Business Analyst Advanced (>6 years) - Product Agility Lead

Job Title: Agility Lead

Location: Wilmington DE. 19803 & Columbus OH43240

Duration: 6 months with possibility of conversion
Pay rate: $60-$65/hr

Job Description:
As an Agility Lead in CCB Operations, you will play a significant role as a champion for the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile practices within our teams. Leveraging your deep knowledge of product development methodologies and Agile principles, use your expert guidance, mentorship, and support to teams to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. As a recognized subject matter expert, put your knowledge to use to work on complex issues, exercise considerable judgment, and make impactful decisions that shape the operational and business direction of your sub-function. Your leadership, communication, and coaching skills will be instrumental in empowering teams to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently and effectively, while continuously adapting to changing requirements and priorities.

Job responsibilities

• Operates as an influencer and builds trusted partnership across Area Products comprised of multiple teams
• Provides coaching to both Business and Technology Leaders and stakeholders above the team level to ensure alignment and buy-in
• Leverages data and analytics to develop thoughtful insights, identify root causes, and recommend and implement necessary improvements at multiple levels
• Collaborates with other Agile Coaches and Leaders to drive complex scalable solutions across multiple Products.
• Lead and coach teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, and promote open communication and engagement among team members ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
• Use advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership
• Develop and implement short to mid-term operational and transformation plans, prioritize tasks and manage resources to achieve product goals in a timely and efficient manner through the utilization of metrics and evidence-based decisions
• Identify trends and generate original ideas to contribute to the development of new policies and best practices within the discipline

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated experience coaching beyond the team level in driving process improvement, efficiency, and Lean/Agile thinking
• Operates with high emotional intelligence in how to drive change and improvement while operating in complex organizational situations
• Contributes to the development of new Lean/Agile Solutions and helps make improvements to existing patterns, practice and ways of working
• 5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
• Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support for teams
• Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), and scaling frameworks, monitoring agility metrics; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at various levels within the organization, effectively guiding group discussions and decision-making processes within the domain context

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications

Job responsibilities
* Operates as an influencer and builds trusted partnership across Area Products comprised of multiple teams
* Provides coaching to both Business and Technology Leaders and stakeholders above the team level to ensure alignment and buy-in
* Leverages data and analytics to develop thoughtful insights, identify root causes, and recommend and implement necessary improvements at multiple levels
* Collaborates with other Agile Coaches and Leaders to drive complex scalable solutions across multiple Products.
* Lead and coach teams to adopt and implement agile methodologies, and promote open communication and engagement among team members ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with organizational goals
* Use advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders while communicating organizational impediments to leadership
* Develop and implement short to mid-term operational and transformation plans, prioritize tasks and manage resources to achieve product goals in a timely and efficient manner through the utilization of metrics and evidence-based decisions
* Identify trends and generate original ideas to contribute to the development of new policies and best practices within the discipline

Team:

• Product portfolio team - oversight of business management, agility oversight, gatekeeping information in and out

• This does not deliver product. They manage oversight. (Cadence, talent, business management)
• They make sure different product teams have correct methodology, correct flow, correct operations.
• Small team so this candidate will centrally manage across entire Portfolio.

Role:

• Looking for someone that can hone in more on the analytics side.
• Experience with reporting in Jira, views, etc. so they can become proactive.
• Performance and Financial management experience
• Business management oversight - Headcount, team structure

Skills:

• Analysis skills and advanced excel Required
• Sr. level experience
• Agility metrics and Financials experience - Need more expertise in this area. How to embed this more proactively into product

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.