Sr. Scrum Master

Join Amgen's Mission to Serve Patients

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

Sr. Scrum Master

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About Amgen

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

What you will do

The SAFe Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for a Product Team. The role fosters 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 high performing.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Managing/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
• Foster 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 managing the backlog and guiding the team
• Strengthen communication and relationships with other 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 high-performing 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.

Win

What we expect of you

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
• Experienced 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Technical thought leadership
• Able to communicate technical or complex subject matters in business terms.
• Jira Align experience
• Miro experience
• Workshop facilitation experience

Education and Professional Certifications

• Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of experience in Information Systems and
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of experience in Information Systems
• Diploma and 10 to 12 years of experience in Information Systems
• SAFe Scrum Master certification - preferred

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 manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Equal opportunity

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with 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 an accommodation.