Agile Consulting Manager\​/Release Train Engineer

Agile Consulting Manager/Release Train Engineer

PLANO TX (Hybrid)

Job

Responsibilities Include:

• Play an active part in the Agile community and help to drive initiatives forward across NTT DATA and our clients
• Execute small-scale maturity assessments to meet the client where they are on their agile journey, while helping them move forward
• Actively looks for and influences opportunities to drive expansion of the account
• Structure a portfolio/program and create the appropriate structure, meeting cadences and communication channels
• Serve as Agile Subject Matter Expert, helping define roles and responsibilities and on scaling Agile development
• Coach clients on transition from waterfall to Agile development and devising and implementing strategies to increase Agile adoption
• Promote a culture of innovation by fostering implementation of Agile values, principles, and practices, which include techniques to increase collaboration, predictability, transparency, and velocity
• Find solutions to complex problems through critical thinking, engagement, and collaboration
• Coordinate between and among Agile teams for progress, impediment resolution, and project management oversight
• Lead accountability, autonomy and empowerment within the teams and manage appropriate boundaries to achieve the result of having self-directed work teams
• Set overall Agile roadmap which should include Dual-track Agile, Dev Ops, Scrum/Kanban, with the objective to plan process improvements over time
• Return-on-investment analysis to determine and understand business problems and outcomes
• Read an organization’s next need in terms of sales, having those face-to-face conversations with the client stakeholders
• Create Business SOWs & work effectively with the team on Strategic Discovery initiatives
• Be the face and voice for the NTT DATA team to client leadership and set client expectations
• Lead the collaborative planning for the appropriate short-term and long-term next steps for the client
• Collaborate effectively across practices, including Product Experience (Product Mgmt.