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