Release Train Engineer / Scrum Master

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We are a looking for a senior candidate who can handle senior stakeholders and is able to do stakeholder management on a very experienced level. The background should be diverse within the medical device industry, collecting experience as Scrum Master within several programs, projects or organizations.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Live, coach and help the team to embrace the DSC principles, values and mindset.
• Coach the team to adopt and apply practices based on the SAFe framework.
• Help the team to develop and live Scrum or Kanban aligned with the EMC and enforce team, ART and Capability ways of working.
• Establish team dynamics, culture and mindset which enables the team, the art and all team members to reach their potential.
• Remove impediments to the team and team’s delivery.
• Facilitation of a healthy relationship between the team and product owner and ART as well as others outside the ART.
• Protecting the team from non-value-add interference, interruption and especially distractions.
• Encourage the team to participate in the co-creation of ART, Capability and DSC ways of working
• Be an advocate of the team’s point of view in the co-creation of ART, Capability and DSC ways of working.
• Facilitate the team’s progress towards team goals.
• Lead and facilitate team efforts in relentless improvement to build a high performing team.
• Facilitate the Scrum or Kanban events.
• Support the Product Owner to manage the backlog.
• Coach the Product Owner to understand and practice agility.
• Promote quality practices and assist the teams in constantly improving the quality of their deliverables and meeting the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Support inter-team cooperation in the Agile Release Train and help the team to operate well on the train.

Must Haves:

• University degree (min. Bachelor) in any of the following areas Business, IT, Engineering or equivalent field ()
• A minimum experience of 5 years as a Scrum Master
• Diverse background and experience in different project environments, in programs or organizations working in the Medical Device industry ()
• Experience with multiple (3+) Scrum teams in a single program ()
• Experience Design Sprints and Design Thinking ()
• Expert knowledge of Scrum and/or Kanban, Lean and one or more Agile scaling models (SAFe, LeSS, DAD)
• Ability to coach multiple teams at the same time (operational coaching – no people management)
• Perfect skills in English spoken and written

Nice to Haves:

• German spoken and written
• Spanish spoken and written
• Experience working with remote teams