Agile Delivery Leader

Job Description

Job Description:

Position Summary: The Agile Delivery Leader is an Agile subject matter expert responsible for leading value-driven delivery on one or more Scrum/Kanban teams while ensuring that customer needs and expectations are met. This role involves fostering an environment where engineering teams can deliver high-quality, valuable software. As a thought and organizational leader, the Agile Delivery Leader is trusted to work in a self-directed manner, yet in collaboration with peers.

What the right candidate will enjoy:

• Leading business value through best-in-class team execution
• Identifying and resolving impediments that slow development
• Building trust and strong relationships with stakeholders

Job Must Haves:

• Technical Background (Would be plus is someone was formerly a Developer, Analyst, etc, not mandatory requirement)
• Experience in playing the Scrum Master role for for a software development team applying Scrum principles
• Deep understanding of Agile approaches such as Scrum and Kanban
• Highly communicative across different levels of the organization
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Seasoned, doesn’t need their hand held
• Deep understanding of Agile approaches such as Scrum and Kanban
• Highly communicative across different levels of the organization
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
• Project Manager to Scrum Master - 50/50

Job Nice to Haves:

• Awareness and experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
• Software product development experience
• Experience executing process change management techniques
• Experience with GenAI or or other forms of AI
• Banking/Financial industry background

What the responsibilities are of the right candidate:

• Driving business value through best-in-class team execution
• Adjusting ceremonies to match the need/style/maturity of the squad
• Leading collaborative dynamic planning processes and prioritizing work against team capacity