Overview:
Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. This client is a German multinational Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world headquartered in Leverkusen and areas of business include pharmaceuticals; consumer healthcare products agricultural chemicals seeds and biotechnology products.
Job Title: Program Manager (Expert)R&D Project MgmtR&DPH
Location: San Francisco CA / Seattle WA
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Remote
Job Description:
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The Climate Corporation is looking for an experienced Program Manager who can play the role of a Senior Scrum Master for multiple Agile teams within a SAFe environment.
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Were looking for someone who has a strong leadership mindset in both the SAFe process as well as technically to not only support Product and Engineering but challenge as necessary.
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This role will include handson scrum master support as well as agile coaching as agile teams continue to mature in our newly launched SAFe transformation.
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Being a selfstarter and using a friendly flexible approach will help with the success of this role.
What You Will Do:
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Lead multiple Agile teams within an Agile Release Train (ART)
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Provide Agile coaching to those in the Agile teams (Product Engineering) within the various Scrum /SAFe activities
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Partner with the Product Owner and Engineering teams for backlog refinement & prioritization of work for team backlogs
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Play an active role in PI Planning supporting multiple agile teams
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Support Release Train Engineer (RTE) w/in the ART attending Scrum of Scrums
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Understanding / Analysis of Sprint Metrics to help facilitate team effectiveness efficiency maturity
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Support/Participate in RTE/Scrum Master Community of Practice (CoP)
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Facilitate unblocking impediments and tracking/managing risks dependencies for agile teams
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Be able to drive and explain your teams analysis to executives
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Be comfortable operating with uncertainty know how to create order from chaos
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Build credibility and buyin from teams without authority
Basic Qualifications :
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Bachelors degree or equivalent industry experience
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8 years of Program Management experience in an agile software development Software as a Service and/or Platform as a Service
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Experience in leading multiple agile teams as a senior scrum master
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Experience with Microsoft SharePoint Miro Jira Planview
Preferred Qualifications:
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SAFe 5.0 for Lean Enterprises certification/experience
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Excellent balance of interpersonal organizational and technical skills
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Ability to evangelize and represent a technical community
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Proven experience in leading globally distributed teams
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Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
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SAFe Agile experience/training Agile coach Scrum Master experience/training/certification
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Accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide accountable for the Scrum Teams effectiveness serves the Scrum Team in several ways including:
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Helping the Scrum Team focus on creating highvalue Increments that meet the Definition of Done;
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Causing the removal of impediments to the Scrum Teams progress
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Ensuring that all Scrum events take place and are positive productive and kept within the timebox.
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Run and/or coach/teach Eng teams on Scrum activities Daily Scrum Retrospective Demos and Sprint Reviews
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Ability to communicate business needs to technical people and to communicate and simplify complex technical information for nontechnical people
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Proven ability to negotiate and problem solve navigating complex situations and ambiguity
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Business Analytics & Reporting skills needed for data driven decisions and team/project reporting
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Solid interpersonal skills building trust and facilitating collaboration across all teams
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Strong relationship building/partnering skills with global cross functional teams and the ability to work with varying levels of individual contributors and management.
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Experience managing and delivering end user expectations
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Ability to motivate inspire and influence the team to deliver stellar products and quality
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Energetic selfstarter whos passionate about professional integrity and excellence while working with a positive enthusiastic attitude
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Able to work independently with minimal supervision and manage multiple tasks prioritizing time appropriately
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Ability to influence peers and managers while dealing with ambiguity create order out of chaos
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Excellent organizational verbal and written communication skills
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Lead and adapt to change
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.