Senior Delivery Manager

• Minimum 5+ years of IT Project Management experience managing technology projects; and 2+ years of experience in agile methodology and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile ( SAFe ) etc.
• CSM, SAFe , PMP, PSM or SSM certification (preferred not mandatory)
• Proven ability to lead groups and individuals working in different locations and time zones globally.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to drive project planning and execution process and add value beyond just a task-oriented doer or project manager.
• Familiarity with systems development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Proven ability to function in a fast moving and rapidly evolving environment.
• You have 3 years experience working with team(s)/project(s) and have a well-understood approach to planning and forecasting at both ticket and project level (including capacity planning, timelines, dependency management).
• You have 3 years experience as a good listener with strong mediation and relationship-mending skills who can identify issues in the team dynamics and skill sets and can rectify them.
• You have experience with Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Teams.
• Bachelors Degree preferred.

It would be great if you also had:

• Understanding/exposure to Agile transformation within organization.
• Exposure working with multi-cultural, global, and remote teams along with ability to adapt to change.
• Working with development teams on daily basis.
• Detailed knowledge of software development/delivery lifecycle (SDLC) & agile best practices (like DevOps, BDD, CI/CD, ).
• Goals to pursue a PMP/ SAFe SM certification.

• Lead and coach project teams and drive successful delivery of highest value features.
• Develop schedule that support the business objectives , timelines, budgets, resources, milestones, and project deliverables.
• Lead teams in implementing Scrum in order to maximize velocity. Work with Product Owner to ensure highest value features are delivered at agreed time.
• Actively participate in assisting the team resolving issues and escalate as needed.
• Prepare and conduct periodic project status reports to update project governance teams and executive management regularly on progress, risks and issues
• Manages project execution to achieve highest value project deliverables within the established schedule and budget.
• Track progress on a daily basis through burn up, burn down and velocity tracking. Understand and help manage product back log.
• Advocate of strong and effective project management standards, disciplines and rigor with other Clarivate Analytics team members