Junior Scrum Master

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Job Description

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, consistently recognized among the top companies in the Best Workplaces™ ranking by Great Place to Work® in Portugal. In 2026, we were once again distinguished as one of the top Best Workplaces in the country (category 201-500 employees), reinforcing our commitment to an exceptional employee experience and workplace culture.

We are a team of over 500 talented individuals, spanning more than 30 functions and areas of expertise, and representing over 40 nationalities. Together, we bring diverse perspectives and professional backgrounds to help shape the future of healthcare through innovation and technology.

This is your opportunity to explore a world of possibilities across areas such as Data & Analytics, Digital, Technology & Innovation, Cybersecurity, R&D Operations, Global Distribution, Finance, Regulatory Affairs, General & Administrative, Human Resources, and many more.

Located in the heart of Lisbon, our AMGEN office fosters a culture of innovation, excellence, and purpose. Come thrive with us at AMGEN, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.

What we do at AMGEN matters in people’s lives.

Junior Scrum Master

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What you will do

You will be joining our Global Commercial Operations - Digital, Technology and Innovation capability team. This young and dynamic team, focusing on the ELMAC Region (including Europe, Latin America, Canada and Africa), is responsible to support technology roadmap development in a different business value streams in organization.

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What we expect of you

As a Junior Scrum Master, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating Agile practices, ensuring effective sprint planning, execution, and delivery of features, improvements, validations, and data integration that drive value for our business users. In this role, you will empower your team to achieve its goals, leveraging your skills to foster collaboration and efficiency.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Facilitate Agile events such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, demos, and backlog refinement sessions to support effective team collaboration.

• Support and coach the team in the adoption and day-to-day application of Agile and Scrum principles, practices, and ceremonies.

• Collaborate with Product Owners to maintain a refined and prioritized backlog, helping ensure Sprint work supports agreed business priorities.

• Identify, track, and help remove team impediments; escalate risks, blockers, and cross-Team dependencies when needed.

• Promote continuous improvement by facilitating retrospectives and supporting the adoption of Agile engineering and DevOps practices within the team.

• Monitor and report on the progress of the Team ensuring transparency and alignment with Sprint goals and Team objectives.

• Help the scrum teams achieve delivery acceleration focused on business outcomes by reaching higher levels of scrum maturity.

• Support scaling Agile by engaging in cross-team ceremonies and Program Increment (PI) planning to align team activities with Agile Release Train (ART) objectives.

Experience:

• 1 to 3 years of relevant experience

Functional Skills:

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies particularly the Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for tackling complex challenges with data

Preferred skills:

• Certified Scrum Master or SAFe Scrum Master or similar (preferred)

• Certified SAFe Practitioner (preferred)

• Prior experience with Agile project management tools, such as Jira, Confluence (preferred)

• Experience in guiding teams through Agile events and ensuring adherence to agreed practices and behaviors (preferred)

• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection and other Scrum Techniques (preferred)

• Collaborative spirit and effective communication skills to work seamlessly in a cross-functional team (preferred)

• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks, policies, and compliance requirements. (preferred)

• Desirable familiarity with security monitoring processes, including log collection, event correlation, and alert management. (preferred)

• Desirable knowledge of SIEM tools and security event analysis. (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and solve skills

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills (English) in translating technology content into business-language at various levels

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Strong time and task leadership skills to estimate and successfully meet project timeline with ability to bring consistency and quality assurance across various projects.

This position seeks a highly motivated individual ready to contribute to and lead in an Agile environment, with a focus on delivering value and fostering collaboration within cross-functional teams. If you thrive in dynamic settings and have the skills and certifications listed, we look forward to your application.

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What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.

• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits.

• Flexible work arrangements.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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