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Required Qualifications: 

10+ years of professional experience, 3+ years managing and leading employees and complex team efforts  5+ years of experience leading product delivery teams, or equivalent program and project management experience on large complex technical projects/programs  3 yrs. of direct experience successfully driving continuously improved team performance with software development teams using Scrum or Kanban  Mastery of the SDLC, demonstrated by expertise on the various phases of work associated with software development  Mastery of an Agile mindset, demonstrated by expertise on how to achieve the positive outcomes associated with Agile  Demonstrated success resolving inter-team / intra-team conflict and building relationships in a complex team environment  Mastery of industry standard information radiators (preferably Rally; but experience with JIRA, TFS or another standard radiator will be considered)  Bachelor’s degree (with work experience in IT organizations) 

Expectations: 

Utilize a delivery methodology spectrum to implement changes and process improvements that meet the needs of the work (from Scaled Agile to Lean Project Management)  Facilitate the flow of value propositions between the portfolio, the delivery stream, the release trains and ultimately the scrum teams.  Establish and maintain operations that support a continuous planning and 3 month rolling forecast cycle, with the goal of balancing delivery flexibility with sustainable predictability  Maintain healthy value-driven, customer-centric execution with a continuous improvement mindset through the appropriate delivery framework or methodology  Provide leadership support to the agile or functional teams within this area of the portfolio  Coach VP, AVP and Director level team members to collaboratively communicate, identify true root cause of issues, and use business priorities to drive organizational focus.  Maintain impeccable value proposition hygiene and ensure that all radiated information is reliable, meaningful, and readable.  Possess a strong understanding and drive consistent use of metrics to assess risks to delivery and drive prioritization and decision making  Assess, own and communicate risks and dependencies across delivery streams and portfolios; remove impediments as needed to get work across the finish line.  Identify and implement solutions to issues that address true root cause of issues or clearly articulate trade-offs when only symptoms will be addressed.  Staff the system Agile practitioner roles, which are release train engineers, Kanban leads and scrum masters, with team members who possess the characteristics, skills and knowledge to own outcomes at the release train and scrum team levels.    Manage release train engineer, Kanban leads and scrum master performance which aligns with the Lean Delivery & Optimization organization's vision and annual objectives; ensure release train engineers and scrum masters know what outcomes are expected of them and have a current sense of how they are performing against those expectations. Manage performance in a constant and consistent manner and ensure that every one of your employees occupies the "right role / right level" for their combination of characteristics, skills, and subject matter expertise. 

Experience required: 10 Years