*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*

A prestigious company is looking for a Manager, Agile/Scrum Governance. This manage will lead a team of 7-8 scrum masters and will focus on Agile transformation across the company. They will create a governance structure to monitor performance, build agile teams, and implement agile specific metrics and KPIs. This is a hands on manager and will need experience with formal management.

Responsibilities:

• Directly manage a team of Scrum Masters deployed across several product teams and partner with managed service provider
• Hold Scrum masters accountable to their roles and responsibilities and create a governance structure to monitor performance.
• Partners with the group director and senior leaders across the organization to develop best practices and evolve Agile capabilities with the changing needs of the business.
• Be responsible for maturing Agile teams/squads.
• Provide support to the Product Owner and Delivery Team, and lead by example.
• Participate in and lead discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Drive a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised and resolved.
• Be responsible for identification and mitigation of project risks
• Participate in and lead regular assessments of Agile Maturity and use the results to guide teams to improved performance
• Drive internal and external communication, improving transparency, and information radiation
• Manages a team

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in information technology or 7+ years equivalent work experience
• Advanced knowledge of Agile/Scrum principles and practices
• Hands on experience in leading and managing agile teams
• Experience as a Scrum Master for a minimum of 5 years for a software development team that was applying Agile/Scrum principles and practices
• 5+ years of experience with JIRA
• Manage a team of 7-8 direct reports and outsourced resources.
• Experience with agile transformations, building Agile teams and implementing Agile
• Experience with setting and implementing Agile specific metrics and KPI s
• Previous experience leading scrum masters and driving career development of direct reports
• Experience being on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (diverse team sizes, organizations, cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
• Direct experience working with Scaled Agile (SAFe) organizations
• Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.
• Knowledge of other agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
• Experience with Agile PLM tools like JIRA, Portfolio for JIRA
• Familiarity within a ticketing system such as ServiceNow