Responsibilities
- Facilitate Agile delivery practices for multiple Scrum teams, ensuring effective and timely ceremonies.
- Drive team execution through planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
- Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to enhance delivery transparency and team alignment.
- Monitor sprint health, team capacity, and manage risks, blockers, and dependencies.
- Maintain accurate work management within Jira, ensuring compliance and backlog health.
- Foster accountability and self-organization within the team, escalating risks as needed.
- Proven experience in facilitating Agile practices and leading Scrum teams.
- Strong ability to drive team execution and manage Agile ceremonies effectively.
- Excellent collaboration skills with Product Owners and stakeholders.
- Proficiency in tracking sprint health and managing risks and dependencies.
- Experience with Jira for work management and backlog maintenance.
- Experience in fostering team accountability and self-organization.
- Ability to escalate risks and impediments appropriately.
- Background in technology and product initiatives.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
Please apply through this online posting or by visiting our Job Board at www.horizontaltalent.com/job-board. Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $34 - $69 per hour based on qualifications and experience.
About the company
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“Treat your clients, consultants and internal employees well, and never stop innovating.” - Jeremy Langevin, Cofounder & CEO, Horizontal Talent
Since Horizontal's formation in 2003, these words have been the guiding perspective that has delivered continual growth and helped us build lasting partnerships with clients and consultants around the world.
Adapting to market shifts, evolving technology and changing workforce trends, we've stayed ahead of our competitors by focusing on people and innovation.
As a privately held, minority-owned business, we take the long view – investing in our team, fostering diversity and expanding our offerings like Talent Board, our AI-powered hiring platform.
Whether you’re looking for short-term support, specialized teams at scale or full project delivery, our talent, team and project solutions will ensure your IT, marketing and business strategy needs are met.
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