Agile Delivery Lead - Americas
United States (GMT-05:00), GMT-05:00ContractLead
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Job Details
- Languages
- English
- Required Skills
- PHPAgileHTMLCSSJavascriptSCRUMJiraWordPressConfluence
Requirements
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I/II) or similar qualifications desirable
- Experience in a scrum master / agile delivery role
- Thrives in dynamic, multi-project environments, with the ability to adapt quickly and context switch effectively
- Experience applying scrum, a wider awareness of agile principles, and a data-driven mindset
- Experience working in an enterprise agency environment and/or hands-on expertise with Scrum practices
- Strong skills in servant leadership, negotiation, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, and promoting transparency
- Ability to negotiate and adapt project scope in response to change
- A strategic and driven mindset
- Experience in using a wide range of project management tools such as budget/time tracking tools and issue tracking software (e.g., Jira, Trello, Confluence)
- Strong written and oral communication and ability to communicate technical concepts
- Excellent written and spoken English is essential
- Knowledge of web technologies (e.g., WordPress, PHP, HTML/HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, version control systems)
- Knowledge of hosting/deployment best practices
Responsibilities
- Balance project delivery with strategic team leadership, guiding distributed teams to deliver exceptional WordPress-based projects for enterprise clients
- Ensure delivery processes are efficient, transparent, and continuously improving
- Play a key role in client engagement, delivery planning, and cross-functional collaboration
- Work closely with other discipline leads to create a culture of trust, empowerment, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with Engineering and Commercial teams to ensure the smooth running of projects and the squad
- Anticipate and identify problems as they arise, addressing them or escalating to relevant discipline leads
- Manage each project's scope and timeline
- Guide and coach team on principles and practice of the agile framework
- Facilitate workshops and meetings to establish project needs, relationships, and monitor progress
- Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments
- Assess the time and financial impact of scope change and communicate to stakeholders
- Identify risks and mitigation strategies
- Be commercially aware, understanding and reporting on project budgets
- Facilitate wider engagement with internal and external stakeholders and partners
- Build a partnership relationship with clients, understanding their business imperatives
- Communicate regularly and proactively in difficult conversations
- Develop creative and technical judgment and strive for high quality output
- Share progress and communicate to internal and external stakeholders
- Conduct team reviews and retrospectives to promote continuous improvement
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