Agile Delivery Lead

Crowe • Chicago, IL

8h • Remote

About The Position

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry. Job Description: Crowe is seeking an experienced Agile Delivery Lead (Release Train Engineer) to play a pivotal leadership role within our Product Engineering organization. This is a high impact role accountable for optimizing the flow of value across our Insight Audit program, enabling high‑performing, distributed Agile teams to deliver high‑quality, scalable software solutions aligned to business outcomes. In this role, you will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and business leaders to translate strategy into executable roadmaps, ensure predictable delivery, remove impediments to flow, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and elevate how Agile delivery is practiced at scale. You will serve as a trusted advisor, coach, and change leader helping teams deliver meaningful outcomes through modern, data driven, and AI-enabled delivery practices. Success in this role is measured by delivery predictability, flow efficiency, quality outcomes, and the program’s ability to consistently achieve business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5 to 7 years of progressive experience in Agile delivery, program management, or related leadership roles.
• 2+ years of experience in a leadership role within a scaled Agile program or multi-team environment.
• Strong knowledge of Agile‑Lean principles, methodologies, and frameworks.
• Agile or Scrum certification (e.g., CSM, PSM, PMI‑ACP); scaling Agile certification is strongly preferred (e.g., SAFe Agilist, SAFe Program Consultant, RTE).
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices, including CI/CD, TDD, BDD, and modern engineering practices.
• Experience using Azure DevOps or similar tools for backlog, program, and delivery management.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize end-to-end delivery for one or more scaled Agile programs, ensuring predictable outcomes and continuous flow of value.
• Translate strategic priorities into integrated, executable roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Enable teams to achieve Program Increment (PI) objectives with predictable, high-quality delivery.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and business leaders to balance demand, capacity, and investment decisions to optimize value delivery and delivery predictability.
• Lead and facilitate Program Increment Planning events, ensuring readiness across vision, backlogs, business value, dependencies, and logistics.
• Own PI‑level communications, clearly articulating objectives, business value, delivery metrics, risks and achieved outcomes.
• Serve as a servant leader and coach to Agile teams, Product Owners, Product Managers, and organizational leaders.
• Drive adoption and maturity of Agile‑Lean principles, practices, and mindsets to maximize the delivery of customer value.
• Function as a change agent, influencing and leading organizational transformation through coaching, facilitation, training, and process optimization.
• Provide transparency into program health, progress, flow efficiency, quality outcomes, risks, and cross-team dependencies using meaningful, outcome-focused metrics.
• Lead executive-level reviews covering roadmap status, delivery metrics, PI readiness, and achieved outcomes.
• Proactively identify, manage, and drive resolution of program‑level risks, impediments, and cross‑team dependencies.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and leadership stakeholders to remove obstacles and ensure alignment.
• Ensure appropriate program governance through oversight of required delivery artifacts and documentation (e.g., program initiation materials, change requests, and closures) in alignment with organizational standards.
• Leverage AI‑enabled features within Agile lifecycle and delivery tools (e.g., Azure DevOps or similar platforms) to enhance planning accuracy, dependency visibility, forecasting, and delivery insights.
• Utilize data and AI‑assisted analytics to identify trends, predict risks, and support continuous improvement at the program level.

Benefits

• Your exceptional people experience starts here.
• At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm.
• We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package.
• We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity.
• You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level