Scrum Master​/Agile Release Train; ART) Coach

• Essential
  
  Skills:
  
  Scrum Master, TCS Master Craft Dev Plus Scrum Management
• Certification:
  Scrum Master certification preferred

Scrum Master / Agile Release Train (ART) Coach

• Location:
  
  Raritan, New Jersey (NJ), USA
• Duration: 6 months
• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  8-10 years
• Essential
  
  Skills:
  
  Scrum Master, TCS Master Craft Dev Plus Scrum Management
• Additional
  
  Skills:
  
  TCS Master Craft Data Plus
  - Quality Management Edition, Project Management
• Industry
  
  Experience:
  
  Life Sciences / CPG
• Work Arrangement:
  Onsite at least 3 days per week
• Certification:
  Scrum Master certification preferred
• Mandatory Requirement:
  GxP experience

• Agile and Scrum Management
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of Agile principles and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
• Manage and coordinate Scrum processes across the Scrum Team and collaborate with other Scrum Masters.
• Facilitate Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
• Ensure meetings are productive, time-boxed, and focused on achieving sprint objectives.
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum practices to improve delivery efficiency and team performance.
• Promote Agile best practices and encourage a culture of collaboration, learning, and experimentation.
• Help teams adapt Agile practices to customer-specific ways of working, especially for GxP-validated systems.
• Agile Release Train (ART) Support
• Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events and processes to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Act as a servant leader, Chief Scrum Master, and coach for the ART.
• Support teams in delivering business value and driving continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, team members, and external partners.
• Facilitate feature and capability estimation and support economic decision-making at the value stream and portfolio levels.
• Help align team commitments with release objectives and delivery timelines.
• Stakeholder and Team Management
• Build and maintain effective relationships with Product Owners, development teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.
• Facilitate discussions, workshops, and decision-making sessions.
• Help teams reach consensus and resolve conflicts effectively.
• Coach team members on Agile practices and support their professional development.
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure smooth delivery.
• Maintain team focus, accountability, and alignment with project goals.
• Sprint Planning and Delivery Management
• Manage and refine the product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners.
• Support user story creation, refinement, prioritization, and acceptance criteria definition.
• Develop practical project plans and perform capacity planning.
• Track sprint commitments, deliverables, and timelines to ensure timely product delivery.
• Support Agile engineering practices, Dev Ops, Continuous Integration (CI), and Continuous Testing.
• Monitor team progress and identify opportunities to improve delivery predictability.
• Risk and Impediment Management
• Identify potential risks, dependencies, and impediments that may affect project delivery.
• Help Scrum Teams resolve blockers and escape issues when necessary.
• Develop mitigation strategies to address delivery risks.
• Ensure teams remain focused on sprint goals and committed deliverables.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and support effective collaboration across teams.
• Performance Tracking and Continuous Improvement
• Track and analyze Agile metrics, including velocity, burndown charts, and sprint performance.
• Prepare transparent progress reports for stakeholders and leadership.
• Use performance data to identify bottlenecks and improve team efficiency.
• Facilitate Sprint Retrospectives and implement continuous improvement actions.
• Encourage accountability, transparency, and a culture of continuous learning.
• GxP and Life Sciences Compliance
• Apply Agile practices within GxP-regulated and validated system environments.
• Ensure Agile processes align with customer requirements and compliance standards.
• Support project delivery in the Life Sciences / CPG industry.
• Adapt Scrum ceremonies, documentation, and delivery practices to validated system requirements.
• Maintain organized project documentation and support quality management processes.

• Scrum Master
• Agile and Scrum Management
• Agile Release Train (ART) Facilitation
• TCS Master Craft Dev Plus Scrum Management
• Sprint Planning and Backlog Management
• User Story Management
• JIRA and Confluence
• Risk, Dependency, and Impediment…