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PwC · 7 hours ago

Agile Consultant, Senior Associate

Kansas City, MO

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid, Senior Level

$84K/yr - $202K/yr

4+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.

Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.

Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.

Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.

Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.

Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.

Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.

Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.

Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Qualification

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Agile management toolsLean-Agile principlesScaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Project Management Professional (PMP)Professional Engineer (PE)Lean Six SigmaJiraAzure DevOps (ADO)RallyERPHCMCRM

Required

Bachelor Degree

4 year(s) of experience

Preferred

Master Degree

Preferred Fields Of Study: Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Management, Management Information Systems, Information Technology

Certification(s) Preferred: Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), or American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

Demonstrates a thorough level of abilities with, and/or a proven record of success as both an individual contributor and team member, identifying and addressing client needs by specializing in Agile management tools (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO), Rally etc.) along with experience with Lean-Agile principles, metrics, and technology and/or experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Lean Thinking, Lean Six Sigma

Coaching clients and team members in becoming effective scrum masters, product owners and agile team members

Leading as an Agile Coach on various types of projects, such as large scale transformations (ERP, HCM, CRM, etc.)

Facilitating preparation & readiness for ART & team-related Agile ceremonies (PI Planning, Stand-Ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, etc.) while maintaining all artifacts (Product Backlogs, Decisions, Blockers, etc.)

Challenging, coaching, and guiding an organization using Agile & lean principles, and experimenting with processes & tools that encourage continuous improvement

Facilitating an ART and a team’s progress toward team goals, continuously engaging in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, & velocity

Creating metrics to provide relevant feedback on velocity, quality, & the overall impact of efforts

Supporting Product Managers & Product Owners in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope

Eliminating impediments and actively addressing issues so that the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the Iteration

Escalating as needed when blocking issues are beyond a team’s authority or require support from other teams

Fostering a collaborative team environment through coaching & leading appropriately

Enabling teams to self-organize, self-manage, and deliver via effective lean-Agile practices

Balancing data with understanding of upstream/downstream dependencies during decision making

Developing verbal & written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills