What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Delivery Lead position at EMC Insurance Companies?
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- The preferred candidate will live within 1 hour of the Des Moines Metro
The Agile Delivery Lead is responsible for promoting and supporting Agile principles and values within the team. This role involves facilitating team events, supporting the development of meaningful metrics, and acting as a servant leader to enable the team to be self-organized, cross-functional, and effective in an Agile delivery environment. The Agile Delivery Lead also collaborates with Product Management and Technology Leadership to define, prioritize and deliver initiatives and features critical across the organization
Essential Functions :
Delivery
Facilitates team events for assigned team(s), including daily stand-up, planning, retrospective, review, backlog refinement, etc. Facilitates collaboration sessions such as dependency management, story mapping, cross-team coordination, and conflict resolution
Proficient in JIRA and its road mapping capabilities.
Experience with Power BI for building metrics dashboards is an added advantage.
Builds and analyzes metrics and information radiators; provides insights into delivery, forecasting, and historical data
Supports the Product Owner by providing techniques for effective backlog management and product roadmap maintenance and utilization
Acts as a close delivery partner with the Product Owner and team to manage dependencies and ensure successful feature delivery
Guides the team to successfully build and deliver high value products incrementally and at a sustainable pace
Proactively identifies and resolves impediments, risks, and dependencies that interrupt the flow of value
Demonstrates knowledge of the team’s product and / or service offerings to provide more effective facilitation, backlog management, and dependency management
Thought Leadership
Acts as servant leader to enable team(s) to be self-organized, cross-functional, and effective in Product driven organization
Serves the team(s) by increasing the awareness and maturity of Agile and Lean principles, values and practices. Provides education to multiple teams via training and workshops; provides small group and individual mentoring opportunities as assigned
Works with other Agile Delivery team members to increase the effectiveness of Agile and Lean practices across the organization
Continuous Improvement
Leads the team(s) to identify and minimize waste, while maximizing value; recommends optimal utilization of team
Analyzes team performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance productivity
Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging experimentation and learning from failure
Education & Experience :
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
Four years of experience in IT product or project delivery, including three years as a Scrum Master.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :
Strong understanding of Agile principles and values
Strong knowledge of Scrum framework and practices
Excellent facilitation and organizational skills
Good knowledge of multiple Agile frameworks
Ability to blend practices based on each team’s unique need
Working knowledge of technology practices related to software development lifecycle (SDLC), IT shared services, QA, and / or? DevOps
Strong interpersonal and servant leadership qualities and skills
Ability to remove impediments, resolve conflict, and motivate team members
Strong knowledge of collaboration tools, such as Jira and Confluence
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
