Scrum Master - Automotive product development-20758 - Södertälje

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Job Overview

Role Summary

Our client is seeking an experienced Scrum Master for a new development project focused on automotive interior and seat development. The role is responsible for leading and supporting a cross-functional development team, maintaining alignment with project objectives, and driving planning, execution, and delivery in accordance with agile principles.

The Scrum Master will facilitate effective ways of working, coordinate team activities and milestones, and promote collaboration among engineering teams, project management, and other stakeholders. The assignment also includes financial oversight, risk and dependency management, status reporting, and continuous improvement of the team and its development processes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and support a cross-functional development team throughout project planning, execution, follow-up, and delivery.

Facilitate Scrum practices and other agile ways of working while ensuring alignment with project goals, delivery plans, and milestones.

Coordinate team activities and promote effective collaboration across engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.

Monitor and report the project's financial position, including investments, material expenditure, and development costs.

Provide regular progress, delivery, and financial status updates to project management.

Identify and manage project risks, dependencies, obstacles, and delivery constraints.

Build stakeholder alignment through structured communication, facilitation, and negotiation.

Drive continuous improvement within the team and across the broader product development process.

Support timely decision-making while maintaining focus on project targets and financial performance.

Technical Stack & Requirements

Agile and Scrum: Practical experience applying agile principles and facilitating Scrum-based development.

Project management: Experience with project planning, execution, delivery coordination, follow-up, and milestone management.

Cross-functional delivery: Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate multidisciplinary development teams.

Financial management: Experience monitoring budgets, investments, material costs, development costs, and overall project financials.

Risk and dependency management: Ability to identify, track, escalate, and resolve risks, dependencies, and delivery obstacles.

Stakeholder management: Experience facilitating alignment and coordinating decisions across multiple functions and organizational levels.

Qualifications & Experience

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent technical discipline, is required. Candidates must have at least four years of experience as a Project Leader, Project Manager, Scrum Master, or in a comparable leadership role. The role requires experience in agile development environments, cross-functional team coordination, project planning and follow-up, financial reporting, facilitation, and stakeholder management. Professional spoken and written English is required.

Experience in automotive product development, particularly interior systems or seat development, is advantageous. Additional merits include a background in mechanical engineering and product development, experience working in large international organizations, and professional spoken and written Swedish.