Sr. Scrum Master

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Job Description Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Sr. Scrum Master. This project team is located in Santa Clara, CA.

About MedTech Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

 

The Sr. Scrum Master will play an essential role in supporting the Service Engineering teams who are responsible for the design and development of new service introduction processes and products. This role will be accountable for developing end to end schedules and breaking them down into actionable tasks. The individual will champion an Agile methodology to focus and drive the teams to achieve important short and long-term milestones that are critical to the success of the overall business strategy. In collaboration with the team, the Sr. Scrum Master will be responsible for risk management and mitigation which requires contingency planning, conflict resolution, and tradeoff assessments.

Another aspect of this role is being a champion of the team and building strong positive relationships with peers and multi-disciplinary functional partners. The individual must be willing to challenge and communicate difficult decisions, strategies, and priorities while building a culture of collaboration and end to end accountability. With other team leaders the individual should build a positive team environment and a culture with a sense of urgency, driving toward improved team effectiveness and achievement.

Qualifications

• Prior program management experience of 5+ years is required, candidates with 8+ years will be preferentially considered.

• Experience managing an R&D project is required.

• Previous experience leading a multi-disciplinary technical project team is required.

• Previous experience with capital systems is preferred.

• Experience with MS Project required.

• Agile methodology and Jira capabilities preferred.

• Prior experience in a regulated environment is required.

• Medical device experience is preferred.

• High performer and leader with demonstrated ability to manage a complex program in a fast-paced environment.

• Candidate must demonstrate influence and conflict resolution skills and ability to work collaboratively to align diverse stakeholders and lead teams without direct reporting authority.

• This position may require up to 10% travel

• This project team is based in Santa Clara CA. Local candidates will be preferentially considered.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

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