Agile Delivery Manager Jobs

Job Details
Level
Experienced
Job Location
Minneapolis, MN - Minneapolis, MN
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
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.
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

• Leverage corporate tools for initiative management and work with teams and initiative leaders on continually improving the initiative experience for all members.
• 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.
• Facilitates collaboration between Product Owners, stakeholders and business users to define deliverables, objectives and priority.
• 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.
• 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.
• Act as agile mentor and evangelist, where required, with a strong focus on finishing and collaboration.
• 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.
• Lead and mentor initiative team members
• Manage strategic initiative roadmap, working with steering committee, product owners or scrum masters and business teams to determine deliverables, objectives, and priority.
• Consciously support a workplace culture that is consistent with Bio-Techne’s EPIC values.

Qualifications
Education and Experience:

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

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Health Industry or Life Science experience
• Effectively manages time, prioritizes work and can multi-task across several assignments
• Experience managing large-scale, cross-functional projects
• 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
• Fast and proactive learner who can adjust to different agile team needs
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience
• Translational certifications (not required): PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, CAL-E, CAL-T, CAL-O, KMP

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 foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k matching and an employee stock purchase plan.

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.