Project Manager & Scrum Master
Location
Chennai | India
Job description
Job Title - Project Manager & Scrum Master
Career Level - D2 About Astrazeneca AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious disease. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.
Who we are: The Global Business Service (GBS) team sits within Finance at AstraZeneca and is a dynamic and results-oriented environment and provides a range of enterprise-wide services. We dare to change the way we work by freeing up the business to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We aim to do this by freeing up time, freeing up money, protecting AZ's value and providing new capabilities.
What we do: A trusted partner to the business, we're on a mission to make AstraZeneca more agile, efficient and effective. Through our hybrid model of in-house delivery centers and service towers across the globe, we're reimagining how we work. Here we drive new ways of working and operating models, process simplification and innovative solutions, whilst ensuring that automation and data is at the heart of everything.
How we do it: Be part of a team building a community. We interact with diverse cultures and perspectives and are united by our sense of belonging. This is the place to learn and grow together.
Why we love it: - As a growing multi-national company, there's so much potential to develop. Embrace opportunities at a global business that's facing new and varied challenges. This is the place to build an exemplary, international CV.
- A fun place to be, we're creating community hubs that build partnerships, not just working relationships.
- We're on an exciting journey to take our team to the next stage. This is the place to leave a legacy behind.
- Manage JIRA board to take updates on existing tickets, add new tickets to backlog, add flags and summarise the weekly progress. Log the production issues and charter a plan for quick actioning on their resolution.
- Create a scrum board for tracking the time bound activities and other non-time bound activities in a Kanban board.
- Facilitate all Scrum events (Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective).
- Collaborate with the Product Owner to prioritize and groom the product backlog.
- Track and report on team progress using relevant metrics (e.g., burndown charts, velocity) and provide visibility into the team's work to stakeholders.
- Develop detailed project plans with milestones, including scope, schedule, and resource allocation.
- Ensure effective execution of project activities in alignment with the project plan and monitor progress and adjust plans as needed to meet project goals.
- Identify, document and assess project risks and develop clear risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and communications throughout the project lifecycle.
- Establish effective communication channels within the project team and with stakeholders.
- Ensure the schedules are created for KT plans (for transition from new teams), project roadmap, delivery timelines, UAT schedules, go-live schedules, and all related communication.
- Track the overall project status in a high-level view so that it can be presented to stakeholders and leadership.
- Conduct the Go/No-Go calls during transition.
- Lead the insourcing efforts whenever a new project gets transitioned.
- Provide periodic updates, reports, and status reviews to keep stakeholders informed.
Essential Skills And Experience - 8 to 10 years of experience as a Project Manager & master.
- Good Stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written English.
- Effectively lead or collaborate with cross-functional resources to deliver and market programs.
Desirable Skills And Experience - Certified Scrum Master – Preferably PSM1.
- Certified Project Manager.
- Experience working with customers in multiple geographies.
WHY JOIN US We're a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.
We're not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it's because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.
SO, WHAT'S NEXT Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team Good, because we'd love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we'll be in touch as soon as we can.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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