Scrum and Release Manager

Blue Yonder • Farmers Branch, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Coordinate and deliver complex supply chain initiatives from planning through execution, ensuring delivery is on time, within budget, and customer focused. Drive end-to-end delivery as an individual contributor by developing and maintaining integrated delivery plans, including scope, milestones, schedules, and budgets; managing RAID - risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, and coordinating mitigation and resolution plans. Partner with cross-functional, global stakeholders to align objectives, deliverables, success criteria, and delivery readiness activities, and support post-go-live stabilization and technical discussions. Use data-driven Key Performance Indicators to track progress, report status, and continuously improve delivery predictability and outcomes. Promote a quality-first mindset by applying root cause analysis to strengthen products and processes. Partner closely with customer support to support post-go-live readiness, Service Level Agreements adherence, and timely issue resolution. Facilitate delivery governance through meetings, dashboards, and transparent communication to stakeholders; proactively identify and address risks, dependencies, and roadblocks. Serve as Release Manager by coordinating release planning and scheduling, maintaining a release calendar, and driving release readiness activities including readiness checklists, required approvals, and go/no-go decision support, to ensure smooth deployments. Coordinate cross-team release communications and deployment execution, and support post-release verification and stabilization. Serve as Scrum Manager by facilitating Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and enabling collaboration across geo-distributed teams to support accountability and delivery outcomes. Apply technical expertise in Agile, SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum methodologies, with hands-on expertise using tools including Jira, Aha! and Rally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, and 5 years of progressive, postbaccalaureate experience in the job offered or as a Scrum Master, or in a related/similar position.
• 5 years in project and program delivery including planning, budgeting, risk, and issue management.
• 5 years in Agile delivery and tools using Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, with tools like Jira, Rally and MS Project.
• 5 years in cross-functional collaboration leading geo-distributed teams and working with technical stakeholders.
• 5 years in Cloud and Enterprise Software using Azure/cloud platforms, SaaS, and hybrid delivery models.
• 5 years in data-driven execution including KPI-based tracking, SLA adherence, dashboard reporting, and metrics-driven governance.
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 2 years of experience in the above skill sets will be accepted.
• 4 years in supply chain and E-commerce systems expertise across WMS, OMS, TMS, and ERP platforms.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver complex supply chain initiatives from planning through execution, ensuring delivery is on time, within budget, and customer focused.
• Drive end-to-end delivery by developing and maintaining integrated delivery plans, including scope, milestones, schedules, and budgets.
• Manage RAID - risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, and coordinate mitigation and resolution plans.
• Partner with cross-functional, global stakeholders to align objectives, deliverables, success criteria, and delivery readiness activities.
• Support post-go-live stabilization and technical discussions.
• Use data-driven Key Performance Indicators to track progress, report status, and continuously improve delivery predictability and outcomes.
• Promote a quality-first mindset by applying root cause analysis to strengthen products and processes.
• Partner closely with customer support to support post-go-live readiness, Service Level Agreements adherence, and timely issue resolution.
• Facilitate delivery governance through meetings, dashboards, and transparent communication to stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and address risks, dependencies, and roadblocks.
• Serve as Release Manager by coordinating release planning and scheduling, maintaining a release calendar, and driving release readiness activities including readiness checklists, required approvals, and go/no-go decision support, to ensure smooth deployments.
• Coordinate cross-team release communications and deployment execution, and support post-release verification and stabilization.
• Serve as Scrum Manager by facilitating Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Enable collaboration across geo-distributed teams to support accountability and delivery outcomes.
• Apply technical expertise in Agile, SAFe, Kanban, and Scrum methodologies, with hands-on expertise using tools including Jira, Aha! and Rally.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401K with Matching
• Flexible Time Off
• Corporate Fitness Program
• A variety of voluntary benefits such as; Legal Plans, Accident and Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and much more

What This Job Offers

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