Hi,
We have an opening for Agile Consulting Manager/Release Train Engineer, Remote, Contract. Open for C2C/Corp to Corp. Please share updated resume and let me know your thoughts.
Job Title: Agile Consulting Manager/Release Train Engineer
Location: Remote
Position Type: Contract
Responsibilities:
• Play an active part in the Agile community and help to drive initiatives forward across vendor and our clients
• Execute small-scale maturity assessments to meet the client where they are on their agile journey, while helping them move forward
• Actively looks for and influences opportunities to drive expansion of the account
• Structure a portfolio/program and create the appropriate structure, meeting cadences and communication channels
• Serve as Agile Subject Matter Expert, helping define roles and responsibilities and on scaling Agile development
• Coach clients on transition from waterfall to Agile development and devising and implementing strategies to increase Agile adoption
• Promote a culture of innovation by fostering implementation of Agile values, principles, and practices, which include techniques to increase collaboration, predictability, transparency, and velocity
• Find solutions to complex problems through critical thinking, engagement, and collaboration
• Coordinate between and among Agile teams for progress, impediment resolution, and project management oversight
• Lead accountability, autonomy and empowerment within the teams and manage appropriate boundaries to achieve the result of having self-directed work teams
• Set overall Agile roadmap which should include Dual-track Agile, DevOps, Scrum/Kanban, with the objective to plan process improvements over time
• Return-on-investment analysis to determine and understand business problems and outcomes
• Read an organization’s next need in terms of sales, having those face-to-face conversations with the client stakeholders
• Create Business SOWs & work effectively with the team on Strategic Discovery initiatives
• Be the face and voice for the vendor team to client leadership and set client expectations
• Lead the collaborative planning for the appropriate short-term and long-term next steps for the client
• Collaborate effectively across practices, including Product Experience (Product Mgmt., Agile, vendor Experiences Studio, Technical Architecture), and Engineering, and the Field
• Burn Up Charts in the vendor format with a scope line are updated each Sprint
• Empower reporting team members with knowledge/tool/training so that they can trusted to complete their tasks in his / her absence
• Understand vendor’s Leadership Competency Framework thoroughly and develop relevant competencies
• Act as Career Coach for 1-2 Team Members
• Coach Agile teams in Pragmatic Agile
• Step into a Lead position, mentoring and coaching a small group of your peers by providing clear and actionable feedback.
• Expected to be involved in and lead Agile Guild presentations, marketing outreach, blog creation, and other articles to drive vendor forward and providing training to employees on the Agile process
• Handle difficult discussions with senior executives
• Oversee the work of staff and will be active participants in managing and improving internal process flow
• Provide senior management with accurate and timely information necessary to make key client decisions
Basic Qualifications:
• 5+ years of consulting experience with a focus in the Agile environment
• 5+ years working as a Scrum Master
• 2+ years coaching teams leveraging Scrum and Kanban frameworks
• SAFe RTE Certification
Preferred Skills:
• Demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and convince others in their adoption of the Agile mindset
• Experience in regularly interacting, training, and coaching
• Proven success leading large projects ($500K+)
• Embraces servant leadership, understands engineering practices and serves as a role model for the team to model Agile behaviors and mindsets, which includes key mindset shifts in the journey to Agile
Recommended Certification(s):
• PSM III – Professional Scrum Master III
• SAFe RTE – Scaled Agile Framework Release Train Engineer
• PMI DAVSC – Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant
• PMP – PMI Project Management Professional
Thanks & Regards
Narender | Technical Recruiter
Contact: (732) 301-4847 | Connect me on LinkedIn
Adbakx LLC| Flexon Technologies
South Brunswick Township, NJ
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