Agile-Scrum Practice Leader (Executive Director)
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- White Plains, NY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide thought leadership and solutions with the adoption of Agile methodologies across a wide array of technology teams.
- Define and execute an Agile roll out roadmap that shows a progressive scale up scenario with achievable objectives and defined, concrete deliverables.
- Create strategic coaching objectives in partnership with technology partners/leaders and your team to drive adoption, maturity and optimization of agile and product mindset and practices. Design training sessions to educate stakeholders at all levels on key principles.
- Train, mentor, and guide Scrum Masters across the technology organization; act as servant-leader to various teams, enabling them to reach their highest potential in delivering for the business.
- Define and execute an Agile roll out roadmap that shows a progressive scale up scenario with achievable objectives and defined, concrete deliverables.
- Create and execute assessment framework to screen program management portfolio and transformation book of work for agile implementation opportunities.
- Partner with program and transformation leads to (i) Refine approach in accordance with agile principles and agree on transition timelines and deliverables; (ii) develop transparency to strategies, objectives, and work; and (iii) facilitate product chartering, roadmaps, OKRs, persistent prioritization techniques and celebrate outcomes in creative ways.
- Provide over-arching and continuous support to Scrum masters, project managers, program managers, and transformation leads to facilitate program transition to, and execution of, agile methodology sustainability.
- Serve as the AD Technology Agile champion and provides continuous support and training to senior management.
- Foster a culture of collaboration and a common vision of agile approaches between team members and internal stakeholders in adjacent functions including product owners, technology, and compliance.
- Prior experience rolling out a company-wide Agile practice with an information technology delivery context
- Ten or more years' experience in Information Technology project delivery environment across the broad spectrum of the enterprise technology stack.
- Five or more years' experience as a combined Agile Coach and/or Scrum Master with focus on expansion of Agile practices and leading transformations. Experience within an Agile solution environment working on large scale, multiple scrum team environment, and applying Agile to emerging Cloud Technologies (SaaS, PaaS, etc.) highly preferred.
- Certification as a Scrum Master (CSM) is required.
- Proficient working with Jira/Confluence, including some experience with configuration.
- Working knowledge of system development lifecycle (SDLC) and process change/improvement.
- Strong facilitator who can lead groups session and is equally comfortable in a collaboration role with business and technical resources at all levels, including senior management.
- Broad working knowledge of Agile frameworks is preferred: Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, and other advanced Agile frameworks (SAFe, DAD, etc.).
- Advanced Agile methodologies preferred, but not required (ACSM, CPO, CSPO, CAL, CTC, CEC, PMI-ACP, DASSM, etc.).
- Experience with co-located and distributed teams, in multiple time zones.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills.
- Proven ability to work on tight deadlines and deliver quality results.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science or business management.
- Prior experience working within the financial services industry preferred
- Certification in a related project management process (PMI-PMP or PRINCE2) preferred.