Senior Scrum Master - 6 month contract

Our client is a multinational pharmaceutical based in Limerick. This is a great opportunity to extend your multinational experience in a diverse and busy environment. ​ Key Responsibilities Supporting the Product Owner and Development Team to deliver on the Product Backlog. Lead and develop operations plans including application releases/updates, data/hardware migrations, and stability/performance improvements.

Identifying project risks and driving mitigations Coordinate dependant teams to align on deliverables and timelines for project dependencies Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. Guiding and coaching the team to ensure Scrum Practices and principles are adhered to. Ensure the Development Team is self organising.

Facilitating all Scrum Ceremonies, that is, the Daily Stand Up, Product Backlog refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Demo and Sprint Retrospective. Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity. Removing impediments or guiding the team to Remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment, on a continual basis.

Delivery of complex applications ensuring conformance to development standards Ensure capacity models are utilized appropriately. Provide proper level of support to team as they address issues and challenges across all services areas – including escalations and blockers. Metrics driven approach to improvements Implement a quality first mentality to ensure All solutions are delivered with zero critical defects, using techniques such as test drive development and test automation.

Qualifications

Bachelors in Technology Sciences, Economics or related field preferred. 5+ yrs of relevant experience preferred in Healthcare industry. Possess an excellent understanding of Agile development methodologies. Solid understanding of the Product Owner, Scrum Master and Development Team role and User Epic and Story Creation.

Strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong leadership skills, facilitating escalated issues to resolution. Experience in leading multiple projects simultaneously. Must have good planning, organizational, and decision-making skills. History of project delivery utilising project management methodologies e.g.

PMBOK etc. Proven ability to lead and influence. Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills; good oral and written communication skills.

• Experience in any of the following technology Solutions are required: Data and Analytics and Native Cloud development, IoT, Mobile and Web technologies.