IT Technical Lead

We are seeking a Sr. IT Technical Specialist. This is a long-term contract opportunity that will require working onsite in Southern California four days per week.

The Consumer Applications Department of or is seeking a highly-motivated experienced Technical Lead to help deliver projects more effectively. They will work along aside the Product Owners and Project teams leading Agile practices related to customer-facing digital products. This position requires extensive collaboration and cross-functional communication with IT associates consultants and vendors to define product goals backlogs and roadmaps leading to successful delivery. This position is a working lead that provides functional technical guidance and may supervise the daily activities of individual contributors or working teams.

- Coordinate with project managers to develop budgets and timelines

- Oversee the design testing and deployment processes

- Intervene when development is behind schedule - Coordinate and Organize Dev Work

- Keep the backlog clean scoped and prioritized

- Help define sprint goals and ensure tasks are realistically sized

- Translate stakeholder requests into clear action items

- Own QA and Delivery Hygiene - QA features before launch and coordinate testing

- Log bugs verify fixes and handle regressions quickly

Background Expectations:

- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

- Minimum of 8 years of experience managing highly complex technical projects involving large teams

- Agile Scrum Master Certification preferred

- 2 years of Agile Scrum Master experience preferred

- Preferred to have industry knowledge to support the design and/or vendor product selection to solve corporate wide issues or enhancements

- Must be extremely knowledgeable in project management tools and techniques

- Superior verbal and written communication skills with excellent presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner

- Well-developed analytical skills and demonstrated ability to provide clarity to complex issues and synthesize large amounts of information

- Excellent understanding of SaaS/PaaS technology components and their deployment.

- Excellent project management skills including planning tracking and reporting.

- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to mitigate risks effectively.

- Experience in maintaining strategic alliances with technology partners.

- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

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