SAFe)

InnoSoul•Raleigh, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

NC FAST is looking for an experienced Agile Lead with real-world experience in supporting Scrum, Kanban, SAFe transformation efforts to assist teams in development and implementation of IT applications. The resource should be able to lead the planning and execution of development and delivery of efforts for one or more products to a high standard. The resource should be coachable, and knows how to work with multiple functions, including Product Owners, Scrum/flow Masters, Developers, and Stakeholders. The resource knows how to execute and follow the Agile transformation strategies laid out by the Agile Transformation Coach and transformation team, works as a good team player in enabling people to understand, learn and behave in an agile way that drives customer and business value while creating a healthy, agile team culture. The ideal candidate should be able to work in a self-directed and not always in a prescribed mode, works on more complex issues and serves as a resource to others.

Requirements

Strong organization and analytical thinking skills, with a track record of turning complex business needs into user scenarios, flows, and diagrams.
7 Years Strong experience in understanding and implementation of Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum)
7 Years Experience with Project Management tools, including MS Project, JIRA, and SharePoint.
7 Years Expertise in using MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.
7 Years Experience managing and delivering application development and enhancement efforts using the appropriate Agile methodology
7 Years Strong and effective experience in coaching, mentoring and training new Agile/Scrum teams using Scrum, Kanban, Lean, or SAFe
4 Years Experience with adaptive coaching style and ability to work hands-on with teams based on the agile readiness of the team.
5 Years Strong facilitation and communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
7 Years Strong risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills.
4 Years Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders
7 Years Hands on experience in Scrum & Kanban methodologies including as Scrum/Flow master
4 Years Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio.
4 Years Strong experience in effective coaching of Scrum/Flow Masters, Product Owners, and Team Members
4 Years Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.
4 Years Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
Ability to coach technical practices (TDD, Pair programming, ATDD)
4 Years Experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward.

Nice To Haves

Certified Scrum Master, Certified Product Owner, Certified Team Coach, or SAFe Program Consultant
Knowledge of Dev/Ops practices

Responsibilities

Partner with ITD Agile transformation coach, Other agile Leads and Scrum/flow Masters, and Team members across the organization to align and drive consistency and transparency throughout the organization.
Develop strategies to obtain program objectives that aligns with the overall organizational strategy as defined by DHHS ITD Agile Transformation Coach and the Transformation team.
Assess the Agile maturity and skill-growth for IT Lines of Business, programs, teams and provides training, coaching and feedback as required.
Own the team's development methodology; Drives adoption of Agile practices, techniques, and frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, reducing the gap between agile theory and practice.
Coach Scrum/Flow Masters, Product Owners, Development Team members, and be coachable.
Mentor and guide agile teams on their journey from ground zero to becoming self-sustaining, high performing agile teams.
Work with appropriate technical team to create and manage workflows that support metrics and Kanban/Scrum boards in Jira.
Drives adoption of DevOps practices and frameworks to improve automation and team autonomy.
Fosters an environment of mutual respect and cooperation, collaboration, transparency, agility, learning, innovation, quality, and speed of execution.
In collaboration with functional manager or Team leads, coordinates day-to-day operation of effort Development using the appropriate agile methodology.
Partners with business leadership/product owners to manage EPICS, Stories, tasks, and product commitments in an Agile framework to rapidly deliver value to our customers.
Develops and communicates reporting metrics and/or program dashboards to stakeholders and leadership.