MES & Scrum Master – GMP Digital Pharma Manufacturing

Cognizant Technology Solutions; United States; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; 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 is seeking an experienced MES Business Analyst / Scrum Master to support digital manufacturing initiatives within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical environment in Nova Scotia, Canada.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Digital/IT teams to define requirements, manage backlogs, and facilitate agile ceremonies across projects including MES/eBR, Golden Batch, Connected Worker, and OEE initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Business Analyst or Scrum Master in GMP-regulated pharma.
• Knowledge of MES, eBR, shop-floor systems and manufacturing data.
• Hands-on Agile with user stories, backlogs, ceremonies, and delivery tracking.
• Strong workshop facilitation and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead business and process discovery with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and IT stakeholders.
• Translate needs into requirements, user stories, flows, acceptance criteria, and backlogs.
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews and retrospectives.
• Prioritize requirements with Product Owners based on value, feasibility, risk, and readiness.
• Support future-state design for MES, OEE, Golden Batch, and Connected Worker initiatives.
• Document requirements around processes, data, integration, validation, and adoption.
• Track dependencies, risks, issues, actions, decisions; escalate blockers as needed.
• Support testing, UAT, training, change readiness, and site deployment activities.
• Support PAT-related assessments and regulatory considerations (GMP, CSV, validation).
• Ensure alignment with GMP and data integrity throughout delivery.

Skills

MES / Manufacturing analytics

Agile / Scrum

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

GMP / data integrity

Facilitation

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced MES Business Analyst / Scrum Master to support digital manufacturing initiatives within a GMP-regulated pharmaceutical environment in Nova Scotia, Canada.

You will collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, and Digital/IT teams to define requirements, manage backlogs, and facilitate agile ceremonies across projects including MES/eBR, Golden Batch, Connected Worker, and OEE initiatives.