Product Scrum Master & Agile Coach
Sanofi Group
**Product Scrum Master & Agile Coach -ERP**
+ _Location: Barcelona - Spain_
+ _Hybrid_
+ _Full time_
**About the job**
At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before.
The Global Innovation Centre is a crucial part of how we innovate, improving performance across every Sanofi department and providing a springboard for the amazing work we do. Build a career and you can be part of transforming our business while helping to change millions of lives. Ready?
The iShift Product Scrum Master is a servant leader and coach for all iShift Pod (Agile Product Team). (S)He helps educate the Pod in Scrum and Agile at scale practices, ensuring that the agreed Agile process is being followed. (S)He also helps remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement.
iShift is a key strategic program for Sanofi to create a modern ERP solution that will serve as a foundation and accelerator for the company’s digital ambition.
The program is a strategic initiative aiming at harmonizing & simplifying ERP related business processes through the implementation of SAP latest technology (S/4 HANA).
Target harmonization level is 80/18/2:
+ 80% of the processes harmonized across the group
+ 18% of the processes harmonized at GBU level
+ 2% for local/country specificities (ex: legal, fiscal or regulatory requirements).
The program objective is to also increase adherence to standard practices, in order to accelerate digitalization (ERP is digital backbone), reduce process & system complexity. Standardization is achieved by sticking to industry best practices & strictly limiting system changes to legal, fiscal or regulatory requirements & high value business differentiators. Target standardization is 85% adherence to standard practice.
The iShift Product Scrum Master & Agile Coach will be the owner of the Agile methodology for the iShift program and be the iShift Agile coach. He will also be accountable for leading the iShift Program Increment for core features and business value projects and he will support the Agile practice for deployment teams.
**Main responsibilities:**
**iShift Agile methodology ownership**
+ Owns the methodology continuous improvement; establishes and refines processes that work for the team
+ Makes sure the supporting tools like Jira and Confluence are setup to help the teams and are aligned with methodology evolution
+ Keeps the methodology documentation up to date including program newcomer onboarding and roll-out kits
+ Organizes training sessions to promote and master agility practices
+ Promotes and secures the right usage of principles, rules and practices of agile development
**iShift product orchestration for core enhancements and business value projects**
+ Helps the Product Owners in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope
+ Coaches team through Epics and stories, meet the delivery team’s Definition of Ready
+ Prepare and Facilitates Project Increment planning throughout each PI
+ Communicates with management and outside stakeholders; helps protect the team from uncontrolled expansion of work,
+ When dealing with external vendors, ensures the external team wrap into our own process,
+ Facilitates all conversations and sessions with the larger group around Epic and/or Initiative discovery priorities, requirements, dependencies, inter-team cooperation
+ Helps coordinate inter-team cooperation and helps the team operate well on large agile project
+ Helps the team embrace agile at scale process and implement practices (ceremonies,…)
+ Leverages agile tracker tools (like Jira and Confluence)
+ During sprint execution:
+ Reports on progress and works with stream leads to adjust sprint planning, resources,…
+ Supports the POD scrum masters
+ Helps steer team to maximize efficiency and productivity
+ Leverage Built-In Quality practices
**iShift deployment team coaching**
+ Checks that the deployment Agile team is setup properly
+ Assesses their methodology knowledge after their onboarding
+ Provides methodology coaching on-demand
+ Throughout the project, makes sure the methodology is followed properly
**Scope and dimensions**
Breadth of responsibility (global/regional/country/site):
**Global Sanofi**
Occasional Travel on all group sites with iShift team presence and eventually in countries where iShift deployment projects
Key dimensions: headcount (direct and indirect) budget, doses, Capex… - Key indicators on which the job holder will be evaluated (WHAT in 9box):
No internal headcount, no external headcount but will indirectly managed scrum masters. No budget
+ Agile methodology implemented for all core and deployment activities
+ Continuous improvement mechanism setup
+ Adherence to PI planning above 90% for core and deployment teams
**Education and experience**
+ BS engineering or equivalent
+ Solid of experience in leading major program leveraging Agile methodology
+ Previous experience in ERP implementation and global program management in regulated (GxP; Sox; …) context
+ Project Management - Advanced
+ Compliance of Computerized Systems - Intermediate
+ IT Strategy & Governance - Intermediate
+ Lean & Agile Practices - Mastered
+ User Experience - Intermediate
**Why choose us?**
+ Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
+ Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
+ Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
+ Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
+ Contribute to a company that is not only a leader in healthcare but also a pioneer in digital transformation, shaping the future of global health.
+ Work on Global programs in a truly International and multi-cultural environment.
+ Work with highly qualified teams using state-of-the-art technologies to shape the future of Sanofi.
**Pursue** _Progress_ . **Discover** _Extraordinary_ .
Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !
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**Pursue** **_progress_** **, discover** **_extraordinary_**
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !
Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)
As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.
All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=2s)
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