Project Manager / Scrum Master

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Be part of something altogether life-changing!

Working at Cytiva in the Life Sciences industry means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40 countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity – so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term. Your health and wellbeing are important to us and together we will not compromise on safety in the workplace or the environment.

Cytiva is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

The Project Manager/Scrum Master role is an integral part of the Middleware and Integrations Team as we grow and work across the globe to connect any combination of on-premise or cloud-based applications and automating business processes using the latest Dell Boomi and Informatica technologies. The incumbent will leverage their expertise to lead Agile practices across the Middleware Integrations team, assist with managing the flow of work, creatively solve problems to accomplish outcomes, track team output and achievement, and identify continuous process improvement opportunities. Do you have a passion for Project Management? Then we would love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

• Monitor incoming work requests collaborating with cross-functional teams to clarify needs and requirements; assist to negotiate timelines and schedule delivery
• Participate in IT governance processes to drive change control process
• Plan and conduct daily management rhythms (e.g. sprint planning & backlog reviews, daily stand-ups, resource allocation reviews, sprint demos/retrospectives and more)
• Create a collaborative team environment providing constructive feedback for continuous improvement while promoting Agile behaviours and principles
• Work with the team to develop project plans, roadmaps and manage backlog
• Ensure all scrum activities are tracked and kept up-to-date and reported daily
• Own backlog, continuously grooming and planning 1-2 sprints in advance
• Communicate team plans, report impediments for escalation, identify risks/concerns to relevant stakeholders
• Maintain log of issues and blockers; manage risks to enable team efficiency and effectiveness
• Monitor capacity planning and resource allocation to ensure balanced workloads; partner with team leads to remediate resourcing risks
• Partner with production operations to coordinate change reviews, release, and deployment activities
• Drive adoption and usage of Meister Plan, Jira and ServiceNow across organization
• Actively participate as a member of the PMO providing relevant status updates, raising risk and driving collaboration and transparency across the Enterprise Applications organization
  

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science of Information Technology or equivalent industry experience
• 3+ years of project management or related experience
• 1+ year(s) of experience in a Scrum Master or similar Agile role applying Agile principles and practices including delivery of several epics, releases and versions and application of a wide variety of patterns and techniques (i.e. leveraging burndown, facilitating retrospectives, refining user stories, etc.)
• Experience working in Meister Plan, Aha, Jira, PowerAutomate and ServiceNow or equivalent
  

Technical Expertise:

• Experienced managing software development projects across multiple cross-functional teams
• Deep understanding of Agile values and principles, including Scrum and Kanban frameworks
• Understanding of scaled Agile approaches
• Ability to apply scrum estimation techniques to software development efforts,
• Strong stakeholder management and organizational skills
• Knowledge of Incident Management, Change Management, ITIL
  

Preferred Experience:

• PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) or Scrum Master (CSM) certification
• Programming/development experience
• Experience implementing best practices and standards related to Agile product development
• Experience in working with global outsourcing partners
• Experience leading others with the ability to earn trust while still challenging the team to improve and operate outside its comfort zone in an Agile environment
• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously among changing priorities
• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills across global, heavily matrixed organizations
• Ability to quickly prioritize issues/requests and be capable of personally diving deep when required to deliver solutions within an accelerated timeframe
• Works well under pressure and can resolve complex problems
• Works in a collaborative fashion, elevates team results over individual results
• Continually look for ways to improve
• Excellent facilitation, conflict mediation, and situational awareness skills
• Assertive but empathetic with good emotional intelligence
• Excellent time management, project planning, people and team building skills
• Excellent communication, written and verbal
• Works well in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others and encourage team development.
  

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.