Project Manager III. North Chicago LilyLifestyle

Agile Coordinator / Specialist

The Agile Coordinator, you will report to the Manager, Agile Practices as well as continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most important technical problems.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily stand‑ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Promote Agile best practices and educate team members to enhance team performance and productivity.
• Remove obstacles that may hinder the team's progress.
• Coordinate communication between different teams, departments, and stakeholders.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to ensure projects and programs stay on track and meet delivery timelines.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Ensure engineers have necessary product requirements and UX designs to stay on track and meet deadlines.
• Support JIRA management for teams they support and other tools as appropriate.
• Provide burndown charts, velocity tracking, and other agile metrics to inform the team and manager(s).

• Program management and/or scrum master experience.
• Tech experience.
• Experience in an agile environment.
• Collaboration & communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in an Agile environment with an understanding of Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and adaptability.