AI-Enabled Agile Delivery Lead — Barcelona (Hybrid)

Novartis; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 58,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Parental leave 14 weeks

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an experienced Agile Delivery Lead (Scrum & Kanban) in Barcelona. You will empower teams, accelerate digital innovation, and drive value to improve patients’ lives. You’ll coach teams, optimize delivery flow, and advocate Agile excellence across a global environment with AI-enabled practices.

The role emphasizes leadership in Agile ceremonies, backlog readiness, and stakeholder alignment, in a hybrid work model with a competitive base salary and performance rewards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in product delivery, product management, or digital transformation environments.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Lead, or Flow Engineer.
• Strong expertise in Scrum, Kanban, Agile coaching, flow optimization, Agile metrics, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement practices.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, MIRO, Agile reporting tools, AI-enabled delivery solutions such as Rovo, Claude, or GitHub Copilot, and working within global matrix organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile delivery across cross-functional digital product teams and strategic business initiatives.
• Coach teams, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile principles, Scrum, and Kanban practices.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies to drive alignment, transparency, and predictable delivery outcomes.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog readiness, prioritization, and value-focused execution.
• Remove impediments and enable high-performing, self-organized, and autonomous teams.
• Optimize delivery flow using lead time, cycle time, throughput, and flow efficiency metrics.
• Educate stakeholders and influence Agile mindset adoption across business and technology organizations.
• Leverage AI-enabled practices and tools to improve team productivity, delivery effectiveness, and innovation.

Skills

Agile coaching

Scrum

Kanban

Flow optimization

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Jira

Confluence

MIRO

AI-enabled delivery tools

GitHub Copilot

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Engineering, or a related discipline

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MIRO

Rovo

Claude

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Novartis is seeking an experienced Agile Delivery Lead (Scrum & Kanban) in Barcelona. You will empower teams, accelerate digital innovation, and drive value to improve patients’ lives. You’ll coach teams, optimize delivery flow, and advocate Agile excellence across a global environment with AI-enabled practices.

The role emphasizes leadership in Agile ceremonies, backlog readiness, and stakeholder alignment, in a hybrid work model with a competitive base salary and performance rewards.