JOB SUMMARY:
Facilitate getting work done through supporting, guiding, and influencing the team from a servant leader philosophy.
Facilitate Pre-PI Planning through working with Product Management to manage epics, features, proposed PI objectives, and Program backlogs
Facilitate PI Planning.
Manage Program PI Objectives including tracking and reporting progress of objectives and features.
Facilitate ART Sync, PO sync, Scrum of Scrums, demos, & Inspect and Adapt workshops, as necessary.
Facilitating product syncs with multiple dependent vendors.
Partner with project managers and product managers to manage program-level risks and dependencies.
Work cross-functionally with Product Management, Engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure strategic and execution alignment.
Partner with Product and Agile Coaches to proactively identify and continually document best practices, Agile standards, knowledge articles, and case studies to enable Agile Transformation.
Facilitate technical discussions, decision making, conflict resolution, and continuous improvement.
Education and Experience Required:
7 years of Scrum Master or Project/Program Manager experience or leading Agile Release Train(s) as a Release Train Engineer, including the ceremonies of backlog grooming, standups, sprint planning, sprint review, and retrospective.
Ability to manage multiple priorities
Training or certification in SAFe
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience or certification.
Must have experience with JIRA & Confluence
Preferred:
Graduate/post graduate degree.
Project Management: CAPM or PMP preferred
Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others.
Strong oral and written communication skills with all levels of associates and both internal and external customers.
Practical problem solving and strategic thinking skills, critical thinker, and self-starter
Willing and able to get down in the details "to make things happen".