Jobdescription
We are looking for a pragmatic, hands-on servant leader who thrives in ambiguity and leads by enabling the team rather than controlling them.
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General Information:
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Start date: asap
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latest Start Date: 01.07.2026
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Planned duration: 30.11.2027
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Extension: not planned
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Workload: 100%
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Home Office: 50%
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Travel: 5% within Europe
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Team: 50
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Working hours: Standard
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Is a criminal record extract required: no
Tasks & Responsibilities:
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Programme Delivery Management
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Own the delivery plan across multiple parallel teams from current state through MVP and subsequent releases
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Drive PI-level planning, manage cross-team dependencies, and resolve blockers before they hit the critical path
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Maintain the RAID log with clear owners, deadlines, and recommendations
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Enforce scope discipline through a structured requirements intake and triage process
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Release management: develop and maintain a release calendar and schedule, coordinating with development, QA, and operations teams on timelines. Lead post-implementation reviews to identify release cycle process improvements.
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Scrum Master for Three Delivery Teams
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Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives for the teams
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Shield teams from external disruptions and remove impediments quickly
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Coach team members on agile practices and continuous improvement
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Track sprint health (velocity, burndown, blocked items) and surface concerns early
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Support Product Owners with backlog refinement, story breakdown, and Definition of Done compliance
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Cross-Team Coordination
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Facilitate Scrum of Scrums, PO Sync, and dependency resolution sessions across all 5 delivery teams
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Manage the Jira ALM project structure as the single source of truth for programme status
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Ensure consistent Jira hygiene across all teams (issue types, labels, linking, workflows)
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Enable effective collaboration between co-located (Basel) and virtual (US, India) team members
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Stakeholder Communication
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Provide transparent program status reporting to leadership
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Manage stakeholder expectations around MVP scope and post-MVP deferrals
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Coordinate with adjacent programmes and platform teams on integration dependencies
Must Haves:
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7+ years of project management experience in software delivery, including 3+ years managing programmes with multiple parallel teams
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Demonstrated Scrum Master experience - you have facilitated agile teams, not just observed them. You know how to run an effective retro and how to coach without directing
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Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience with understanding of GxP requirements and what inspection readiness means in practice
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Hands-on Jira experience - you have configured and managed Jira projects, not just consumed reports. Xray test management experience preferred
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Experience with scaled agile delivery (SAFe or similar) and the pragmatism to know when to adapt the framework to the situation
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Strong risk and dependency management skills with a bias toward action
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Experience managing distributed hybrid teams across multiple time zones
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Fluent English communication - written and verbal
Thank you for your application!
