Role overview

Role: Release Train Engineer / Agile Consulting Manager

Location: Canada (Remote)

Type: Contract

Job Responsibilities Include:

Play an active part in the Agile community and help to drive initiatives forward across CLIENT and our clients
Execute small-scale maturity assessments to meet the client where they are on their agile journey, while helping them move forward
Actively looks for and influences opportunities to drive expansion of the account
Structure a portfolio/program and create the appropriate structure, meeting cadences and communication channels
Serve as Agile Subject Matter Expert, helping define roles and responsibilities and on scaling Agile development
Coach clients on transition from waterfall to Agile development and devising and implementing strategies to increase Agile adoption
Promote a culture of innovation by fostering implementation of Agile values, principles, and practices, which include techniques to increase collaboration, predictability, transparency, and velocity
Find solutions to complex problems through critical thinking, engagement, and collaboration
Coordinate between and among Agile teams for progress, impediment resolution, and project management oversight
Lead accountability, autonomy and empowerment within the teams and manage appropriate boundaries to achieve the result of having self-directed work teams
Set overall Agile roadmap which should include Dual-track Agile, DevOps, Scrum/Kanban, with the objective to plan process improvements over time
Return-on-investment analysis to determine and understand business problems and outcomes
Read an organization's next need in terms of sales, having those face-to-face conversations with the client stakeholders
Create Business SOWs & work effectively with the team on Strategic Discovery initiatives
Be the face and voice for the CLIENT team to client leadership and set client expectations
Lead the collaborative planning for the appropriate short-term and long-term next steps for the client
Collaborate effectively across practices, including Product Experience (Product Mgmt., Agile, CLIENT Experiences Studio, Technical Architecture), and Engineering, and the Field
Burn Up Charts in the CLIENT format with a scope line are updated each Sprint
Empower reporting team members with knowledge/tool/training so that they can trusted to complete their tasks in his / her absence
Understand CLIENT Leadership Competency Framework thoroughly and develop relevant competencies
Act as Career Coach for 1-2 Team Members
Coach Agile teams in Pragmatic Agile
Step into a Lead position, mentoring and coaching a small group of your peers by providing clear and actionable feedback
Expected to be involved in and lead Agile Guild presentations, marketing outreach, blog creation, and other articles to drive CLIENT forward and providing training to employees on the Agile process
Handle difficult discussions with senior executives
Oversee the work of staff and will be active participants in managing and improving internal process flow
Provide senior management with accurate and timely information necessary to make key client decisions

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years of consulting experience with a focus in the Agile environment
5+ years working as a Scrum Master
2+ years coaching teams leveraging Scrum and Kanban frameworks
SAFe RTE Certification

Preferred Skills:

Demonstrate excellent communication, collaboration, and diplomacy skills to guide, influence and convince others in their adoption of the Agile mindset
Experience in regularly interacting, training, and coaching
Proven success leading large projects ($500K+)
Embraces servant leadership, understands engineering practices and serves as a role model for the team to model Agile behaviors and mindsets, which includes key mindset shifts in the journey to Agile

Recommended Certification(s):

PSM III - Professional Scrum Master III
SAFe RTE - Scaled Agile Framework Release Train Engineer
PMI DAVSC Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant
PMP PMI Project Management Professional