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| Company Name | Global Consulting Firm |
| Location | New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., United States |
| Date Posted | February 1, 2018 |
| Category |
Information Technology |
| Job Type |
Direct Hire |
Description
Our client, a global technology and management consulting firm, is looking for an Agile Software Transformation Expert to work in a wide range of challenging engagements. He/she will advise companies on how to build and operate world-class software capabilities. The practice's offering focuses on three areas:
Agile at Scale
- Agile maturity capability assessment and benchmarking
- Agile Business / IT operating model and organization
- Agile software development, applied across industries
- Operational transformation support and build-out of client capabilities
Software Delivery Optimization
- Lean / Six Sigma practices applied to core Software activities e.g., Testing, Release Mgt, Tooling
- Holistic, business-oriented SW performance evaluation and optimization
- Performance management tooling
Large project De-risking
- IT project assessment and turn-around strategy
- Interim IT project management / PMO
Candidate Qualifications
- A minimum of 6 years of work experience; 3-4 of these years in business technology consulting and demonstrated experience managing a team.
- Proven depth of expertise within agile software transformation
- Product management or agile development experience at a large global IT system integrator, a software vendor professional services organization, or a technology start-up.
- Desire to continue to broaden technology skills while deepening strategy and client-facing skills
- Ability to travel extensively (domestic and internationally)
- Graduate of a leading engineering school a plus
- MS or MBA preferred
Professional Skills and Personal Attributes
- Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly professional and rigorous
- Able to think strategically/end-to-end
- Good business sense
- Results-oriented, driven, hard-working
- Team player, open, pleasure to work with and positive in a group dynamic
- Loyal and reliable
- Highest ethical standards
- Flexible and creative: ability to propose innovative ideas, build empathy within the firm and win the trust of the clients
- Good interpersonal skills, but also judgment, independency and autonomy
- Entrepreneurial, proactive, and productive
