Job Description

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Role Proficiency:
Partner with up to two business and technology teams to plan and execute tactical and strategic efforts; delivering the business vision.
Outcomes: * Team coordination: Ensure teams operate to agreed team cadence. Provide support to help teams reflect learn and improve on their Agile practice

• Dependency coordination: Support teams to ensure smooth collaboration among 'extended' team members wherever required and enable clear visualisation of dependency blockers
• Track and manage team Visual Management Boards: Help teams maintain their team data and collateral; keeping them relevant over time to changing needs of the business
• Continuous improvement: Provide mentoring support to Product Owners and team members to refine their understanding of Agile practices
• Support Product Owners in each team to engage inform influence and negotiate with stakeholders using product backlogs (prioritized based on value) as the basis for discussions.
• Work with the Agile coach to ensure alignment to Agile values and principles.

Measures of Outcomes: * Percent of increase in Agile maturity as defined by the maturity tools i.e. adoption of Agile practices and participation within the team

• Percent of achievement in OKRs or KPIs as defined for project / program
• Number of contributions to Scrum Master guilds to improve Agile adoption; creating sustainability

Outputs Expected:
Change Agent: * Facilitate team events to drive Agile practices (e.g. daily stand up
sprint planning
sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives). * Conduct regular check- ins with all team members to provide performance feedback and offer coaching and mentoring

• Create and maintain team metrics to monitor and measure teams performance (e.g. Velocity

Burndown
CFD's
cycle time
etc) * Coach the team
the product owner and business stakeholders on Agile practices and processes (e.g. methodology
acceptance criteria
user stories
estimation
etc.) * Provide training for the team on Agile concepts
various practices and frameworks
as required * Effectively use a variety of collaboration tools (e.g. Mural
Miro
MS Teams
Zoom
etc) to stimulate collaboration and transparency
Skill Examples: * Understand the business requirements and interact with SMEs at various stages of development

• Understand the customer's technology landscape and requirements
• Identify improvements for the release management process release schedule and plan
• Understand RACI Matrix and Governance Framework for related projects
• Promote continuous knowledge management
• The ability to cut through unnecessary work and focus only on the essentials
• Exhibits sound judgment under pressure with the ability to remain calm under stress
• Possesses motivation and coaching skills; guiding and supporting teams throughout a project
• The ability to think and make decisions quickly in rapidly changing circumstances
• A true Servant leader with the relevant skills and competencies
• Demonstrate conflict resolution skills to effectively facilitate the team business stakeholders and project delivery.

Knowledge Examples:

• Experience applying a variety of patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: Retrospective formats handling bugs Backlog Prioritization collaboration team building techniques etc.)
• Passion for Agile software development.
• Understanding of fundamentals of software development processes and procedures.
• Recognizing the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team.
• Comprehension of incremental delivery and the benefit of metrics.
• Understand the necessity of backlog tracking and grooming burndown metrics velocity and task definition.
• Familiarity with common Agile practices and better development practices
• Willingness to adhere to and promote adopted methodologies tools and standards to ensure consistency and compliance with defined standards.

Additional Comments:
Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies. Remove blockers and help the team stay focused on sprint goals. Support the Product Owner in maintaining a clear and prioritized backlog. Promote Agile best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Track sprint progress and help the team deliver high-quality, on-time deliverables. Act as a servant leader, ensuring team collaboration and accountability.
Skills:
Jira,Project Management,Scrum
About Company:
UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider. For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people and led by purpose, UST partners with their clients from design to operation. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, UST embeds innovation and agility into their clients' organizations. With over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, UST builds for boundless impact--touching billions of lives in the process.