Delivery Lead Senior Manager in Hartford, CT (Onsite from Day 1)

Job Title: Senior Manager, Delivery Lead

Location: Hartford, CT

Job Type: Long-term contract

Job Description:

• The Senior Manager Delivery Lead is a strategic leader who plays the role of a coach, mentor, facilitator, and change agent, enabling teams to deliver high-quality products and services
• They will guide the team based on agile principles, delivery best practices, and organizational goals. They will participate in leadership meetings PI Planning, Product Management Council meetings, review meetings, and other meetings for the leadership team
• Maintain expertise in current and emerging delivery SCRUM and Agile trends, tools, and techniques.
• Act as a Delivery Lead for one or more Agile teams
• Establish team-level cadence and drive team-level events in alignment with program-level cadences
• Provide leadership direction and coaching to the team to encourage the adoption of good agile practices
• Provide agile practice leadership and education to the organization, enabling scrum teams and product owners to ensure the successful delivery of continuous business value.
• Influence leadership and management teams within delivery practice,s including business and other supporting functional areas, on agile principles, practices and tools
• Encourage and facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration. Facilitate management of the Scrum Teams' dependencies between the program team and third parties. Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on team-level progress and quality
• Demonstrate thought leadership by engaging with the enterprise through speaking, learning forum blogging, etc. Foster a culture of continuous improvement through mentoring, feedback, and metrics. Analyze and investigate, providing explanations and interpretations within the area of expertise

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience, 10 years of overall experience in software engineering, preferably in healthcare, 5 years of hands-on experience in managing delivery teams,s in-depth knowledge of agile tools such as Rally JIRA, preferably with Rally Experience, in-depth experience with Kanban Scrum and Scaled Agile frameworks
• Knowledge of the Software System Development Life Cycle. Excellent written and verbal communication skills Excellent presentation and relationship skills, capability to nurture and develop stakeholder relationships, and grow client satisfaction
• Ability to establish team-level cadence and drive team-level events. Leadership direction and coaching skills to encourage the adoption of good agile practices. Experience in providing agile practice leadership and education