Experienced Scrum Master for Product Development within hardware, software, and system engineering

Do you want to work in an international environment with cross functional teams, creating highly integrated, physical products? And do you have a passion for driving and coaching them to improve? Then you might be the one we are looking for.

At Grundfos, we develop state-of-the-art water management technology for both private and commercial use, that is both reliable and sustainable.

In Bjerringbro, you will join Product Development within Commercial Building Service (CBS), dedicated to drive the development projects within Grundfos CBS Systems & Solutions like Boosters and Controls. Here, you will play a key role in developing our teams, together with highly skilled engineers and Product Owners.

You will be Scrum Master for a global product complete team, with team members from both Denmark and Asia. The team has the full product responsibility on CBS Controls products.

What is the job about?

Grundfos is on an agile journey and to succeed with this, we need an experienced Scrum Master who has a wish to contribute to this transformation into a multi-team environment going beyond the SW domain.

Your responsibility will be driving cross-functional development teams. You will do so by guiding them to improve ways of working to maximize value. As you will be in a multi-team setup cross team disciplines like dependency management and impediments handling beyond your own teams are very important to excel in. In this context it very important to also see the Scrum Master role as an enabler and driver to make things happen across.   

You will serve the Development Team in several ways, including:

• Excel in planning in cooperation with the product owner.
• Working closely with other teams delivering to the same program, where effective dependency management and removal of impediments are key
• Drive tasks that fall between chairs in a multi team setup.
• Finding techniques for effective Product Backlog management. Helping the Scrum Team understand the need for clear and concise Product Backlog items
• Causing change in the organization that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team
• Communicating with other stakeholders and partners and developing and nurturing an extensive network within the complete organisation
• Coaching them in self-management and ability to effectively work cross functionally.
• Being cognizant about team health and act/guide the team to ensure they continuously improve their way of working
• Facilitating Scrum events as requested or needed

What do you need to apply?

Certified Scrum Master or equivalent and proven experience with this or generic, servant leadership is crucial to the job. A good knowledge within integrated product development and the technical disciplines we have like electronics development, Software development, or System engineering is highly beneficial as is project management.

Furthermore, we imagine that you have:

• Min. 5 years of experience with agile going beyond SW as well as stage gate methodologies preferable from a large R&D organisation
• Great change management skills and are ready to take part in driving our ongoing change toward agile project management.
• Experience with scaling agile across an organisation
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills that enable you to work with technical projects and at the same time have a wish to grow own skills together with other Scrum Masters
• Minimum a bachelor’s degree or similar within relevant areas
• Fluently oral and written communication skills in English

“This role is ideal for an excellent Scrum Master who enjoys enabling colleagues to succeed, and a Scrum Master with experience within product development that includes both mechanical, hardware, and software. An outgoing personality is important to succeed. In addition to coaching your team, you are expected to contribute actively to drive tasks that fall between chairs in a multi-team setup,” says Claus

What’s in it for you?

Whether it’s developing leadership skills or advancing your expertise even further, we’ll support you with continuous learning and development opportunities, to help discuss and steer your long-term Grundfos career path. You’ll be welcomed from day one into an inclusive, trusting environment guided by six core values.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• If you’ll be working from home a couple of days a week, we’ll make sure you are well equipped with a good workstation. We do expect you to come to office 2-3 days a week where you can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues
• On top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering of your choice
• Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programmes
• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development
• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly

Do you want to learn more?
If you have questions or want to know more about the position, please contact R&D Director, CBS Product Development, Claus Gade on +45 20221020

If this job sounds appealing to you, please send your resume and cover letter today by clicking on “Apply”. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.

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