Senior Agile Delivery Lead

xScion • McLean, VA

1d • Remote

About The Position

As an employee, you Turn Change Into Value® - for our clients, for our company, for your professional growth, for the consumers. We hire the best and brightest, who are driven to create lasting value. At xScion, you aren't just another team member, you're impactful. You're empowered. You're driven. You're an xScioneer. Reporting to the Asst Director, Portfolio Management and Reporting, the Senior Agile Delivery Lead is a seasoned professional who drives the successful delivery of complex software and digital transformation initiatives within OT. This individual acts as a servant leader, leveraging a combination of Scrum Master, Project Manager, and DevOps competencies to guide multiple cross-functional teams and align planning and delivery with business objectives. This role champions agile principles, drives planning, and aligns capacity with deliverable priorities through an end-to-end implementation approach. This individual will support planning, manage budget and project financials, actively manage dependencies and risks, remove impediments, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen or a Green Card holder
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management).
• 7+ years of experience in an agile delivery role, including Scrum Master and Agile Project Manager duties.
• Proven experience leading multiple teams or complex initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices and tools.

Nice To Haves

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Experience in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
• Experience with Cloud technologies (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Experience with agile in an enterprise-level setting.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile ceremonies: Lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure they are productive and effective.
• Remove impediments: Actively identify and resolve roadblocks that hinder the team's progress, escalating issues as necessary.
• Coach and mentor: Guide the team on agile and lean principles, encouraging self-organization, ownership, and adherence to agile best practices.
• Promote team health: Foster a collaborative and psychologically safe environment that allows team members to thrive.
• Shield the team: Protect the development team from external distractions and interferences.
• Track and report metrics: Monitor and report on key delivery metrics, such as velocity, lead time, and burndown charts, to ensure transparency and inform decision-making.
• Facilitate Scrum of Scrums / CoP: Facilitate the development of, and lead the work of, Scrum of Scrums and Scrum Master Community of Practice, and leverage both to identify opportunities to improve the practice and project delivery success.
• Manage initiatives: Oversee and manage the planning and delivery of mid-to-large-scale initiatives, tracking and reporting progress and coordinating efforts across teams.
• Manage dependencies across multiple agile delivery teams: Lead and coordinate planning activities across teams, and monitor the delivery flow to ensure timely and accurate execution of roadmap items, maintaining inter-team alignment.
• Manage budget: Work with functional managers and finance team on budget and financial management of assigned initiatives.
• Manage resources: Provide resource estimation support to functional managers and maintain resource allocation documentation for planning and monitoring appropriate staffing for assigned initiatives.
• Manage schedule: Develop and monitor end-to-end project timeline and manage and communicate changes to plans. Ensure communication of initiative updates to stakeholders and solutions delivery management.
• Manage project scope: Work with Product Owners to help define and manage project scope, budget, resources, and timelines in an agile context.
• Manage stakeholders: Act as the primary communication link between the development team, Product Owners, and senior leadership to align priorities and progress. Facilitate communication and collaboration to achieve common goals that span multiple teams.
• Mitigate risks and dependencies: Proactively identify potential risks and cross-team dependencies and develop and actively manage mitigation strategies.
• Promote DevOps culture: Advocate for and embed DevOps principles, practices, and tools into the team's workflow.
• Drive automation: Identify and implement opportunities for automation to enhance quality, security, and delivery speed.
• Ensure smooth releases: Coordinate and manage release and deployment activities to ensure a seamless transition to production.
• Provide technical guidance: Have a solid grasp of the software development lifecycle to better understand and address technical challenges faced by the team.

Benefits

• We have an amazing culture– We were named a Best Places to Work in Virginia 8 times, including 2025.
• We are poised for rapid growth– We are on the cutting edge of digital transformation in Financial Services, Healthcare, Nonprofit and Public Sector and continuously welcome new clients to the xScion family.
• We believe in your continuous development– We invest in our teams’ development, including our Communities of Practice, technology partnerships, sandbox and paying for certifications and trainings to improve their skills because we are committed to collectively being the best at what we do.
• We want you to make an impact in whatever you do– Our people are given the opportunity to provide impactful change to our clients and team.
• We believe in equality - As a woman-owned organization, we believe in an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone’s uniqueness makes us stronger.
• Great Benefits: Medical, dental, 401(k) match, flexible spending and more, but we also have unique perks such as up to 27 days off a year (including your birthday!), remote work opportunities, parental leave, wellness benefits and many other things that inspire balance and flexibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees