Job location: Merrifield, VA (Hybrid)
Project Duration: 3+ Months
Payrate: Depends on Experience
Job Description:
• Lead and facilitate the Agile Release Trains for the portfolio and ensure Delivery is planned with clear communication, efficient collaboration, and the timely resolution of impediments
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle with hands on experience leading technical implementations to include COTS products
• Continuously work with teams and deliver PI Objectives, Epics, Features, and PBIs
• Create release plans and roadmaps for the portfolio
• Ensures alignment of team objectives with overall business goals and enables teams to remove impediments.
• Own escalated impediments and raises issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner
• Own the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train
• Manage dependencies between Agile Teams within and across Agile Release Trains
• Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs
• Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning
• Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities
• Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burndown data, KPIs, etc.) and use data to make informed decisions and recommendations for improvement
• Update and communicate Release Plans
• Collaborate with Product Management, Architects, engineering, and support teams as needed
• Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders
• Hands on Experience with Azure Devops (ADO) boards
• Experience with status reporting, metrics and dashboards
• Understanding of Cloud offerings, distributed systems, mainframe, APIs, and system integration.
• Nice to have – Scaled agile certification
Herndon, VA
* Herndon, a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, is part of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. With a population of 24,655 as of the 2020 census, it is the largest of three incorporated towns in the county. Originally a rural area, Herndon developed into a hub of dairy farming and vacationing. The town’s history is tied to the W&OD Railroad, which has left its mark on the area. The train station, now a museum, and a Norfolk Southern Railway caboose evoke the town’s past.