Scrum Master

Location: Budapest, Váci Greens

Hybrid working

About Sanofi

We're an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people's lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives.

Join an Award-Winning Team at Sanofi Budapest Hub!

Be part of something exceptional. Our Budapest Hub has been recognized for workplace excellence, innovation, and our commitment to putting people first. See the full list of our awards at the end of this posting.

About the role

You will coach the scrum team and guide them to successful outcomes.  The role will entail working closely with Product Owner to maintain a rich product backlog, to guide the development and partner teams to successfully deliver prioritized features, keeping in mind quality and delivery predictability. You will ensure projects are effectively developed, integrated, and deployed with quality and on time delivery.

Main responsibilities

•   Coach and mentor teams in adopting agile principles and behaviors

•   Foster a culture of continuous improvement, continuous delivery and outcome-driven decision-making

•   Guide sustainable cadence in product development

•   Bring agility into product discovery and hypothesis validation thinking

•   Learning from data and take decision from it

•   Support collaboration between cross-functional product teams (PO, Full-Stack Developers, Data Professionals, UX/UI) & business stakeholders

•   Remove impediments for continuous flow and improvement
• Coordinate with teams to manage dependencies and remove impediments from the Scrum team
• Measure team sprint success by using standard sprint metrics and drive team efficiency and productivity improvement through data points

Provide coaching and mentorship to team members to improve the team’s Agile and Scrum maturity

• Influence others including those more senior on best practices in Agile and work with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Agile/Scrum

• Leverage agile tracking tools (jira, confluence, etc)

About You

• Excellent communication skills, with experience in influencing, listening actively and negotiating within a team environment
• Outstanding organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of competency using Scrum
• Competency in applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization goals
• Experience managing multiple product teams and coordinating work across multiple teams and releases
• Positive leadership skills, with experience in mentoring a team, problem solving and conflict resolution abilities
• Collaborative mindset, with an ability to empathize with colleagues and establish relationships
• Thrive in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment
• Broad experience of working in a variety of Agile environments of different maturities.
• Ability to influence and lead behavior change
• Self-motivated, highly organized, able to work in a collaborative team environment

Key Technical Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in delivering technical projects (Data, Application, IT) by managing external vendors
• Certified PMP, ASM-Agile Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Master/Product Owner (CSM, CSPO, SAFe)
• Technical knowledge of software application development and agile life-cycle methodologies
• Understanding of Digital Strategy and governance
• Understanding of Software development processes and procedures
• Understanding of change management and release processes
• Experience in using agile delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc
• Other relevant qualifications can be: Experience in IT Healthcare

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention, and wellness programs, and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Office of the Year 2025 – Evolution Award
Our most recent award – Sanofi is recognized for creating an innovative workspace that supports collaboration and adaptability.

Marketing Diamond Award 2026 – Employer Branding
One of the highest honours at Hungary's prestigious Marketing Diamond Awards, recognizing excellence in employer branding.

BSC Investor of the Year 2025
Awarded by HIPA, ABSL Hungary, and AmCham Hungary for our contribution to Hungary's business services sector.

PwC Workforce Preference Survey 2025 – Top 3 Most Attractive Employers
Ranked 3rd among the most attractive employers in Hungary.

Hungarian Employer Branding Awards 2025 – Gold & Silver
Best Strategic Employer Branding Campaign (Gold) and Best Employer Branding Campaign in the Pharma Sector (Silver).

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