Locations: Plano, TX
Duration: Contract 
Job Description: 
*	Play an active part in the Agile community and help to drive initiatives forward across 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 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, Experiences Studio, Technical Architecture), and Engineering, and the Field
*	Burn Up Charts in the 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 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 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
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Onsite Contract Position for Agile Consulting Manager/Release Train Engineer in Plano, TX
