Agile Delivery Lead

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

Job Family:

Project/Task Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Delivery, Agile Methodology, Agile Scrum Development

Certifications:

Scrum Master Certification - SCRUMStudy

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

AGILE DELIVERY LEAD

TAMPA FL

Job Description:
General Dynamics is looking for an Agile Delivery Lead (ADL) to provide communication support services to maximize IT efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction. The ADL is a thought and organizational leader, trusted to work in a self-directed manner, yet in collaboration with their peers. The ADL is responsible for fostering an environment where the engineering teams can deliver high-quality, valuable software, and products for the USCENTCOM Information Technology Services (CITS) Program supporting the USCENTCOM J6 in Tampa, FL.

Duties and Responsibilities:

-Drives cross-team coordination for initiatives/projects that overlap; responsible for status meetings, refinement, retrospectives, and escalating any issues that have the potential to impact delivery.

-Actively works with teams to document any strategic risks and mitigation plans for delivery.

-Collaborates with the Engineering Manager and Product Manager in the work breakdown process, helps in communicating impact to other domain(s)/section(s); Gathers respective representation in case broader analysis is needed.

-Is a leader who drives business value through best-in-class team execution.

-Works to understand “blind spots” and weaknesses and develops plan(s) to address.

-Knows when to adjust the ceremonies to match the need/style/maturity of the team.

-Proactively identifies and resolves impediments that slow development or prevent the team from meeting established goals.

-Continuously seeks to identify bottlenecks to optimize the overall flow of work.

-Builds trust and strong relationships with internal/external stakeholders through clear communication and expectation setting.

-Holds the team accountable for their responsibilities in defining project readiness and vision, user story writing, story mapping, prioritization techniques, feedback loops, etc.

-Challenges direction changes and communicates/confirms potential impact with stakeholders.

-Engages in respective portfolio planning events and learns about the functional delivery for upcoming initiatives.

-Leads collaborative, dynamic planning process – prioritizing the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.

-Has responsibility for helping to ensure there is a well-managed (“DEEP”) product backlog with PO/PM, and coaching/training where needed for the PO/PM.

-Leverage tools such as Azure DevOps to develop and maintain relevant information radiators for tracking, measuring, and reporting on metrics such as team maturity, team happiness, the effectiveness of agile processes, team throughput/velocity, portfolio health.

Experience required:

8+ years in driving large, complicated projects or programs to successful outcomes.

Education and/or Certifications:
Required:

- Bachelor’s Degree with a focus in communication or a related field of study or equivalent combination of education and experience.

-Certified Scrum Master

-Direct Azure DevOps work experience (1+ year)

Desired:

- Master’s Degree with a focus in communication, computer science, engineering, or a related field of study

- ITIL 4 Foundation Certification

- Project Management Professional (PMP)

Required Skills:

-Deep understanding of the strengths of different Agile approaches and when they should be used, such as Scrum and Kanban.

-Highly communicative with a diverse and profound set of communication skills.; ability to communicate across different levels (ex: Developers, Partners, and Executives.) of the organization with confidence.

-Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, change man