Role: Agility Lead
Location: NYC, NY(Onsite)
Exp: 13+
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Job responsibilities:
Lead and coach teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, and promote open communication and engagement among team members ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
Use advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership
Develop and implement short to mid-term operational and transformation plans, prioritize tasks and manage resources to achieve product goals in a timely and efficient manner through the utilization of metrics and evidence-based decisions
Identify trends and generate original ideas to contribute to the development of new policies and best practices within the discipline
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- 5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
- Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support for teams
- Expertise with Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization
- Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels and aptitude to coach and mentor.
- Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, and scaling frameworks, monitoring agility metrics; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
- Ability to leverage skills from coaching, facilitation, conflict resolution and more to serve the team(s).
- Possess an executive presence and ability to coach multiple teams across the product.
- Proficiency in stakeholder management, risk management, dependency management, conflict resolution.
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at various levels within the organization, effectively guiding group discussions and decision-making processes within the domain context
- Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications
- Competency in using Jira, Lucidspark, Confluence.