Product Owner and Scrum Master

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Product Owner and Scrum Master for our Microbial Solutions site in Charleston, SC. This is an on-site position Mon-Fri.

As a Software Product Owner & Scrum Master, this dual-role position is responsible for clarifying product vision, managing product backlog priorities, and ensuring high‑quality delivery of software solutions through effective Agile practices. This individual will serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team while also facilitating Scrum ceremonies, removing impediments, and ensuring continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has strong product management instincts, excellent communication skills, deep experience in Agile/Scrum frameworks, and some understanding of software development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Work with Product Managers to define and clearly communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog to align with customer needs and business objectives. Write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and high‑quality functional requirements. Partner with stakeholders and cross‑functional teams to gather feedback and translate it into actionable work items. Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams, ensuring adherence to Scrum principles and best practices. Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies including daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Track and communicate team performance metrics (velocity, cycle time, burndown, etc.). Identify and mitigate risks that could impact delivery timelines or product quality. Work closely with software developers, testers, UX designers, and leadership.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field—OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.  

Experience: 3–5 years of experience as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, Business Analyst, or similar role in software development.

Proven experience delivering software products using Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Experience translating user needs into actionable requirements and user stories.

Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.

Skills and Abilities: Familiarity with Git source control, Azure DevOps, Figma and Snyk.

Demonstrated ability to understand software workflows and describe front end and and back end functionality

Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management skills.

The pay range for this position is $87,000-$95,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based onfactors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Microbial Solutions
Our Microbial Solutions business group has a comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy-to-use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 80% of the drugs approved by the FDA in the last five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to View email address on us.fitly.work. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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