A contractor is needed in Columbus, Ohio for the role of Delivery Lead. Qualified candidates will have 5+ years of experience in a Project/Program Manager/Scrum Master/Agile Lead/Delivery Lead/Delivery Manager role.

• NOTE: Candidates will have the option to work from home each week on Mondays and/or Thursdays.
• Potential for contract-to-hire

Job Duties:

• Delivery
• Responsible for leading teams to deliver projects and initiatives across the solution portfolio.
• Defines project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Applies delivery management and systems development lifecycle process to all information technology projects and initiatives from the original concept through the final implementation, as well as ensures that the work is true to company standards and IT strategies.
• Communicates delivery expectations and progress as compared to delivery expectations to team members and stakeholders.
• Works with resource managers and technical experts to estimate, negotiate and prioritize resource availability and allocations.
• Understands interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
• Reporting
  • Provides status reporting regarding delivery milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues, communicating across leadership.
  • Leads the oversight of deliverables, their progress compared with the plan and the production of agreed deliverables.
  • Reports on work results through standardized team metrics
  • Build custom reports in Jira, visualize, and analyze Jira metrics to measure and analyze the work and business /team KPIs using the eazyBI tool.
  • Assist business partners to enhance operational efficiency, reduce operational risk/cost and optimize work through adaptive processes.
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Challenge, coach, and guide the organization using agile and lean principles.
• Provides leadership for the team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Facilitates the day-to-day activities and deliverables including Agile ceremonies, work breakdown and sequencing, task estimation and schedule creation.
• Identifies and develops trusted adviser relationships with project and program stakeholders, sponsors, and university stakeholders.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of experience in a Project/Program Manager/Scrum Master/Agile Lead/Delivery Lead/Delivery Manager role
• Proven experience in Agile or adaptive development methodologies with the ability to facilitate agile ceremonies.
• Experience with software release management and understanding of software releases.
• Excellent communication skills can represent and speak for the team during meetings.
• Experience tracking risks, status and dependencies and ensuring mitigation across organizational boundaries.
• Experience with delivering presentations to senior level executives and technical audiences.

Reference: 1018365

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