Principal Agile Practitioner

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Principal Agile PractitionerPosting Location : Location Remote US NCPosting date 1 day ago(6/16/2021 4:13 AM) Job summary The Red Hat Products and Technologies (PnT) team is looking for an experienced Principal Agile Practitioner to join the Red Hat Engineering Agility and Continuous Improvement team. In this role, you will work closely with the best engineers and product managers in the open source community to create innovative technology for the next generation. You will work with teams who create operating systems and software tools to support our offerings. As an experienced professional, you will serve as a coach and champion of agile principles and continuous improvement in the organization. Successful applicants must reside in a state where Red Hat is registered to do business. Primary job responsibilities

• Establish collaborative partnerships with cross-functional teams and the organization to help them in their journey of adopting agile methodology
• Serve as an agile practitioner for distributed teams as needed, with a focus on coaching the team on agile values and practices and encouraging them to continuously improve
• Ensure that new teams are supported through formation
• Establish and support a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised
• Define, publish, and educate the organization on key metrics that show the progress of the transformation effort
• Support and educate product owners or product managers, especially with respect to maintaining the product backlog
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Develop metrics to measure to help improve team effectiveness, including dashboard reporting
• Contribute to product roadmap planning, project scheduling, and release management
• Introduce new ideas and processes which improve performance and productivity
• Provide training for the team and program in an environment where agile concepts are new
• Coach, train, and educate managers and leaders in agility and continuous improvement
• Facilitate cross-team coordination through reaching out to the larger organization for impediment removal
• Maintain and use the latest industry trends in agile methodologies
• Guide or support cross-organizational transformation activities

Required skills

• Bachelors degree or combination of relevant education and experience
• Demonstrated record of delivering software offerings to production and coaching teams and programs at varying maturity levels using agile and lean methods
• Data-driven analysis skills for measuring and managing delivery
• Excellent facilitation skills with demonstrated ability to inspire change at all levels
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with Jira, Trello, or open source agile life cycle management tooling
• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) qualification, Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) qualification, or equivalent training
• Knowledge of the Red Hat offerings, Linux operating system, open source software development, and application container technology is a plus

This position is remote-friendly and available to people working in standard North American and European timezones (UTC-8 through UTC+2).#LI-REMOTE About Red Hat Red Hat is the world s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.Red Hat is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We review applications for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, uniformed services, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or any other basis prohibited by law.Red Hat does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Red Hat and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.Interested in this job ApplyApplyShareSorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.Share on your newsfeed,

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