5+ years in program/project delivery or Agile delivery leadership, with at least 2+ years as a Release Train Engineer or in an equivalent ART-facilitation role in a SAFe environment.
SAFe RTE certification (or SAFe SPC/Agilist) and demonstrated, hands-on experience facilitating PI Planning and the full set of ART events.
Project Management (PMI) certified desirable
Proven ability to manage cross-team dependencies, program risk, and impediments across multiple Agile teams.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with a track record of maintaining accurate, timely two-way reporting between delivery teams and a central program/governance function (e.g., a LACE or PMO).
Experience with Agile program management tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira/Jira Align, or equivalent) for tracking flow, metrics, and reporting.
Servant-leadership and coaching ability, with experience explaining and embedding Lean-Agile practices across technical and non-technical audiences.
Extremely strong communication skills, with a proven record of delivering high-impact presentations at the executive level.
Role model in organizing project management and operational activities, with a demonstrated ability to create best-practice frameworks that improve efficiency.
Desirable:
Experience operating within or alongside a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) at enterprise scale.
Background in IT program management and portfolio-level reporting.
Familiarity with the World Bank Group / international organization delivery environment or comparable large, distributed enterprises.
Experience supporting Agile budgeting, capacity planning, and resource management.
Key Skills:
Proven SAFe knowledge: SAFe RTE certification (or SAFe SPC/Agilist) with demonstrated, hands-on experience facilitating PI Planning and the full set of ART events.
Strong project management practices: a track record of standardizing project management practices, creating reusable project plan templates, and establishing best-practice frameworks that improve operational efficiency across teams.
Extremely good communicator: outstanding communication skills with a proven record of delivering high-impact presentations at the executive level.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Washington, DC
Industry
Other/Not Classified
Company Size
100 to 499 employees
Skills
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Capacity Managementunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Operational Improvementunmatched
Operational Strategyunmatched
Project Management Softwareunmatched
Project Planningunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Record Keepingunmatched
Resource Managementunmatched
Riskunmatched
Servant leadershipunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
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