Agile Delivery Manager; ADM

We are currently seeking competent individuals to fulfill the role of Agile Delivery Manager (ADM) to join our dynamic team for our client, one of the major banks
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Two openings: one FTE and one contract (12 months renewable).

Role type:
Hybrid (2 to 3 days in office required).

• Tracking projects through each phase of project lifecycle
• Work with all the dependent teams and prepare execution plan
• Working with various teams to achieve end-to-end project delivery
• Ensure milestones are met and project has gone through all approval gates
• Document project status & assist team in maintaining information repositories
• Maintain project risk tracker and communicate project risks to management
• Prepare work back schedules, roadmap and capacity planning at a project level
• Ensure a balance between team capacity and workload is kept in order to achieve a successful project delivery
• Support app releases & rollout related activities

• Keep all stakeholders up to date on project status and roadblocks
• Ability to set expectations with all stakeholders, execute and communicate accordingly
• Identification of risks and issues that require DF leadership attention
• Ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner following stakeholder field of expertise
• Ability to work effectively with engineering Sr Managers when needed to remediate risk around project delivery
• Engage stakeholders (e.g. risk, legal, audit) as needed for consultation throughout the course of the project

• Contribute to the productivity and happiness of the scrum team
• Supporting project team members in challenging situations (resource / release challenges, cross-team communication)
• Scheduling ad-hoc meetings to solve for disagreements or ambiguities in order to reduce risk of jeopardizing milestones and or artifacts
• Ease conversations and promote constructive attitude
• Facilitate and ensure healthy communication between project team members
• Scheduling and chairing scrum ceremonies
• Accountable for conducting regular retros and addressing team’s feedback
• Monitor scrum team progress by preparing reports/charts
• Understanding team strengths and weaknesses in order to improve each phase of the project lifecycle

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives
• Flexible – not being too hard on the team
• Negotiation Skills
• Problem Solving and Analytical skills

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Ideally has Certified Scrum master certification (CSM / PSM)