Agile Transformation Lead (Job #6411)

Unclassified

Full-time - Mid Level

About the position

The Agile Transformation Lead will oversee a senior-level team dedicated to coaching and supporting government staff in implementing Agile software development practices to enhance national security missions. This role involves leading large-scale Agile adoption across multiple projects, fostering organizational change, and ensuring continuous improvement in Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Point responsibility for the ongoing implementation and optimization of Agile methods and techniques on Agile projects
• Support Program Manager on a continuous basis for Agile steering, coaching, and implementation support as well as client-requested activities
• Provide Agile consulting and steering to multiple levels of government leadership, including staff-level managers as well as senior and executive leadership
• Establish and improve Agile methods and capabilities where applicable, including the establishment of new Agile projects and the improvement of existing implementations
• Coordination and execution of Agile-based planning and review activities and meetings
• Provide ongoing guidance and support for existing program-wide initiatives, including planning efforts using program-level epics and a survey-based improvement program
• Responsible for support and vendor management for Agile project management tools
• Support client and internal PMO personnel for periodic / ongoing artifacts and deliverables
• Act as an evangelist for all Agile-related topics and activities
• Identify key metrics to allow the organization to identify and quantify levels of maturity from an agile baseline
• Provide coaching and brown bag training to bridge teams' Agile knowledge and experience gaps
• Provide specific guidance to project teams including Product Owners on the authoring of User Stories and their related components
• Assist project teams in the initiation of an agile project, guiding them through numerous 'sprint zero' activities and sessions
• Guide and train teams to conduct daily stand-up meetings, planning and review sessions, prioritize tasks and mitigate road blocks
• Assist governance team in refining SELC deliverables and gates into an Agile model
• Proactively resolve conflict in organization and teams

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the IT services industry, with a significant background on consulting with external clients
• Minimum of 3 years working in an Agile environment, spread across multiple projects
• Demonstrable managerial experience of mid-size teams on Agile-based technical projects
• Demonstrable experience with Agile project management techniques and methods
• Demonstrable experience in both the implementation of multiple Agile projects from the ground up, as well as transformation of multiple projects from a previous methodology to an Agile-based approach
• Government consulting background is required
• Excellent interpersonal, team-fostering skills and meeting facilitation skills are required
• Excellent verbal, written, and specifically presentation communication skills are required
• Possess strong leadership and organization skills, must display excellent communication (written and verbal), time management, project planning, people and team building skills
• Demonstrable experience working in an Agile environment over at least two years, spread across multiple Agile projects

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in a technical or business discipline is preferred