McKesson

Scrum Master

McKesson$103K — $172K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in Agile delivery, particularly in regulated environments.
  • Strong background in Scrum, SAFe, and Kanban frameworks.
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex technology initiatives and leading scrum teams.
  • Excellent communication skills for engaging senior stakeholders and executives.
  • Proficiency in delivery tools such as Jira and Confluence, along with software engineering best practices like CI/CD and DevOps.
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or an equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery accountability for a single scrum team, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
  • Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Coach Product Owners and team members on effective backlog management and agile practices.
  • Lead integrated planning sessions involving cross-functional teams to align priorities and capacities.
  • Maintain transparency on delivery risks, dependencies, and progress through effective communication with stakeholders.
  • Oversee compliance with governance standards and manage delivery artifacts to support audits.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing delivery trends and identifying systemic enhancements.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a hybrid model with flexible in-office requirements.
  • Access to a comprehensive health benefits package.
  • Engagement in a culture of continuous improvement and agile methodologies.
  • Participation in professional development opportunities to advance skills.
  • Involvement in a dynamic work environment focused on healthcare technology solutions.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Reporting to an Agile Delivery Manager, the Scrum Master (P3) is accountable for end-to-end delivery leadership for single scrum team within Ontada’s Technology Solutions portfolio. This role operates with autonomy and accountability, owning delivery outcomes, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving cross-team alignment in a regulated, enterprise environment.

We are seeking experienced Scrum Master with hands-on expertise in SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban, who can operate effectively across product, engineering, UX, QA, and release management. The ideal candidate is proactive, execution focused, and comfortable driving continuous improvement while ensuring predictable, high quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Ownership and Accountability

  • Own end-to-end delivery accountability across single scrum team ensuring predictable, high-quality outcomes.

  • Establish and operate the delivery model, including sprint cadence, backlog readiness, planning, reviews, retrospectives, and release coordination.

  • Facilitate all agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews/demos, and retrospectives.

  • Coach the Product Owner and team to ensure work items have clear scope, sizing, dependencies, risks, and acceptance criteria.

  • Define a sprint and release scope based on product prioritization and engineering capacity.

  • Lead integrated planning across product, engineering, UX, QA, and release management.

  • Lead pre‑release planning, including development, validation, and readiness of Release Scope Statements; assess capacity and communicate risks and dependencies.

  • Manage release‑level capacity planning, estimation, sequencing, and delivery tracking.

  • Ensure epics and stories are properly defined, prioritized, and meet functional and non‑functional requirements with approved acceptance criteria.

  • Proactively manage delivery risks, constraints, and dependencies; provide transparent milestone tracking and reporting.

  • Maintain accurate Jira updates, enforce Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and ensure runbook updates are completed as required.

  • Lead non-prod WAR/MIM rooms to resolve time-sensitive non-production issues as needed for Dev, QA or Staging environments in preparation for upcoming releases.  

  • Maintain accurate PlainView (PV) update for the scrum team with the corresponding project and product attributes.

  • Ensure weekly time-tracking is reported by the scrum team; facilitate review of the time tracking reports with the Leadership Team frequently.


Stakeholder Management

  • Serve as a liaison between Product Owners, Development Teams, and external stakeholders to maintain alignment on priorities and objectives.

  • Provide executive level communication on delivery status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

  • Facilitate governance forums, milestone reviews, and executive checkpoints.

  • Partner closely with Product Owners and technical leaders to maintain a build ready backlog for next 3-6 sprints.


Risk, Governance, and Compliance

  • Proactively manage cross team dependencies and delivery impediments to protect release timelines.

  • Ensure adherence to governance and compliance standards, including Release Scope Statements, Scope Change Requests (SCRs), and ServiceNow change requests (CRs).

  • Lead risk identification and mitigation using ROAM or equivalent practices; escalate critical risks with clear mitigation plans.

  • Ensure required delivery evidence and artifacts are created by the team to support audits and regulatory requirements.

Quality, Testing, and Release Readiness

  • Coordinate overall testing readiness and execution in partnership with QA, including QA, UAT, regression, integration, and performance testing.

  • Ensure all testing requirements (including NFRs) are defined, tracked, and aligned with exit criteria.

  • Ensure timely creation, review, and approval of testing artifacts (e.g., test strategy, test plans).

  • Coordinate integration testing readiness, including external vendors and system dependencies.

  • Drive effective defect management, including prioritization, closure, and root cause analysis.

  • Support planning activities to align team capacity with release objectives.

Continuous Improvement & Agile Coaching

  • Coach and mentor scrum teams on agile practices, ADLC maturity, and enterprise delivery standards, raising overall delivery maturity.

  • Champion continuous agile maturity improvement across teams, utilize delivery metrics, KPIs, and dashboards.

  • Analyze delivery trends to identify systemic improvements.

