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At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose, and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Our Values:
Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real, and empower others.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity, and if embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com.
Alight has established a Plan organization to drive measurable, consistent, predictable portfolio delivery to accelerate and optimize value-add solutions for Alight’s customers. To drive these outcomes Alight is seeking a multidimensional Scrum Master/ Agile Project Manager, IT Business Systems Analyst, to join its team.
This is a virtual position where collaboration and open communication with other virtual team members is valued and appreciated. Find a work-life balance with great benefits and vibrant company culture while building solutions that matter to our stakeholders.
What You’ll Do:
As an IT Business Systems Analyst, (Scrum Master/Agile Project Manager) you'll be responsible for facilitating cross-functional delivery for no more than two Agile (Scrum/Kanban) teams.
- Able to facilitate agile (team, ART) ceremonies, coaching the team, capacity planning, and holding the team accountable for deliverables.
- Willingness to step up as an RTE (Release Train Engineer)
- Manages the capacity of the team, removes impediments, and contributes significantly to team quality.
- Facilitate the cross-functional delivery of a range of business and technology deliverables using advanced negotiation, facilitation, planning, and dependency management techniques.
- Holds the Product Owner and Development team accountable for their responsibilities in running the scrum process.
- Facilitate release planning and governance activities across teams.
- Visualize program and delivery progress via status reports and dashboards for leadership, while helping remove roadblocks and maintaining a laser focus on enabling consistent velocity and delivery for core team members.
- Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and risks; define and drive mitigation plans.
- Operate as a servant leader for the team and coach roles and stakeholders on understanding of the Scrum methodology.
- Advocate for agile principles and help negotiate agreements between teams; facilitate productive communication between teams and among teammates.
- Identify and champion when process or technology improvements may be warranted; lead continuous improvement by identifying and remediating cross-functional process gaps across your teams and the technology organization at large.
- Act as data steward for team metrics such as timesheets, estimates, velocity, rosters, etc.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in a technical field or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years of relevant scrum master or project management experience using Agile delivery framework.
- Scrum/Agile certification will be a plus.
- SAFe, Scrum Alliance CSM / CSP certification or PMI's Agile Certified Professional (ACP) preferred.
- Strategic thinker with strong customer focus
- Strong analytical and project management skills with a demonstrated ability to prioritize, track, and deliver results.
- Able to build, manage, and work with multiple teams to achieve defined goals.
- Demonstrated ability to manage vendor engagements, budgets, and timelines.
- Communicate effectively to establish collaborative working relationships.
- Able to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proactively identify risks and issues and ensure mitigation and closure.
- Able to help course correct continuously as new priorities and new information become available.
- Experience with Jira and Jira Align.
Flexible Working
So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and a “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Alight is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
Diversity Policy Statement
Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, that this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
Pay Transparency Statement: Alight takes into consideration a candidate’s experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography when determining an offer for a successful employment candidate, and Alight does so on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Therefore, an offer may fall anywhere between the estimated minimum base salary for this role of $82,000.00/year (for full time employees) and the estimated maximum base salary for this role of $130,000.00/year (for full time employees). In addition to a base salary, this position may be eligible for a bonus and/or other incentive plans. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: https://careers.alight.com/us/en/alight-us-benefits-2023
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
