Agile Practices Lead

Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company, is seeking an Agile Specialist in Irvine to report to the Senior Manager, Agile Practices. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business to solve key technical problems and lead continuous planning, with a focus on delivering value through Agile methodologies.

The role requires 5+ years in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban) and fluency with JIRA and Confluence. Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential for success.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and refine continuous planning, ensuring ongoing planning for and visibility to a rolling quarter + plan for the team/s you support.
• Maintain engineering team schedules, ensuring proper resource planning and translation.
• Track project milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and timelines to ensure projects and programs stay on track and meet delivery timelines.
• Remove obstacles that may hinder the team's progress.
• Coordinate communication between different teams, departments, and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and PMO to manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Ensure engineers have necessary product requirements and UX designs to stay on track and meet deadlines.
• Serve as the key liaison between software development teams and external stakeholders building advocacy and credibility.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog maintenance and refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Promote Agile best practices and educate team members to enhance team performance and productivity.
• Support the JIRA management for teams they support and other tools as appropriate.
• Provide burndown charts, velocity tracking, and other agile performance metrics to inform and resolve issues with the team and manager(s).

Skills

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Team coordination

Education

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

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company, is seeking an Agile Specialist in Irvine to report to the Senior Manager, Agile Practices. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business to solve key technical problems and lead continuous planning, with a focus on delivering value through Agile methodologies.

The role requires 5+ years in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban) and fluency with JIRA and Confluence. Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration are essential for success.