Category: Application Development

Employment Type: Contract

Reference: BH-373326

Manager Agile Program Manager

Project Overview: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Agile Delivery Manager to join our digital factory team based in Dallas, TX. As a Agile Delivery Manager , you will promotes self-Managed teams and constantly improving teams effectiveness by managing impediments and understanding team dependencies. Also influences team success by encouraging timely delivery of the sprint commitments. Drives tactical team-level improvement as part of the Agile process. You will work closely with cross-functional teams including Product Owners , Developers, Designers, Quality Assurance and the Release Train Engineer to ensure the successful delivery.

Required Skills:

• Experience playing the Agile Delivery Manager role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I, SAFe)
• Know about the value of metrics, iterative and incremental delivery.
• Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand the team needs.
• Familiar with common development practices, Service oriented environments, and Agile practices.
• Familiarity working in complex Scaled Agile portfolios
• Provide guidance, follow Agile, and Scrum practices to promote prioritization team readiness and commitment to each Sprint
• Optimize scrum team velocity to capitalize on improvement opportunities and achieve higher levels of team performance
• Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to lead productive meetings and ceremonies
• Effective communication skills to interact with team members stakeholders and management
• Problem solving mindset with the ability to address conflicts and challenges within the team
• Familiarity with Agile tools and software e g Jira/ Confluence / Mural etc..

• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
• Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization.
• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Supporting the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style and leading by example.