Sr Manager / Consultant (Agile Practitioner and Kanban Coach)

=> Person should be able to play a role of Agile practitioner and  Kanban coach. Primary Responsibilities includes:
--> Facilitate Standup Meetings
--> Document and maintain detailed artifacts on the execution framework,  processes, workflows, etc…
--> Development & continuous improvement of the cloud specific execution model
--> Facilitation of ad-hoc technical meetings (prior to defect and story capture)
--> Align local & remote work teams and resources across matrixed organization
--> Ensure teams are working on the right priorities and there is sufficient level of work ready to be started
=> Perform continuous backlog grooming & facilitate grooming meetings as needed
--> Ensure data quality, integrity and currency across all of the data points
--> Bridge the gap of work executed outside of Rally (e.g. team without Rally access or training is responsible for delivery)
--> Strategic alignment of tasks & defects to user stories up to features, projects, portfolios, epics
--> Manage the release train &  flow of completed work into the release train
--> Plan and align work to sprints, iterations, projects releases
--> Identify and capture need for spikes and refactors
--> Facilitate planning & issue remediation meetings
--> Manage overall team capacity and workload, ensure optimal team usage (minimal thrash, maximum throughput)
--> Produce & summarize key management reporting and performance metrics
--> Administer the Cloud team Rally workspace (resources, licenses, board design & configuration)
--> Be the SME and coach for the cloud work teams as well as the trainer for new resources

Preferred Skills: Scale Agile Framework; Rally; Kanban; coach experience

** U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.