Senior Specialist, Agile Coach

Job Description Required Skills: Capability Development, Change Management, Classroom Delivery, Client Counseling, Learning Design, Methodical Approach, Organizational Structures, Teaching Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Secondary Language(s) Job Description: The Opportunity Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our companys’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers. Role Overview As a Senior Agile Coach in the E2E Capability Enablement team, you will accelerate and sustain product adoption, value realization, and high‑performing ways of working across multiple B2B IT products. You will serve as both an Agile and product enablement expert, coaching teams and leaders on Agile principles and practices while acting as an end‑to‑end product SME. You will be part of a rotating pool, embedded into priority initiatives in partnership with Delivery, Activation, UX, Engineering, Solution Architecture, Data Governance, and other CD&AO teams. Your mission: build durable Agile capabilities, champion user‑centric adoption, and drive continuous improvement from intake through delivery and ongoing usage. Key Responsibilities Agile Coaching & Ways of Working Coach cross‑functional product, delivery, and activation teams on Agile principles, frameworks, and practices (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, flow‑based delivery). Assess current ways of working; design and implement team ‑ level and portfolio ‑ level improvements to planning, execution, and feedback loops. Facilitate Agile ceremonies and events (e.g., inception workshops, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives, PI / quarterly planning) and mentor teams to own them over time. Coach Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Delivery Leads on backlog management, prioritization, value slicing, and outcome‑based planning. Promote metrics‑driven delivery (e.g., cycle time, throughput, WIP, predictability, adoption metrics) and help teams use data for continuous improvement. Product Adoption, Enablement & Change Management Act as an E2E product SME for assigned capabilities, deeply understanding workflows, personas, value streams, and adoption challenges. Develop and execute product evangelism and adoption strategies in partnership with Delivery & Activation teams. Design and deliver enablement programs (training, office hours, playbooks, FAQ, job aids) tailored to different user groups and maturity levels. Lead “train‑the‑trainer” programs, building a network of divisional champions and super ‑ admins to drive local adoption and change management. Work with UX and product teams to capture user feedback, identify friction points, and prioritize improvements that drive usage and satisfaction. Leadership Coaching & Culture Coach leaders and managers on Agile leadership behaviors , such as servant leadership, empowerment, and outcome‑driven decision‑making. Facilitate leadership workshops on value streams, portfolio prioritization, and operating‑model changes needed to support product‑centric, Agile ways of working. Advocate for a culture of experimentation, learning, psychological safety, and continuous improvement across teams and divisions. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication Build strong relationships with stakeholders across business units, Delivery & Activation, Engineering, UX, Data Governance, and Support. Provide executive ‑ friendly status updates and insights, highlighting progress, risks, and recommended actions. Host regular office hours and open forums for product teams, champions, admins, and support teams to raise questions and share feedback. Curate and maintain a shared repository of Agile and product enablement assets (playbooks, templates, training materials, communication packs). Continuous Improvement & Community of Practice Contribute to and help lead the Agile / Adoption Community of Practice ; share success stories, experiments, metrics, and best practices. Standardize reusable patterns for onboarding, training, champion programs, and product rollout. Partner with Solution Architects and Business Analysts on edge cases, error handling, monitoring, and metrics needed for stable, scalable adoption. Qualifications Required Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience). 7+ years of experience in Agile roles (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile Coach, Delivery Lead) within complex, multi‑team environments. Proven track record coaching multiple teams and stakeholders (including senior leaders) on Agile principles, frameworks, and tools. Experience driving product adoption and change management in digital / IT products or platforms. Strong facilitation skills: able to design and run workshops, training sessions, and retrospectives that lead to concrete outcomes. Excellent communication and storytelling skills; able to translate technical and process topics into business‑friendly language. Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, build trust, and navigate across organizational silos. Preferred Experience in the pharmaceutical industry and IT. Hands‑on experience with scaled Agile environments (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, custom scaling approaches). Familiarity with modern product management and design practices (OKRs, discovery, journey mapping, design thinking). Proficiency with Agile and collaboration tools (Jira / Azure DevOps, Confluence, Miro/Mural, etc.). Relevant certifications (e.g., ICP‑ACC, ICP‑ATF, CSP‑SM, CSP‑PO, SAFe SPC, Certified Agile Coach, or equivalent). Who we are We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. What we look for Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today. #HYDIT2025 Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. 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