Lead Consultant - Scrum Lead

Job Title : Lead Consultant - Scrum Lead

Location : Chennai

Scrum Leader – Commercial IT (Solution Delivery)

At AstraZeneca, we don't follow the crowd and we don't expect our people to either. We develop life-changing medicines and make a difference to patients as we approach problems in a different way – agile and forward-thinking, and focused on what our people need to make ground-breaking discoveries and accelerate the development and launch of new medicines.

Our business relies on the highest quality data, modern analytics, and AI capabilities to turn ideas into life-changing medicines that benefit patients the world over. The Data, Analytics, and AI (DAAI) team within Commercial IT handles our data warehouses, ensures the highest quality efficient data management, and brings value for our business by making the data available across our company. The Scrum Master role provides a critical delivery leadership capability by combining Agile / Scrum management skills with an understanding of the technology and business needs required to lead delivery teams to ensure highest quality outcomes.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Scrum team management : Lead the day-to-day management of an Agile Scrum Team, coordinating key Agile events / ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives.
• Agile coaching and delivery : Coach the team on Agile principles and practices to improve Agile maturity and ensure efficient, high-quality delivery.
• Data & AI Domain Knowledge : Experience leading delivery teams on projects related to data management, data warehouse concepts, AI and ML capabilities, and platforms including Databricks, Snowflake, or similar.
• Tooling and collaboration : Use Agile tooling (JIRA, Confluence, MIRO, Team Retro) to visualize work, handle flow, and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborator engagement : Communicate clearly with IT and Business collaborators to ensure alignment on goals, scope, and delivery plans; handle expectations and facilitate decision-making.
• Risk and impediment management : Proactively identify, track, and remove impediments; handle risks, dependencies, and cross-team integrations.
• Backlog partnership : Partner closely with Product Owners to prioritize and refine the backlog, including data and AI-related epics and features (e.g., data ingestion, transformation, modeling, governance, machine learning use cases).
• Develop team capacity and facilitate estimation practices (e.g., story points, efficiency) to ensure realistic commitments.
• Quality, security, and governance : Champion data and AI quality, security, and governance practices (e.g., metadata management, lineage, access controls, model governance, responsible AI).
• Global ways of working : Collaborate effectively across time zones and global teams, facilitating clear handoffs and shared delivery standards.
• Continuous improvement : Continuously seek opportunities to improve team flow, automation, and reliability; facilitate experiments and actionable retrospectives.
• Presentation and facilitation : Provide strong facilitation and presentation across technical and business audiences, translating complex data and AI topics into clear outcomes.

Essential for the role

Desirable for the role

Key Relationships to reach solutions

Internal (to AZ or team)

External (to AZ)

Why AstraZeneca?

At Astrazeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

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