  • Contribute to the evolution of Ontada’s Agile Delivery Lifecycle (ADLC) and enterprise delivery practices.

Minimum Requirement

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.

Critical Skills

  • 3-5 years of experience leading large scale agile delivery for complex technology initiatives; consulting experience strongly preferred.

  • Demonstrated success in Scrum Master, Project Manager, or hybrid delivery leadership roles.

  • Proven ability to manage a scrum team, dependencies, and stakeholders in fast paced, regulated environments.

  • Strong executive communication skills, with experience engaging Directors, VPs, and senior leaders.

  • Expert level experience managing scope, timelines, and delivery commitments.

  • Solid understanding of technical architecture and product roadmaps to effectively support engineering teams.

  • Experience enabling engineering best practices, including CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, and code quality standards.

  • Experience working with modern software engineering teams (web, cloud, APIs, microservices).

  • Proficiency with delivery and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Miro, or similar.

  • Deep knowledge of Scrum framework, roles, ceremonies, artifacts, and principles.

  • Strong organizational, time management, and prioritization skills.

  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification from a recognized industry organization.

This role is a hybrid position. The selected candidate is expected to work on-site at our Las Colinas office a minimum of two (2) days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. Specific in-office days may be designated based on team needs and business priorities.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$103,200 - $172,000

McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.


McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.

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About McKesson

McKesson Corporation provides medicines, pharmaceutical supplies, information and care management products and services across the healthcare industry. The Company operates in two segments. The McKesson Distribution Solutions segment delivers ethical drugs, medical-surgical supplies and equipment and health and beauty care products throughout North America. This segment also provides specialty pharmaceutical solutions for biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers, sells financial, operational and clinical solutions for pharmacies (retail, hospital, long-term care) and provides consulting, outsourcing and other services. The McKesson Technology Solutions segment delivers enterprise-wide clinical, patient care, financial, supply chain, strategic management and software solutions. In July 2011, the Company acquired Portico Systems from Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. On March 25, 2012, it acquired the independent banner and franchise businesses of Katz Group Canada Inc. McKesson Distribution Solutions delivers pharmaceuticals to retail pharmacies and institutional providers like hospitals and health systems. They operate pharmaceutical distribution centers across the country, serving customers in all 50 states. They also deliver a comprehensive offering of health care products, technology, equipment and related services to the alternate site market, including physician offices, surgery centers, long-term care facilities and home care businesses across the country. McKesson is currently the largest pharmaceutical distributor in North America. McKesson also operates McKesson Canada and has an equity holding in Nadro, a leading distributor in Mexico.

McKesson Careers

Join McKesson, a leading global healthcare company, and be part of a team that is redefining the future of healthcare. With a variety of job opportunities available, McKesson is the perfect place to advance your career, whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out. Work You’ll Do At McKesson, we are committed to improving care in every setting—one product, one partner, one patient at a time. We’re seeking talented professionals to join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, diversity, and leadership. Our employees are driven by a deep sense of purpose and a desire for continuous growth and improvement. Empower Your Future in Healthcare With positions ranging from internships to leadership roles, McKesson offers unparalleled employment opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career. Our commitment to diversity training ensures that all team members have the opportunity to thrive. Join a team where your skills will be honed, your professional growth will be supported, and where you can genuinely see the difference you make in the lives of patients around the world. Innovative Work Environment McKesson is at the forefront of healthcare innovation. Our team is constantly exploring new ways to improve patient outcomes and streamline care processes. This commitment to innovation is what sets us apart and what makes McKesson an exciting place to work. Career Development and Benefits McKesson believes in nurturing the potential of its employees through robust career development programs and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life and well-being. From leadership training to health and wellness benefits, we ensure our team members are equipped to meet their professional and personal goals. Explore Job Opportunities Whether you’re looking for an internship to kickstart your career, or a senior position to utilize your extensive experience, McKesson offers a range of opportunities. Explore our open positions and find where you can make a difference at McKesson. Stay Connected Join Our Team Search for open positions that match your skills and interests. We are looking for passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players who are ready to take the next step in their careers. Keep Up to Date Stay ahead with career tips, insider perspectives, and industry-leading insights you can put to use today—all from the people who work here. Networking and Professional Growth At McKesson, networking and professional growth are part of our everyday environment. We encourage our employees to connect, share, and learn from each other to foster personal and professional development. Job Alert Emails Personalize your subscription to receive job alerts, latest news, and insider tips tailored to your preferences. Discover the exciting and rewarding career opportunities that await you at McKesson. Join McKesson today and be part of a team that is dedicated to shaping the future of healthcare.
Learn more about McKesson
Size
58,000 employees
Market Cap
$53.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.1 billion
Founded
1833
5 Year Trend
+5.9%
Revenue
$237.6 billion
NASDAQ

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