Agile Delivery Lead

Rockwell Automation; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation, a Milwaukee-based global technology leader, seeks a hands-on delivery leader to grow the Agile COE within ITD. You will balance direct delivery with capability building, coaching teams, and facilitating large-scale planning events across a global product-development organization.

The role emphasizes SAFe, Scrum, Kanban with focus on improving planning reliability and delivery flow. Requires 8+ years of Agile delivery leadership and travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship).
• Ability to travel up to 10% internationally.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on delivery support partnering with teams to improve planning and delivery outcomes.
• Lead or co-lead Agile rituals and planning events (stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning).
• Clarify priorities, dependencies, and realistic commitments for executable plans.
• Remove blockers and manage cross-team dependencies and decisions.
• Provide focused leadership during major planning events and delivery challenges.
• Coach leaders, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and teams in Agile practices.
• Develop templates, standards, and tools for Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.
• Define Agile offerings and engagement models for the COE.
• Develop local practitioners and sustain improvements after engagement ends.

Skills

Agile delivery leadership

Coaching leaders

PI Planning facilitation

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Kanban

Scrum

SAFe

Job description

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better everyday, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better. We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description Position Summary

This is a hands-on delivery leadership role. You will work directly with teams, lead Agile events, surface delivery barriers, and help teams turn priorities into delivered outcomes. Help build the Agility practice within the Agile Center of Excellence (COE), part of Strategic Operations in the Intelligent Devices (ITD) High Performance Organization. You will work across a global product-development organization where business units have different products, operating models, and levels of Agile. This role goes beyond advising teams or promoting Agile concepts. You will balance direct involvement in delivery with capability building so teams become stronger over time.

You Will Thrive Here If You

• Prefer working alongside teams and know when to coach, facilitate, or step in to help move delivery forward.
• Can facilitate a difficult planning session, retrospective, dependency discussion, or decision-making conversation.
• Can improve the broader delivery system while helping a team solve an immediate problem.
• Bring practical structure without unnecessary bureaucracy and consistency without eliminating flexibility.

Your Responsibilities

• Hands-on delivery support - Partner directly with teams and programs to improve planning, execution, flow, and delivery outcomes.
• Agile rituals and planning events - Lead or co-lead stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint or iteration planning, reviews, retrospectives, release planning, Scrum of Scrums, and PI Planning when support is needed.
• Executable plans - Help teams clarify priorities, prepare work, identify dependencies, sequence delivery and set realistic commitments.
• Barrier removal - Work with product, engineering, and business partners to surface blockers, resolve cross-team dependencies, and drive needed decisions or escalation.
• Critical delivery leadership - Provide focused, time-bound leadership during major planning events, delivery challenges, transitions, or temporary capability gaps.
• Coaching in the work - Coach leaders, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and teams during active planning and delivery, demonstrating effective practices in real situations.
• Practical standards, frameworks, and tools – Create strategies, templates, working agreements, measures, and training that help teams apply Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe effectively.
• COE service model - Define clear Agile offerings, intake, engagement approaches, and measures of value so business units know when and how to engage the COE.
• Sustainable capability - Develop local practitioners, support a Community of Practice, and transfer ownership so improvements continue after the engagement ends.

Success means measurable improvement in planning reliability, flow, coordination, and delivery outcomes that teams can sustain.

The Essentials - You Will Have

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
• Ability to travel, including internationally, up to 10% of time.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have

• Typically requires 8+ years of relevant experience leading Agile delivery, including senior experience as an RTE, Agile Program Manager, Scrum Master, or enterprise Agile coach.
• Deep, hands‑on experience applying Kanban, Scrum, and SAFe in hardware, firmware and software
• Demonstrated experience personally facilitating Agile rituals, PI Planning, cross‑team planning, and delivery recovery efforts
• Experience coaching teams and advising senior leaders while remaining directly engaged in execution
• Experience using flow and delivery measures to guide improvement
• SAFe SPC or equivalent scaling certification PMI-ACP, ICP-ACC, or comparable Agile or coaching certification
• Experience building an Agile practice or COE from the ground up
• Background in product development or engineering organizations
• Experience with portfolio planning, dependency management, flow metrics, and change‑management or communications partnership

What We Offer

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k
• Paid Time off Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at [phone].

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 28,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!