Agile Delivery Lead

AbbVie; California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

AbbVie, Allergan Aesthetics, is seeking an Agile Specialist to partner with engineering, product, and PMO to drive planning and delivery in California. You will lead rolling quarter plans, coordinate resource schedules, and remove obstacles to keep programs on track.

In this role, you will facilitate Agile ceremonies, maintain the product backlog, provide metrics, and ensure engineers have clear requirements and UX designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years’ experience in an Agile environment with Scrum or Kanban experience.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and refine continuous planning with rolling quarter planning for the team(s) you support.
• Maintain engineering team schedules and translate estimates to milestone dates.
• Track milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and timelines to ensure on-time delivery.
• Remove obstacles that hinder team progress.
• Coordinate communication between teams, departments and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and PMO to manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Ensure engineers have product requirements and UX designs to stay on track.
• Serve as liaison between software teams and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews and retrospectives.
• Promote Agile best practices and educate team members to boost performance.
• Support Jira management and other tools as appropriate.
• Provide burndown charts, velocity and other metrics to inform decisions.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

AbbVie, Allergan Aesthetics, is seeking an Agile Specialist to partner with engineering, product, and PMO to drive planning and delivery in California. You will lead rolling quarter plans, coordinate resource schedules, and remove obstacles to keep programs on track.

In this role, you will facilitate Agile ceremonies, maintain the product backlog, provide metrics, and ensure engineers have clear requirements and UX designs.