Consultant, Agile Leader - NF

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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Influences, coaches and mentors team members on Agile practices and principles.
* Removes impediments to the team’s progress; escalate obstacles requiring outside resolution. Identifies risks and issues that might have an impact on delivery and provides thought leadership, facilitation, and communication on a mitigation strategy.
* Collaborates at the highest level to prioritize work to maximize value towards business outcomes.
* Collaborates with the Agile Team(s) to provide guidance in the areas of analysis, design, development, testing, automation, and deployment while ensuring the usage of the best capability practices.
* Guides and enables Dev Ops, Data Ops, AI/MLOps through the adoption and refinement of Agile practices on our most complex and strategic efforts.
* Monitors and reports on team progress and performance through enterprise and industry metrics while maintaining data quality supporting metric accuracy.
* Collaborates with senior leadership on demand and financials. Actively participates in variable staffing functions for the line.
* Facilitates team cadences on business critical, complex efforts (e.g., retrospective, daily standups, and show-and-tell meetings) to encourage collaboration, communication, and feedback within the team; promote a learning culture and challenge the team to be innovative.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
** Reporting Relationships:
** Reports to Technology Manager/Director.
** Typical Skills and Experiences:
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* Education:

** Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is preferred. Agile certification (Certified Scrum Master – CSM, SAFe Scrum Master Certification - SSM, Professional Scrum Master Certification - PSM) and proven experience across multiple teams is a plus.
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* Experience:

** Typically, Six years of experience in Agile including three years as an Agile Leader or similar role. Strong technical expertise in one or more Agile practices and frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean. Plus, a technical background in Software Engineering. Three or more years working with ALM tools and Microsoft Office Suite.

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more.

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