Vaco by Highspring · 6 hours ago
Agile Delivery Analyst
Vaco by Highspring is a nationally respected organization seeking an Agile Delivery Analyst to enhance workflow efficiency across the organization. The role focuses on optimizing delivery practices and ensuring effective collaboration among business, product, engineering, and delivery teams while applying various delivery methodologies.
Responsibilities
Support and optimize delivery execution across multiple teams within an Agile SDLC environment, improving predictability, throughput, and delivery maturity
Analyze end-to-end delivery processes and create process maps to identify gaps, bottlenecks, handoff issues, and improvement opportunities
Recommend delivery approaches (Scrum, Kanban, project-based/hybrid) based on the work type, complexity, and stakeholder needs, with no methodology bias
Participate in delivery ceremonies and operating rhythms as needed (standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, demos, cross-team planning/synchronization)
Partner with Product Owners and delivery leaders to strengthen intake, backlog readiness, prioritization, and execution planning
Monitor progress toward commitments and drive improvements in delivery quality, predictability, flow efficiency, cycle time, and delivery metrics
Identify and remove impediments to delivery through structured problem-solving, escalation, and stakeholder coordination
Collaborate with delivery leadership to evolve and maintain delivery guidelines, standards, governance, and best practices across the organization
Partner with tooling/configuration specialists to translate delivery needs into practical workflow solutions and scalable tooling structures
Assist with Jira configuration as needed (workflows, issue types/hierarchies, custom fields, boards, screens, reporting), supporting alignment between tooling and process
Support and optimize Smartsheet, Jira, and other workflow/automation platforms, identifying opportunities for simplification, automation, and standardization
Promote adoption of engineering best practices such as CI/CD, automation, DevOps principles, and quality-focused delivery execution where applicable
Build, maintain, and socialize clear documentation on processes, workflow standards, delivery operating models, and tooling practices
Qualification
Required
Strong process mapping capability
Delivery coordination
Hands-on familiarity with Jira
Hands-on familiarity with Smartsheet
Hands-on familiarity with enterprise workflow platforms
Ability to operate beyond a single team level
Ability to apply multiple delivery methodologies objectively (Scrum, Kanban, project-based/hybrid)
Ability to recommend the right delivery approach based on work type
Support and optimize delivery execution across multiple teams within an Agile SDLC environment
Analyze end-to-end delivery processes and create process maps
Recommend delivery approaches based on work type, complexity, and stakeholder needs
Participate in delivery ceremonies and operating rhythms
Partner with Product Owners and delivery leaders
Monitor progress toward commitments and drive improvements in delivery quality
Identify and remove impediments to delivery
Collaborate with delivery leadership to evolve and maintain delivery guidelines
Partner with tooling/configuration specialists
Assist with Jira configuration as needed
Support and optimize Smartsheet, Jira, and other workflow/automation platforms
Promote adoption of engineering best practices such as CI/CD, automation, DevOps principles
Build, maintain, and socialize clear documentation on processes, workflow standards, delivery operating models, and tooling practices
Benefits
Discretionary bonuses
Medical, dental, and vision benefits
401(k) retirement plan
Company
Vaco by Highspring
Vaco is the Talent Solutions division of Highspring, a leading global professional services organization.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase