honesty, and Perseverance, and empowered to make a real impact through science and compassion.
Join us on our mission to improve lives worldwide.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Scrum Master, you will take on a strategic leadership role, navigating complex environments and working across functional units, multiple teams, and senior management. You will be responsible for fostering Agile maturity, scaling Agile practices, and driving continuous improvement across the organization. This role requires a strong ability to influence, coach, and align diverse stakeholders while maintaining a relentless focus on delivering customer value. You will identify allies, remove systemic impediments, and coordinate with other teams to improve the flow of value. Additionally, you will support innovation by helping teams adopt emerging technologies and modern development practices.
Responsibilities:
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised with an emphasis on continuous improvement and problem-solving.
- Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business.
- Offer conceptual and innovative approaches to improve organizational agility.
- Use expert Agile knowledge to guide teams in utilizing tools and practices for software development.
- Effectively lead Scrum teams to achieve higher levels of maturity and performance.
- Guide, coach, and mentor junior or aspiring Scrum Masters.
- Act as a trusted representative for the team in cross-functional committees and governance forums.
- Coordinate with IT colleagues from other teams and serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) for the Product Owner, Release Manager, and other business functions.
- Deliver ongoing training for teams, Product Owners, developers, and testers to support the evolution of Agile practices.
Skills And Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum 4 years of Scrum Master experience leading small to mid-sized Agile teams.
- Minimum 5 years of IT/software delivery experience in Agile environments.
- Demonstrated impact at the team, program, or product level.
- Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Agile development, and integration practices.
- Strong analytical skills to identify relationships between problems, risks, and solutions.
- Proven experience in team and organizational coaching to foster self-management, empowerment, and inter-team collaboration.
- Ability to adapt to changing environments and drive change.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and Miro.
- English language proficiency.
Preferred:
- Healthcare and Life Sciences industry experience desired.
Knowledge across several Agile disciplines (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Spotify model). - Experience using Power BI to generate Agile metrics and reports for stakeholders, connected to Jira.
- Industry-recognized Agile and/or DevOps qualifications.
- Preferred University Technical Degree (or equivalent experience).
- Knowledge of modern development technologies, including AWS, AI/LLMs, and automation.
- A strong interest in innovation and the ability to support teams in adopting new tools and emerging tech (e.g., agentic AI).
What Takeda's ICC Offers
At Takeda, you shape your own career path. By joining the ICC in Mexico City, you'll have access to cutting-edge technology, continuous learning opportunities, and a diverse network that supports your personal and professional growth.
We offer:
- Competitive salary and annual performance bonus
- Non-capped food vouchers and savings fund contributions
- Comprehensive insurance coverage: life, medical, dental, and vision
- Additional paid time off
- Extended leave policies, including maternity, paternity, bereavement, and volunteer days
- And more!
Locations
MEX - Santa Fe
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
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What We Do
For over 240 years, Takeda’s propensity to evolve has driven the next generation of innovation, and as a future-focused organization, we’re continuing to drive forward with endurance in our steadfast pursuit to achieve the best outcomes for our patients in a rapidly changing world.
We have been preparing for this period of value creation by investing in data, digital and technology, and we’re proud of our employees and their commitment to turning groundbreaking ideas into life-changing impacts.
Since our founding in Japan, integrity and putting patients first have been at the heart of our identity, and we will emerge ready for our future as one of the most trusted and science-driven digital biopharmaceutical companies. Join a team where your innovation impacts lives.
Together, we’ll realize improved outcomes by improving data quality, enhancing launch execution and improving the patient journey. You’ll play a critical role in accelerating data collection and increasing accuracy across all parts of the business. Patients across the globe will benefit from access to treatments afforded by greater opportunities and efficiency in our research and development.
Why Work With Us
We connect to our history and Japanese heritage through everything we do to bring our purpose, values, vision, and imperatives to life. We are committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients. Being a part of Takeda means having the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than yourself.
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