Experienced Scrum Master - AI & Analytics Center of Excellence

 
Are you passionate about using data to improve millions of patient lives? Can you inspire people, cultivate an environment of commitment, courage, focus, and respect in healthy and high-performing teams? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, multicultural environment? Then you might be our new teammate at our AI and Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE), located in Digital Data & IT. Join us in our mission to #BringDataToLife. 
 
The position 
As an experienced Scrum Master you will facilitate, coach, and support 1-2 tech product teams comprised of developers and engineers. These teams work with AI and ML (Machine Learning) use cases, platforms, and subcomponents, delivering data and ML services across the company and partnering with AI and domain experts across the organization. You’ll be working both independently and in close collaboration with the product team members, Product Owners, users and stakeholders, as well as other Scrum Masters and People Leaders.  

You will get the opportunity to:

• Facilitate all Scrum events  (i.e., sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives) 
• Work proactively with the Product Owner to ensure that team events fulfil their purpose, and that the team delivers on commitments and maintains true product and user-focus 
• Identify and help to remove barriers that impact team success (i.e., velocity, user-focus, intra- and inter-dependencies) 
• Use coaching and servant leadership skills to cultivate strong relationships within and across teams and encourage a learning culture 
• Work on continuously improve the team's ways of working and user-focus. 
• Work closely with people leaders to ensure the ongoing development and growth of our talented people and collaborate with other scrum masters in the area to organize cross-organizational events. 

The position is based in Ørestaed, Denmark in a flexible working environment. 
 
Qualifications and skills  
We’re looking for a Scrum Master that is skilled in cultivating healthy, high performing teams, where empowerment and collaboration are part of everyday behaviour.  
 
Your key trades include, but are not limited to the following experiences:

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or other relevant fields 
• 3-5 years of experience in working in agile and tech-heavy software products, accompanied ideally with a relevant scrum certification 
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and coaching skills, used across multiple locations and cultures 
• Experience with design thinking as well as interest in or experience in product strategy/opportunity mapping, etc. 
• Fluent spoken and written English 

 
Potentially you also have:

• Experience with cloud computing, AI or/and MLOps  
• Experience with using Azure DevOps  
• Start-up or any high-paced, user-focused tech product experience  
• Experience working in the life sciences industry, or another regulated industry 

 
As a Scrum Master, you excel at bringing out the best in your team, ensuring impactful products and satisfied users. You support team happiness and growth through empathy, coaching, and feedback, while also addressing conflicts openly and productively. You manage high workloads, keeping the team motivated and aligned. Building strong relationships with the team, Product Owners, and stakeholders is crucial for effective collaboration. Furthermore, you contribute to advancing agile maturity and promoting agile practices throughout the organization.

All you need to know about the AI & Analytics CoE department
We are a growing organization of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and developers partnering to deliver impactful end-to-end data products, analytics, and AI/GenAI use cases. We have three teams, AI Partners, MLOps and AI Lab working from AI innovation, infrastructure to AI products. Our work spans across research, commercial, and production, and we're focused on industrializing and democratizing AI. We use scalable data platforms, MLOps, reference architectures, and modular components that span the entire data and ML lifecycle. We are cloud-native and primarily work in AWS and MS Azure. We are agile, embrace diverse thinking and continuous learning, and foster a culture of feedback and honesty, all while having fun.

Our mission is to #BringDataToLife; to convert data impact, drive optimizations, and create true value for Novo Nordisk and the patient lives we serve.
 
Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. For 100 years, we have been driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. As a result, our treatments today benefit millions of people living with diabetes, obesity, and rare blood and endocrine diseases. We are proud of that.

We are proud of our people too, and we employ more than 57,000 bright and diverse minds in 80 offices worldwide. With us, your bright mind and commitment help us change the lives of people worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a seat in a rewarding and purpose-driven culture where your professional and personal development is highly valued. That said, opportunities are many in Novo Nordisk.
 
Contact 
For further information, please contact Scrum Master Agnieszka Ucinska at agzu@novonordisk.com.  
 
Deadline 
3 May 2024

Please note that we will be assessing applications as we go, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.  
 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.