POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for facilitating agile practices and processes for global data and analytics initiatives. The role collaborates closely with cross-functional counterparts, including product owners, data engineers, data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders, to ensure seamless delivery of solutions.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Agile Facilitation and Coordination:
- Facilitate agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Ensure that the data and analytics scrum team adhere to agile principles and practices.
- Coach the team on agile methodologies and best practices.
- Coordinate with team members, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and integration.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between team members.
- Ensure that the collective team has a clear understanding of priorities and goals.
Impediment Removal:
- Identify and remove impediments that hinder the team's progress.
- Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams and stakeholders to resolve issues promptly.
Team Coordination:
- Coordinate with team members, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and integration.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between team members.
- Ensure that the collective team has a clear understanding of priorities and goals.
Performance Monitoring:
- Track and monitor team performance and progress against sprint goals and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Provide regular updates and reports to the data product owner and other stakeholders.
- Use metrics and feedback to drive continuous improvement within the team.
- Promote a culture of accountability and excellence within the team.
Stakeholder Communication:
- Act as a liaison between the team and stakeholders.
- Ensure that stakeholder requirements and feedback are communicated effectively to the team.
- Provide visibility into the team's progress and challenges.
- Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations and standards.
Documentation and Reporting:
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of agile processes, sprint plans, and team deliverables.
- Ensure that all documentation is up-to-date and accessible to both onshore and offshore teams.
- Prepare and present regular status reports to the Data Product Owner and other stakeholders.
Risk Management:
- Identify potential risks and issues that could impact the delivery of data and analytics solutions.
- Develop and implement mitigation strategies to address these risks.
- Adhere to ethical standards and comply with the laws and regulations applicable to your job function.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
- Deep understanding of agile frameworks
- Strong problem-solving skills with bias towards action
- Proven ability to lead and inspire global teams to achieve their best performance.
- Strong interpersonal skills to foster effective collaboration between offshore and onshore teams.
- Proactive in identifying and resolving issues that impact team performance.
- Flexibility to adjust to changing priorities and conditions.
- Possess strong data acumen and understanding of analytics methodologies
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE - (technical knowledge, skills and abilities an employee needs to successfully perform the position level; please distinguish between “required” and “preferred”)
- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent experience) in related fields such as: Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science or other areas combined with relevant work experience is required
- 3-5 years of combined experience as a scrum master, program manager, management consulting, Agile preferably in a data and analytics environment
- Agile methodologies and ideally, analytics methodology experience