MSD SAP ERP Agile Project Delivery Lead 

Czechia 

531894266

Job Description

Primary job responsibilities include

• Facilitating Agile ceremonies: lead meetings such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to keep the team aligned, ensure progress, and identify areas for improvement

• Managing project scope and priorities: work closely with stakeholders to define project requirements and prioritize tasks, ensuring that the team focuses on delivering the most valuable features first

• Coaching and mentoring: provide guidance and support to team members, helping them understand and adopt Agile principles, practices, and tools

• Monitoring project progress: track team velocity, monitor project metrics, and provide regular updates to stakeholders, enabling transparency and informed decision-making

• Removing obstacles and facilitating collaboration: identify and address any impediments that are affecting team productivity, promote effective communication, and foster collaboration among team members and stakeholders

• Continuous improvement: encourage a culture of continuous improvement, facilitating retrospectives to identify lessons learned and implementing changes to optimize project delivery

Required experience and skills

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, principles, values, and practices such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean required. This includes knowledge of Agile frameworks, roles, ceremonies, and artifacts

• Proficiency in project management techniques and practices

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills required for effective and productive collaboration and fostering a culture of transparency and open communication within the team. This involves active listening, clear verbal and written communication, and the ability to facilitate meetings and discussions

• Problem-solving and adaptability: Agile projects often require quick decision-making and problem-solving. The ability to think critically, analyze complex situations, and adapt plans based on feedback and changing requirements is essential

• Stakeholder management: Agile Project Delivery Specialists must be skilled in managing and influencing stakeholders at various levels. This includes understanding stakeholder needs, balancing competing priorities, and effectively communicating project progress and outcomes.

• Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities

• Working knowledge of common tools used in this role: MS Project, Spotfire, SharePoint and MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Atlassian tools (Jira & Confluence), planning tools such as Apptio for financial planning and TCO management (Total Cost of Ownership) required

Preferred experience and skills

• Continuous learning and improvement: Being open to learning and continuously improving Agile practices and methodologies is important. This involves embracing a growth mindset, seeking feedback, and identifying opportunities for process optimization and innovation

• Conflict resolution: The ability to identify and address conflicts within the team or with stakeholders is important for maintaining a healthy work environment and ensuring project success

• SAFe agile certification

• Knowledge of various SAP ERP modules, and experience with licensing for ECC, S/4 HANA and cloud platforms, etc.

• Experience in Global SAP implementations in a project planning capacity

• Good understanding of business processes and ability to connect requirements from different groups

• A good understanding of SAP systems and modules (functionalities, processes, and integration points)

• Knowledge of Pharmaceutical industry and validated software environments

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral programme

• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more

Current Contingent Workers apply

Measurement Analysis, Portfolio, Programme, and Project Support, Program Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management

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10/01/2024

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