HYBRID - Sr. Agile Practitioner

Sr. Agile Practitioner

Location; Newport Beach, CA (Hybrid) (2-3 days in the office; post hire will be up to 4 days in the office)

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Lead Agile Practitioner, you'll play a key role in the company's growth and long-term success. This position will report to the Data and Technology Manager and will be responsible for end-end delivery of data initiatives within the team. These initiatives deliver data products that support data-driven decision making for the business.

• Build and develop strong relationships with your team, business, and technology stakeholders.
• Manage and communicate project resource needs, risks, issues, and upstream / downstream dependencies to ensure value-based delivery and results.
• Apply Scrum framework for project execution and delivery.
• Create visibility into progress of each sprint / release through use of velocity, burndown charts, and committed vs. completed metrics.
• Create consistent planning, visibility, and reporting practices among development teams, both within individual product programs and across the portfolio.
• Support and apply the discipline of agile project and program management and related best practices.
• Facilitate daily activities with cross-functional data engineering teams (pods) and business stakeholders that lead to outcomes and value generation.
• Act as Agile mentor / coach.
• Serve as Scrum Master and Technical Project Manager on one or more Agile Teams while simultaneously teaching and reinforcing best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 8 years of project management experience with a focus on technology delivery, execution, and process improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience overseeing all elements of the software development life cycle.
• Proven experience in managing projects utilizing agile methodologies.
• A strong understanding of the software development life cycle and working with technical or data analytic teams.
• Experience supporting change management efforts, with the ability to identify and analyze impacts for internal stakeholders affected by initiatives.
• Ability to successfully deliver with geographically distributed data engineering teams.
• Excellent facilitator and communicator, with ability to engage with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting.
• Outcome-driven self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity, and who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative culture.
• Over 4 years of experience managing delivery for data technology organization.
• Experience working in a hybrid Scrum master and Project Manager role.
• A data driven individual with a good understanding of data engineering, data governance, and data quality fundamentals.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
• Financial services domain knowledge.
• Experience operating in complex data systems environment.
• Demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing organizational priorities.

Platinum Resource Group is a professional level consulting firm, providing resources to Fortune 1000 client companies in the areas of technology, human resources, accounting, finance, business systems and supply chain, on a contract and interim basis. PRG has operations in Orange County, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. As a W-2 employer we offer our consultants direct deposit bi-weekly payroll, health, dental, vision benefits, and referral bonuses.