Agile Delivery Owner

Our direct, Fortune 100 client is looking for a REMOTE Agile Delivery Owner / Scrum Master for a long-term, extendable contract position. You will leverage agile practices to plan, manage, and deliver solutions that support the organization's business objectives. This role focuses on maximizing business value and optimizing flow by guiding agile teams to meet their goals. You will ensure effective coordination within and across teams, providing transparency on delivery progress to key stakeholders This position is open to fully remote candidates but will follow an ET schedule.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Consistently leveraging lean and agile practices to achieve outcomes.
• Orchestrates planning and coordination activities across multiple teams, protecting the teams against interference and over commitment, ensuring optimal team focus and sustainable productivity to achieve high-value outcomes.
• Advises Product Owners in backlog management to ensure clear prioritization across teams.
• Monitors key performance metrics to assess the health of coordinating teams. Shares metrics with teams to celebrate progress and generate improvement ideas.
• Uses performance and progress metrics to increase transparency and predictability in meeting commitments.
• Facilitates the adoption and evolution of agile practices with the goal of improving how the organization produces high quality and high value outcomes.
• Aligns teams with strategic goals through transparent sequencing of work, clear identification of dependencies, and manages risks and issues that affect delivery, developing mitigation plans and ensuring timely resolution.
• Communicate information organization-wide, ensuring that all events are not only positive and productive but also set new standards for efficiency and effectiveness within the time box.
• Ensures delivery standards across multiple teams.
• Facilitation of Scrum ceremonies.

Essential Skills:

• Ability to drive decisions and continuous improvements.
• Negotiation skills with the ability to find successful resolutions for complex issues.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills needed to research and make recommendations.
• Formal presentation skills and ability to use a variety of techniques to present information, including data and trends, to a variety of audiences, internal or external.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve goals and accomplish work, including vendors.
• Ability to work with others to resolve conflicts and use interpersonal methods to reduce tension and facilitate agreement.
• Ability to prioritize and execute concurrent initiatives while balancing deadlines and stakeholder needs without impacting quality.
• Leadership skills with a focus on coaching, collaboration, and critical thinking.
• The following combination of certifications are REQUIRED: Certified Advanced ScrumMaster (A-CSM) or Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II), plus Agile Leadership Certification (CAL 1), SAFe RTE, SAFe SPC, or SAFe Agilist.

Plusses:

• Familiarity with tools - AgilePlace, GitHub, Azure DevOps etc.

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Please click the Apply Now button to apply for the job.

We will review your resume and call if you are qualified.

Resumes will NOT be sent to clients without your approval.

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REFERRALS WANTED - $ 1000 REWARD!

Refer a colleague to us, and Precision will give you $ 1000 if we find a job for that person!

(The fine print: The referred candidate must be previously unknown to us. Start date must be within 6 months of referral.)

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WHY WORK WITH PRECISION?

Our Clients. We work with the best.

• We are direct vendors to Fortune 500 companies across North America.
• We're the top provider of contract IT professionals to many of our clients.

Our Experience. We know how to sell our candidates to clients.

• We've been in business for over 20 years, and have made thousands of successful placements.

Our Background. Precision is run by former IT professionals.

• We know what it is like to be an IT consultant working in a large organization.
• We actually understand your skills. We'll make sure that you are right for the job, and that the job is right for you.

Our Reputation for Quality. Clients favor Precision's candidates.

• We take the time to learn about you so that we can best match you to our openings and sell you to our clients.
• Our clients know from experience that Precision's consultants are the most qualified and the best fit for their project teams.

Our Ethics. We pride ourselves on our ethical business practices.

• We never submit your resume without your permission, and we never give your resume to other staffing companies.
• We are up front about pay rates and the interviewing process, and provide you with constant feedback.

Our Responsibility. We take seriously our obligations to our consultants.

• We always pay on time.
• We offer highly competitive pay rates, as well as an opportunity to participate in our group health insurance, long term disability and 401(k) plans.
• When required, we carefully manage H1-B and applications, and involve you at every step.
• We have dedicated HR personnel that will answer the phone when you call.

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Job ID 5256DI-5028