Project Leader

Job Summary


Key Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the Agile Release Train (ART) to ensure successful and predictable delivery of committed objectives.
• Oversee end-to-end release planning, execution, and tracking across multiple teams.
• Monitor current release work items and ensure alignment with release milestones and delivery commitments.
• Review and manage delivery risks, dependencies, and escalation paths to maintain program health.

• Lead and support multiple Scrum teams to ensure adherence to Agile principles and delivery best practices.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Program Increment (PI) events as required.
• Coach teams on Agile maturity and continuous improvement practices.

• Apply and adapt Agile delivery frameworks including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban based on team maturity, project complexity, and business needs.
• Drive Agile best practices and foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and accountability.
• Guide teams in effective backlog management, prioritization, and delivery forecasting.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify, track, and resolve delivery blockers and cross-team dependencies.
• Proactively engage with Business, Product Management, and Engineering teams to refine scope, priorities, and delivery plans.
• Communicate program status, risks, and delivery progress to leadership and stakeholders.

• Organize, facilitate, and drive regular defect triage and tracking meetings.
• Review defect trends, prioritize critical issues, and coordinate resolution activities with development and testing teams.
• Ensure defects and quality concerns are effectively managed to support successful releases.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks impacting delivery objectives.
• Escalate critical issues appropriately and drive resolution through collaboration with stakeholders and leadership.
• Maintain visibility of program risks and mitigation plans.

• Manage and maintain Agile work items, backlogs, features, user stories, tasks, and defects within Azure DevOps (ADO) .
• Ensure delivery metrics, dashboards, and reporting are accurate and up to date.
• Support continuous process improvements through effective use of Agile and ALM/PLM tools.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Agile project delivery, Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, or Delivery Manager roles.
• Strong experience working with SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies.
• Proven experience managing multiple Agile teams and coordinating large-scale releases.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) for work item tracking, backlog management, and reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong risk management and dependency coordination skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Agilist, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification.
• Experience leading distributed and cross-functional teams.
• Background in software product development and enterprise-scale Agile delivery.

Key Competencies

• Agile Leadership
• Release Program Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Dependency Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Defect Management
• Strategic Planning
• Collaboration Communication
• Azure DevOps Administration

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