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Support and coach Agile team(s) by empowering them and providing methods and tools to enable quality delivery while maintaining a focus on the continuous improvement of the team. Responsible for removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team’s goals and preserving flexibility and ability to respond to changes on the team. Lead the enhancement of best practices in relation to a high-performance team’s processes, artifacts and tools. Collaborates with other teams and assists the organization with launching, stabilizing and optimizing program-level and portfolio-level teams while adapting and promoting Agile frameworks, principles and practices.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide visibility into delivery targets, commitments, progress and relevant team data necessary to provide maximum team transparency
• Partner with and coach other teams to achieve maximum project return on investment and meet PI objectives and milestones. Work with different teams to plan ahead and prioritize work
• Identify upstream/downstream dependencies and support the team in risk management. Identify impediments and appropriately resolve them using a network of peers and formal channels
• Participate in release planning such as PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, Scrum of Scrums. Provide Scrum team statistics, identifying project dependencies, team capacity, velocity forecasts, burndowns/burn-ups, dashboards, and Program Board updates
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and report progress and impediments
• Maintain alignment, tagging, completion, reporting and overall oversight of team backlog items (stories/features) in Azure DevOps (ADO) to maximize project/program transparency and ensure timely program adjustments
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile team(s) using various tools, such as Kanban, ADO, the Program Board, team Measure & Grow metrics and other information radiators
• Partner with systems teams to ensure the Agile team(s) tools are properly supporting the ART and maximizing transparency/flow
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the Agile team’s practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
• Partner with the Project Management Office (PMO) on program execution and operational excellence
• Drive improvement via workshop facilitation in the Inspect and Adapt ceremony
• Assist the Agile Center of Excellence as a member of the team by contributing to continuous improvement efforts directly or indirectly impacting the Agile teams

Education & Years of Experience

• Minimum - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Related
• Minimum - 5 Years Software development or related
• Minimum - 2 Years Agile practices such as Scrum or Kanban or related

In Lieu of Education

• 8 Years Software development, Agile practices such as Scrum or Kanban or related

License/Certifications/Training

• Preferred: Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or related

Compensation & Benefits:

Typical hiring range:‏‏‎ ‎ $84,200.00 to $131,000.00‎ Annually. Actual compensation will be determined using factors such as experience, skills & knowledge.

‎Benefits: Alliant provides a benefits package including health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match including:

• Annual performance bonus
• Work from home up to 3 days a week
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs
• Time off including paid personal and sick days
• 11 paid holidays
• Education reimbursement

*Note that eligibility and cost of benefits can vary depending on the number of regularly scheduled hours, and job status such as regular full-time, regular part-time, or temporary employment.

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The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.