Agile Specialist - Allergan Aesthetics

AbbVie; California; Presencial; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Descripción de la vacante

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.

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

JIRA

Confluence

Educación

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

Herramientas

JIRA

Confluence

Descripción del empleo

About AbbVie

At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit https://global.allerganaesthetics.com/ . Follow Allergan Aesthetics on LinkedIn.

As the Agile Specialist, you will report to the Senior Manager, Agile Practices as well as continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most important technical problems.

You Will:

• 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 of estimates to key milestone dates.
• 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).

Required Experience & Skills:

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

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employer remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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