Scrum Master
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Company: Norstella
Location: Remote, India
Date Posted:
Employment Type: Full Time
Job ID: R-680
Description
About Norstella
Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:
- Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
- Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
- MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
- Panalgo – turn data into insight faster
- The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics
By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics. As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
Role
You’ll take an Agile approach to deliver artefacts in line with agreed designs, meet the business/customer requirements and be in accordance with defined quality, coding standards and architectural principles.
This role is a crossover one, with elements of a Delivery Manager and a Scrum master. It therefore has essential attributes from both.
We are looking for an experienced delivery manager with great communication skills, deep experience in Agile, and most importantly, the ability and willingness to keep learning in this ever-changing technology landscape.
Responsibilities
Delivery
• Support/run scrum of scrums, when required
• Support the day to day running of the Agile delivery teams, helping them to meet their commitment to their sprint goal, when required
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, when required, with a focus on collaboration and empowering people, as opposed to just doing administrative tasks around the ceremonies and JIRA
• Plan, direct, coordinate and monitor activities of delivery teams involved in analysis, design, development
• Ensure consistent reporting and review data/metrics being supplied
• Ensure learnings from each sprint are applied across all squads
• Ensure Product Engineering deliver high quality solutions across all squads
• Propose and roll out processes to enable the Product Engineering teams to deliver efficiently and effectively.
Working Together
• Shield the team from distractions. Remove impediments. Follow through with retrospective actions. Continuously review progress against the benchmarks (Agile health reports)
• Ensure blockers are owned and removed so that the teams can continue working with minimal delay
• Serve the team in whatever capacity is required to allow the team to deliver against the Project Goal and help the team in optimising how they work to effectively complete the stories targeted to a Sprint
• Apply the appropriate level of Agile governance to the delivery process, covering communication, reporting and metrics
• Ensure relevant Agile governance is applied across all squads
• Coach and mentor Scrum masters and Product Engineering technology teams on Agile practises
Requirements
• Clear understanding of continuous software delivery lifecycle
• Good understanding of Agile software development techniques (such as TDD, BDD, CI)
• Experience with the Atlassian tool set, in particular Jira and Confluence
• Advanced JIRA knowledge (workflows, schemes, fields, etc)
• Experience with Agile development and delivery – Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban methodologies
• Thorough understanding of software development practices is desirable but definitely not essential
• Being a Certified Scrum Master is desirable but definitely not essential
• Experience within pharma/healthcare sector is a plus
• Able to manage the impact and risk of decisions
• Proactive and passionate about learning new things and improving existing challenges .
Our guiding principles for success at Norstella
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning
We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Provident Fund
- Life Insurance
- Reimbursement of Certification Expenses
- Gratuity
- 24x7 Health Desk
Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.
Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.
