Scrum Master / Agile Release Train (ART) Coach

Job Title: Scrum Master / Agile Release Train (ART) Coach

Job Details

• Location: Raritan, New Jersey (NJ), USA

• Duration: 6 months

• Experience Required: 8–10 years

• Essential Skills: Scrum Master, TCS MasterCraft DevPlus Scrum Management

• Additional Skills: TCS MasterCraft DataPlus – Quality Management Edition, Project Management

• Industry Experience: Life Sciences / CPG

• Work Arrangement: Onsite at least 3 days per week

• Certification: Scrum Master certification preferred

• Mandatory Requirement: GxP experience

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Agile and Scrum Management

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of Agile principles and practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.

• Manage and coordinate Scrum processes across the Scrum Team and collaborate with other Scrum Masters.

• Facilitate Scrum events, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.

• Ensure meetings are productive, time-boxed, and focused on achieving sprint objectives.

• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum practices to improve delivery efficiency and team performance.

• Promote Agile best practices and encourage a culture of collaboration, learning, and experimentation.

• Help teams adapt Agile practices to customer-specific ways of working, especially for GxP-validated systems.

2. Agile Release Train (ART) Support

• Facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) events and processes to ensure alignment with business objectives.

• Act as a servant leader, Chief Scrum Master, and coach for the ART.

• Support teams in delivering business value and driving continuous improvement.

• Coordinate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, team members, and external partners.

• Facilitate feature and capability estimation and support economic decision-making at the value stream and portfolio levels.

• Help align team commitments with release objectives and delivery timelines.

3. Stakeholder and Team Management

• Build and maintain effective relationships with Product Owners, development teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.

• Facilitate discussions, workshops, and decision-making sessions.

• Help teams reach consensus and resolve conflicts effectively.

• Coach team members on Agile practices and support their professional development.

• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure smooth delivery.

• Maintain team focus, accountability, and alignment with project goals.

4. Sprint Planning and Delivery Management

• Manage and refine the product backlog in collaboration with Product Owners.

• Support user story creation, refinement, prioritization, and acceptance criteria definition.

• Develop practical project plans and perform capacity planning.

• Track sprint commitments, deliverables, and timelines to ensure timely product delivery.

• Support Agile engineering practices, DevOps, Continuous Integration (CI), and Continuous Testing.

• Monitor team progress and identify opportunities to improve delivery predictability.

5. Risk and Impediment Management

• Identify potential risks, dependencies, and impediments that may affect project delivery.

• Help Scrum Teams resolve blockers and escalate issues when necessary.

• Develop mitigation strategies to address delivery risks.

• Ensure teams remain focused on sprint goals and committed deliverables.

• Facilitate conflict resolution and support effective collaboration across teams.

6. Performance Tracking and Continuous Improvement

• Track and analyze Agile metrics, including velocity, burndown charts, and sprint performance.

• Prepare transparent progress reports for stakeholders and leadership.

• Use performance data to identify bottlenecks and improve team efficiency.

• Facilitate Sprint Retrospectives and implement continuous improvement actions.

• Encourage accountability, transparency, and a culture of continuous learning.

7. GxP and Life Sciences Compliance

• Apply Agile practices within GxP-regulated and validated system environments.

• Ensure Agile processes align with customer requirements and compliance standards.

• Support project delivery in the Life Sciences / CPG industry.

• Adapt Scrum ceremonies, documentation, and delivery practices to validated system requirements.

• Maintain organized project documentation and support quality management processes.

Essential Skills

• Scrum Master

• Agile and Scrum Management

• Agile Release Train (ART) Facilitation

• TCS MasterCraft DevPlus Scrum Management

• Sprint Planning and Backlog Management

• User Story Management

• JIRA and Confluence

• Risk, Dependency, and Impediment Management

• Capacity Planning and Delivery Tracking

• Agile Metrics and Reporting

• GxP Compliance and Validated Systems

Desirable Skills

• TCS MasterCraft DataPlus – Quality Management Edition

• Project Management

• Scrum Master certification

• SAFe Agile Framework

• DevOps and Agile Engineering Practices

• Continuous Integration and Continuous Testing

• Life Sciences / CPG industry experience

Experience Required

• 8–10 years of relevant experience in Scrum Management, Agile delivery, and project coordination.

• Strong experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and coaching Agile teams.

• Experience supporting ART processes, stakeholder management, and cross-team dependencies.

• Mandatory hands-on experience working with GxP-regulated or validated systems.

• Experience in Life Sciences / CPG environments.

• Ability to work onsite in Raritan, NJ, at least 3 days per week.