Scaled Agile Portfolio Lead

Scaled Agile Portfolio Lead

Work Location: Rosemead, CA, USA

Number of Openings: 1

Duration of Hiring: 9 Months

No of years' experience: 10+

Skill Set: Experience Minimum 9 years' experience in software development, of which at least 4-5 years successfully performing Scrum Master Role. Certified SCRUM MASTER Strong Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc. Good Fundamentals on Agile Methodology is mandatory. Exposure for Tools like Client ALM Octane, Jenkins, Nexus, Chef, NUnit/ JUnit, GitHub is preferred. Mentorship skills to coach team how to follow agile scrum, which really works.

Technical Skills Understand the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development. Good Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, and user stories Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, FDD, XP, etc. Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that he can explain other methodologies to motivate his team. Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand your team needs. You should have knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games. Ability to take and understand your commitment to deliver the product on time. Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery. Exposure to Utilities and Energy domain is preferred Experience in managing and working with teams spread across globe, enabling efficient global agile work model

Responsibilities Exhibits Lean-Agile Leadership - Helps the team embrace SAFe Core Values, adopt and apply SAFe Principles and implement SAFe practices. Facilitates preparation and readiness of ART Events - Work with the team/other Scrum Masters/Stakeholders/RTM to effectively plan the Program Increments Capacity Planning: Check availability of resources in one's own team/dependent resources from any other team as well as overall portfolio of multiple scrum teams Understand the priority of the requirements from business and work with /guide the team to estimate in story points and commit based on the known average velocity/capacity of the team Work with the Product Owner/Business team in effective Pre-PI Planning Prepare Internal Team Milestones with dates and ensures they are in line with the PI Milestone dates. Reviews with RTM and publishes to team/business. Risks/Issues are documented, addressed and escalated as appropriate. Facilitates the team's progress toward team goals - Plan and track the team's progress regularly to ensure commitments are met. Report any impediments/dependencies, risks and issues on delivery commitments as early as possible to the RTM. The Scrum Master ensures that the team is fully functional and productive. Works towards improving the productivity of the development team in any way possible. Helps coordinate inter-team cooperation and helps team operate well on the Agile Release Train - Collaborates actively with other Scrum masters Discussing any dependencies Share team updates Adopting and sharing any best practices Communicate any change requests, its analysis and the solution proposal from the team to the RTM. Provide all needed support to the Scrum Team using a servant leadership style and leading by example. Guide & coach the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and values. Goal: Happy stakeholders/Fostering Self Organization- Issues should be removed by the team wherever possible. Makes the development team aware of the Scrum values. Supports the team rules - Guide and coach the Scrum Team regularly on applying the Agile mindset/best practices/rules to their work processes. Drives Agile behavior in teams & ensures that the team is fully functional, productive and valuable. The Scrum Master is responsible for reinforcing them. Facilitate discussion and decision-making on identifying gaps and how to fill them appropriately. Fosters team collaboration and helps in resolving conflicts Supports the PO- Support/Discuss with the Product Owners, especially with the objective to refine and manage the respective product backlog. Leads team efforts in relentless improvement- Identify and propose areas for improvement and issues affecting effectiveness that the Teams themselves might not be aware of. Eliminates Impediments - Remove impediments for the development team by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.