Consulting Manager-Scrum Master, Life Sciences w/ Manufacturing exp. Consulting

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 81,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in Halifax, Canada is seeking a Consulting Manager/Scrum Master to drive agile delivery in a Life Sciences Advisory context. You’ll blend business analysis with Scrum Master duties, partnering with process experts, product owners, and partners to ensure successful implementations.

The role requires GMP‑regulated industry experience, strong facilitation, and cross‑functional collaboration, with a hybrid work model based in Halifax and surrounding area.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst, Scrum Master, Product Analyst, or similar role in pharmaceutical manufacturing or GMP-regulated life sciences.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, batch execution, shop-floor workflows, and cross‑functional interaction.
• Hands-on agile delivery experience with backlog management and user-story development.
• GMP requirements, data integrity considerations, and validation or computerized-system practices.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and document business-process discovery with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and digital stakeholders.
• Translate operational needs into user stories, process maps, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlogs.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Prioritize work with product owners based on manufacturing value, feasibility, risk, and release readiness.
• Support design and validation of future-state workflows for use cases like Golden Batch and Connected Worker/OEE.
• Create documentation for process, data, integration, reporting and validation requirements for implementation.
• Identify dependencies, issues, decisions, and risks; maintain delivery tracking and unblock blockers.
• Participate in testing prep, user engagement, training/readiness, and site deployment activities.
• Contribute to PAT evaluation through current-state assessment and stakeholder interviews.

Skills

Agile delivery

Backlog management

Requirements elicitation

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or Master’s degree

Job description

Title: Consulting Manager/Scrum Master

(Life Sciences Advisory Consulting Practice)

Level: Manager/ Location: Halifax (Work Model: Hybrid)

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

Role Summary

• Support discovery, requirements definition, agile delivery, and implementation readiness for GMSx Manufacturing Workstream initiatives. These roles will blend strong business-analysis capability with hands-on Scrum Master delivery support, working closely with manufacturing subject‑matter experts, product owners, and implementation partners.
• The resource may support distinct but interconnected capability areas, such as Golden Batch, Connected Worker/OEE, and PAT evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and document business-process discovery with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and digital stakeholders.
• Translate operational needs into clear user stories, process maps, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and prioritized backlogs.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Partner with product owners to prioritize work based on manufacturing value, feasibility, risk, and release readiness.
• Support design and validation of future-state workflows for Golden Batch and Connected Worker/OEE use cases.
• Capture and help support the creation of documentation for process, data, integration, reporting, validation and user‑adoption requirements required for implementation.
• Identify dependencies, issues, decisions, and risks; maintain transparent delivery tracking and maintain blockers promptly.
• Support testing preparation, business‑user engagement, training/readiness planning, and site deployment activities as needed.
• Contribute to PAT evaluation through current‑state assessment, use‑case definition, stakeholder interviews, requirements capture, and benefit/risk analysis.

Required Experience and Capabilities

• Experience as a Business Analyst, Scrum Master, Product Analyst, or similar role in pharmaceutical manufacturing or a GMP-regulated life‑sciences setting.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, batch execution, shop‑floor workflows, and the interaction between Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Digital/IT.
• Demonstrated experience eliciting and documenting requirements for manufacturing digital solutions.
• Hands‑on agile delivery experience, including backlog management, user‑story development, facilitation, and team‑level delivery reporting.
• Familiarity with GMP requirements, electronic records/data integrity considerations, and validation or computerized‑system implementation practices.
• Excellent workshop facilitation, stakeholder‑management, documentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with MES/eBR, Golden Batch, OEE, connected worker, industrial IoT, process data historians, manufacturing analytics, or digital work instructions.
• Exposure to PAT concepts, process monitoring, manufacturing data science, or advanced process control.
• Scrum Master, Product Owner, Business Analysis, or agile‑delivery certification.
• Experience supporting manufacturing site pilots, rollouts, or change adoption

Required Education:

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or Master’s degree strongly preferred

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted until November 11th, 2026.

The annual salary for this position is between $81,450.00 - $129,500.00 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer:

The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.