Agile team manager

As an Agile Team Manager you will be part of our Delivery domain which is the point of contact between our clients and teams. You will have the opportunity to work under Kanban/Scrum in one of our cross-functional teams, composed of Back-end Developers, QAs, HTML Builders and CMS.

What type of Agile Team Manager do we need?

It is important to emphasize we’re not talking about the old fashioned ‘command and control’ style of leading the team here. Our Managers need to fit with the Agile philosophy and to be goal oriented. This leaves the Agile Team Manager with main areas of responsibility: to support the team and to inspire the team as a buffer to the outside environment.

Your role:

• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning
• Lead development teams to practice agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
• Support the development managers and project leads as necessary
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, task definition
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Empower his dedicated team of Developers, QAs, , HTML and CMS people to self-organize
• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency
• Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice
  
  

• Experience playing the Scrum Master and People Manager role for at least one year for a software development team
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Lean, Kanban
• Advanced project management skills;
• Strong mediation and negotiation skills
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types
• Skills and knowledge in leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment
• Bachelor’s degree or combination of relevant education and experience
• Previous experience as a developer – is an advantage