Job Description :
SME Jira Specialist / Jira Administrator in MO or NJ
Duration: Contract to hire (Minimum of 12 Months but looking to convert)
*Independent contracters- no sponsorship*
Locations: St.Louis, MO OR Franklin Lakes, NJ
Interview Process: Phone
MUST HAVE STRONG JIRA EXPERIENCE!!!
General Summary:
We are looking to add a highly experienced, SME Jira Specialist / Jira Coach to our team. You will be involved in guiding an agile transformation for enterprise organizations. This will require servant leadership, organizational development, outstanding facilitation, conflict resolution skills and deep experience mentoring Coaches, Product Owners, and Executive Leadership across the business organization.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Lead Agile Organizational Transformation with our business stakeholders/partners.
Jira Specialist / Jira Coach - "go to" for Jira
Coach other Coaches, Product Owners, and business teams as they transform to agile from waterfall.
Facilitate planning sessions at various levels, including strategic planning, road-map, and portfolio planning.
Coach and mentor business leaders on the organizational value to drive implementation success and overall adoption of Agile framework
Share agile (Scrum) and/or Kanban best practices through informal communication and/or formal training sessions
Facilitate and support organization through Storming, Norming and Forming stages of various new and existing teams
Passion for business agility and visualization of business value
Provide leadership through hands on collaborative exercises, activities, training and workshops.
Agile Portfolio coaching of one or more business portfolios.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor''s degree (B.A./B.S from a four-year college or university; or 4+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required
Willing to travel
5+ years of agile/scrum experience
2+ years of agile portfolio coaching experience OR 2+ years of experience working in a product organization in a product management role.
Experience with various frameworks a plus: SAFe, Kanban, Lean
CSP accreditation by the Scrum Alliance would be a plus
Fluent in story mapping and MVP identification
Strong facilitation skills
Ability to work with all levels of the organization from the team to C-suite
10+ years of Software Product Development experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong presentation skills