Agile Delivery Manager

Job Details
Level
Experienced
Job Location
Centennial CO - Centennial, CO
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
Salary Range
$110,000.00 - $130,000.00
Travel Percentage
Negligible
Job Shift
Any
Job Category
Marketing
Description
At Bio-Techne we are passionate about science and committed to making a difference in the world. As an industry leader in creating high quality and innovative tools for Life Science Research and Clinical Diagnostics, we are at the forefront of the medical revolution. By joining our team you will be a part of an empowering, passionate, innovative, and collaborative (EPIC) culture that is geared towards improving overall human well-being.
Salary Range: $80,000 - 95,000
Position Summary:
Digital Solutions Agile Delivery Manager is responsible for strategizing, implementing, and managing initiatives that deliver desired business outcomes. The Agile Delivery Manager will work with team leadership (product owners, scrum masters, project/product managers, functional leaders and/or steering committees) to identify and manage value delivery across digital, business or vendor teams. They will be essential in strategic prioritization while identifying, evaluating, and overcoming risks to the initiative. The Agile Delivery Manager will build the initiative roadmap alongside team leadership and effectively drive that roadmap to completion. They should be able to facilitate these efforts via workshops, big-room planning, ad hoc facilitation and planning opportunities, change management leadership, and effective status/risk communications to teams, stakeholders, and executive leadership.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage strategic initiative roadmap, working with steering committee, product owners or scrum masters and business teams to determine deliverables, objectives, and priority.
• Facilitates collaboration between Product Owners, stakeholders and business users to define deliverables, objectives and priority.
• Work with development team/managers to break down initiative into deliverables, epics to design the roadmap. Collaborating with Product Owners, BAs and/or identified team leaders on stories and tasks when required.
• Manage the day-to-day aspects of multiple agile initiatives by working within agile teams' (team leads, product owners and scrum masters) and business teams' capacity to ensure work is delivered to the roadmap.
• Create robust change management plans and take ownership of efforts needed to successfully implement the initiative across internal and external customers.
• Leverage corporate tools for initiative management and work with teams and initiative leaders on continually improving the initiative experience for all members.
• Report on and facilitate communication regarding initiative performance to initiative leadership, scrum teams, executive teams and directors by developing dashboards and reports, tailoring communication to the needs of each group.
• Consciously support a workplace culture that is consistent with Bio-Techne's EPIC values.
• Act as agile mentor and evangelist, where required, with a strong focus on finishing and collaboration.
• Coach, mentor and coordinate with Digital Solutions Operations team as well as Digital Solutions teams and managers to improve Agile Delivery and agile transformation efforts.
• Lead and mentor initiative team members

Qualifications
Education and Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in one of the following: project or program management, business analysis, product ownership, product management or scrum master
• 4+ years of experience working with internal and external stakeholders personnel
• 3+ years of experience with Agile methodologies
• Bachelor Degree or Associate Degree with 5-8 years relevant experience preferred.
• Experience with report outs, creating professional presentations, and message creation
• Preferred Knowledge or experience in Marketing or IT initiatives
• Detail, data, and process driven
• Ability to identify roadblocks, diagnose problems, and generate effective solutions
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse groups
• Strong negotiation, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills
• Collaboration bias
• Growth mindset

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience level: 5+ year experience as a scrum master or product owner, 2+ years as Program manager or 2+ years as Agile Delivery Manager or Agile program manager
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience
• Translational certifications (not required): PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, CAL-E, CAL-T, CAL-O, KMP
• Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects
• Health Industry or Life Science experience
• Effectively manages time, prioritizes work and can multi-task across several assignments
• Fast and proactive learner who can adjust to different agile team needs

Why Join Bio-Techne:

• We offer competitive salaries along with extensive medical, vision, and dental plans for you and your family starting on day one!
• We invest in our employees' financial futures through 401k matching and an employee stock purchase plan.
• We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Where permitted by applicable law, candidate must have received or be willing to receive an FDA authorized COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for this position.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.