19 May 2008
Hiring Agile Coaches
About us
ALTERthought is a strategic technology consulting company and concept development lab. We specialize in business process re/engineering, technology strategy, and solving the complex design, development, and project management challenges of innovative distributed systems.
Job Description
ALTERthought has a ground-floor opportunity for an Agile Coach/PM to work with technology and business leaders in order to advance ALTERthought’s innovative brand. In this role, the selected candidate will serve as a key client liaison and business partner, while managing the development and maintenance of a variety of client distributed systems and web applications, including Web 2.0 initiatives. This position requires someone to bring resourcefulness, experience and a passion for online technology solutions for start-up, emerging technology, and established Fortune 500 clientele. The candidate will also be involved in the future hiring of team members. Along with managing others, the candidate is expected to be an active part of the requirements gathering, solution planning, and quality assurance of our Clients’ solutions.
Responsibilities
- Work with Product Owner and members of the sprint team to ensure grooming of product backlog
- Work with Product Owner and members of the sprint team to plan releases
- Responsible for sprint planning and execution of sprints
- Responsible for removal/escalation of impediments
- Serves as a mentor & coach to members of the sprint team
- Responsible for reporting of risks, impediments, sprint and release progress to program team
- Mentoring of team members in various areas of Agile, serve as an Agile evangelist throughout the company
- Work with development managers to manage workload and availability of team members
Knowledge Areas
The ideal candidate will have experience in various programming environments and have a working project management/business analyst-level knowledge in one or more of the following platforms: (highly desired): Java, J2EE, Spring, Groovy on Grails, Ruby on Rails, AJAX, Jason, REST mySQL, Orace (nice-to-have): .NET/C#, SQL Server, Flash, Flex
- Bachelor’s degree in business, software engineering or computer science or other relevant combination of training and education
- CSM required, CSP and/or CST preferred
- One or more years acting as Scrum Master in a multi sprint team environment required, experience with building software for external customers preferred
- Strong knowledge of Scrum and XP principles and practices
- Desire to work in a co-located and open environment
- Three or more years project management experience preferred
- Experience using Agile project management tools
- Experience as a developer a big plus
Qualities
- Energetic and outgoing
- Highly Analytical, fact-based decision maker
- Ability to inspire and lead
- Champions change and effectively manage the implementation of new ideas.
- Supports and solicits input from team members at all levels within the organization.
- Communicates effectively.
- Ensures that we consistently deliver superior technical solutions.
- Interest in or experience with internet and startup businesses.
- Works well in a team environment.
ALTERthought is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For consideration, please “>contact us.
Full-time and contract benefits include a combination of paid holidays, sick days, personal days and vacation, premium health and dental insurance and a casual work environment.
About ALTERthought
ALTERthought is a management and technology consultancy that specializes in the engineering of large-scale distributed systems and is guided by a vision to help its clients win. ALTERthought TM marshals its Research, Development, & Management capabilities to combine innovation with precision management for the success of its clients.
Clients include the Global 2000, esteemed online brands, and leading mid-market companies. Since its inception in 1998, the engineering consultancy has collaborated with its clients to envision, architect, and deliver business results through intelligent technology solutions. ALTERthought is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia with offices in the National Capital Region, Research Triangle Park, and the New York Metropolitan Area.
ALTERthought’s software engineering and business consulting offerings include: full lifecycle software development, enterprise architectural re/engineering, mentoring, estimation and budgeting, project management, business strategy, business process engineering, information technology strategy, open source technologies, and digital security. For more information, visit the company’s website at: www.alterthought.com.
