Integration Scrum Lead

Software Integration Scrum Leader

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1. The Mission of this Role:

Leads integration efforts for multiple software projects with varying degrees of complexity / priorities. Undertakes integration activities using appropriate tools and framework, right level of automation, scrum and agile practices. Establishes tactical plans, collaborates across functions to improve efficiency and predictability in software integration. Provides technical road map and day-to-day technical leadership to the integration scrum teams. Responsible for capability building of scrum team members with their knowledge and expertise.

2. Scope:

Leads efforts in developing a technology roadmap with knowledge across domains and software integration. Collaborates across functions, leads integration efforts and liaises with integration leads. Mentors and coaches team members on agile standards and best practices.

3. How You Will Spend Your Days:

Key Accountability

% of Time spent

Success Measure

Providing Technical Leadership

Establishes technical roadmap and provides day-to-day technical leadership to integration scrum teams with their subject expertise.

Offers technical expertise and guides technical teams to ensure high quality deliverables across data and integration environments.

Stays up-to-date with industry trends and developments.

20%

Schedule Adherence and Quality of deliverables

Quality and accuracy of scrum roadmap

Leading and implementing improvement opportunities to existing methodologies

Ensures that the integration solutions can be delivered, deployed and operated in a highly repeatable and predictable manner with the concept of DevOps. Supports continuous builds and integration environments.

Ensures process documents / artefacts are maintained and continuously improved (by analysing systemic issues) to enable efficient execution

Leads integration excellence efforts in line with QCD (quality, cost and delivery) norms for the scope of the scrum team.

40%

On time delivery

High quality performance

Continually improving efficiency/reducing effort

Scrum planning / Coaching scrum team members (including sprint planning)

Drives sprint planning, team capacity planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, automation and management of defects. Trains, mentors / coaches scrum team members (to ensure integration teams are practicing agile principles).

20%

Achievement of milestones / adherence to sprints. Number of issues against scrum deliverables

Identifying and managing project risks

Manages multiple projects with schedule and budgetary constraints involving cross-functional teams.

Partners with project managers and integration leads for the delivery of work product and escalates any key risks that would impede effectiveness.

Proactively develops plans to anticipate risks and address them by leading issue resolution from the front.

10%

Effectiveness of risk mitigation plans.

Quality of risk identification

Collaboration with internal teams

Serves as the single point of contact for project managers and integration leads. Collaborates with scrum development teams, while testing, software integration and release.

Participates in work product reviews to ensure quality and collaboration across teams.

10%

Timely issue resolution / escalation management. Cross functional collaboration

4. Key Experience required:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering (Masters preferred)
• 8+ years of software development experience, Agile methodologies (Scrum)
• C, C++ Fluency and debugging/Triaging expertise
• AUTOSPICE experience

5. Technical and Functional Competencies

• Please refer to the global integrated software assessment framework

6. Behaviours and Mind-set:

Collaboration:

• Demonstrates enthusiasm in interactions with others; establishes useful relationships with key individuals for the benefit of the department
• Establishes rapport quickly; develops mutually beneficial relationships with individuals within and across departments
• Seeks wide recognition and praise for own and departments achievements; readily accepts the center stage to promote the departments achievements

Critical Thinking:

• Consistently develops expertise, using a variety of sources to acquire new knowledge and skills; ensures own specialist knowledge and that of the department is up-to-date, working with individuals to fulfil their development and training requirements
• Takes a practical approach to tackling issues, staying close to ground level operations in the department; tests out how new things work, quickly identifying whether something is workable or not
• Provides insights to the department, identifying key impacting issues and targeting opportunities for improvement; demonstrates a strong sense of whether a proposed solution will be effective

Processing Details:

• Ensures the completion of departmental projects; keeps projects on track by dealing with any delays quickly and efficiently
• Reviews work thoroughly with a focus on spotting critical errors that could impact department deliverables; ensures expected quality standards are met
• Ensures adherence to appropriate procedures and standards; minimizes risks associated with departmental projects

Evaluating Problems:

• Analyses complex information using a range of techniques and asks probing questions to gain an in-depth understanding of key trends related to important departmental issues; generates solutions and evaluates others solutions to determine the best way forward
• Prepares well-written material for a range of purposes and audiences; ensures the critical points behind an argument are compelling and in a format that helps others understand the key facts
• Evaluates numerical data and summarizes key findings which can inform actions to improve departmental performance; encourages staff to adopt new technologies

Communication:

• Convinces others on key topics by presenting compelling rationale and persuasive arguments; shapes opinions within the department and negotiates to get the best deal
• Articulates and presents important information clearly and concisely to people at all levels across the department
• Challenges established views and argues strongly for alternative ideas; encourages individuals in the department to justify their reasoning
• Collaborates with the software requirements engineer, integration engineers to drive software integration and overall delivery.
• Project managers and Integration Leads for reviews and escalation management