Sr. Scrum Master

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.

We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Senior Scrum Master supporting the Digital Health team you will work hand in hand with our Agile Lead, to ensure delivery of world class of digital health products. This role will be on site in Fort Worth, Texas and a typical day will include:

• Being a servant leader who acts as a coach and Senior scrum master for the Family Scrum Masters (FSM).
• Ensures the FSM stays on course by facility the release events and processes, and assist the team in delivering value while driving improvement. We are a fast-growing team, which will give you the opportunity to shape our ways of working and culture - think start-up, but inside a global leader in eye care.
• Manage the flow of value for the family using tools like Program Kanban.
• Work with Family Product Owner, Product Owners, Tech Leads, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Establish and communicate calendars for iterations and program increments.
• Facilities quarterly planning, quarterly planning readiness, Scrum of Scrums, Systems demos, System Demo readiness, and other relevant Family level Sync and assist with PO sync meetings as needed to help the Family manage work.
• Synthesizes, track, and communicate quarterly objectives, risks, dependencies, and key milestones with all stakeholders.
• Help manage risks and cross-team dependencies, escalate and track impediments.
• Assist tracking execution of features and drive metrics that help the Family make data decision.
• Lead process improvement opportunities resulting from workshops (e.g. Inspect & Adapt workshop)
• Participate in quarterly planning – communicate vision, roadmap, and prioritized features.
• Coach team on agile mindset, ways of working and culture on continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring to Alcon:

Key Responsibilities

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English
• 7 Years of Relevant Experience
• 5 Years of Demonstrated Leadership

How You Can Thrive at Alcon:

• Benefit from working in a highly collaborative environment.
• Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!
• Travel Requirements: up to 10%
• Relocation assistance: No
• Sponsorship available: No

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