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We are looking for a pragmatic, hands-on servant leader who thrives in ambiguity and leads by enabling the team rather than controlling them. General Information: Start date: asap; latest Start Date: 01.07.2026; Planned duration: 30.11.2027; Extension: not planned; Workload: 100%; Home Office: 50%; Travel: 5% within Europe; Team: 50; Working hours: Standard; Is a criminal record extract required: no
Job Responsibility
Programme Delivery Management: Own the delivery plan across multiple parallel teams from current state through MVP and subsequent releases
Drive PI-level planning, manage cross-team dependencies, and resolve blockers before they hit the critical path
Maintain the RAID log with clear owners, deadlines, and recommendations
Enforce scope discipline through a structured requirements intake and triage process
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
Scrum Master for Three Delivery Teams: Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives for the teams
Shield teams from external disruptions and remove impediments quickly
Coach team members on agile practices and continuous improvement
Track sprint health (velocity, burndown, blocked items) and surface concerns early
Support Product Owners with backlog refinement, story breakdown, and Definition of Done compliance
Cross-Team Coordination: Facilitate Scrum of Scrums, PO Sync, and dependency resolution sessions across all 5 delivery teams
Manage the Jira ALM project structure as the single source of truth for programme status
Ensure consistent Jira hygiene across all teams (issue types, labels, linking, workflows)
Enable effective collaboration between co-located (Basel) and virtual (US, India) team members
Stakeholder Communication: Provide transparent program status reporting to leadership
Manage stakeholder expectations around MVP scope and post-MVP deferrals
Coordinate with adjacent programmes and platform teams on integration dependencies
Requirements
7+ years of project management experience in software delivery, including 3+ years managing programmes with multiple parallel teams
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
Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry experience with understanding of GxP requirements and what inspection readiness means in practice
Hands-on Jira experience - you have configured and managed Jira projects, not just consumed reports. Xray test management experience preferred
Experience with scaled agile delivery (SAFe or similar) and the pragmatism to know when to adapt the framework to the situation
Strong risk and dependency management skills with a bias toward action
Experience managing distributed hybrid teams across multiple time zones