Description:

Tip – The ideal candidates will have experience with Service Now. If they have working experience with ADO that would be an added plus.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the agile release train for a given value stream and ensuring scrum team success.

• Responsible for planning and executing PI Planning, and for working with the teams to plan and execute other ART or teams level ceremonies

• Enable teams to remove impediments. Act as escalation point for impediments the team cannot remove in a timely manner

• Own escalated impediments and raise issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner

• Continuously work with teams and to deliver PI Objectives

• Owns the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train

• Manage dependencies between Development Teams within and across Programs or Agile Release Trains

• Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs

• Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning

• Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities

• Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burn down data, etc.)

• Update and communicate Release Plans

• Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Architects, teams as needed

• Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders

• Assist with developing and delivering training and workshops as requested

• Become an influential leader within for the team and promote Agility across Navy Federal

• Encourage teams to embrace a Lean/Agile Mindset

• Help resolve team conflicts when needed

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field – or - the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

• Significant experience working in an agile transformation successfully coaching and transitioning teams, programs, and portfolios

• Scrum Master and RTE Certifications with extensive experience working in a SAFe and non SAFe environment.

• 10+ years of combined experience working within Information Technology as a Project Manager, Program Manager, Scrum Master and/or Release Train Engineer

• Experience coaching agile teams and assessing their development maturity

• Experience working with tools such as Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, etc.

• Experience in creating reporting metrics and dashboards that illustrate the flow of value

• Experience in leading successful delivery teams

• Experience in software development managing multiple teams across a product area

• Experience as a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead in leading transformation

• Successful track record implementing Agile methodologies

• Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors

• Experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff

• Ability to coach and mentor scrum teams and empower the delivery teams to embrace agility

• Ability to remove impediments that impact the team's planned execution

• Ability to create release plans and roadmaps needed for existing product or platform release

• Advanced skill to influence, negotiate and persuade to reach agreeable exchange and positive outcomes

• Advanced skill in motivating and uplifting team members using teaching/mentoring skills

• Advanced skill building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy and tact

• Advanced problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills

• Advanced verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills

• Advanced word processing, spreadsheet, diagramming, and presentation software skills

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a matrixed environment

• Advanced skill to deliver presentations to virtual and in-person teams