Agile Team Facilitator, Sr. Consultant Agile

Agile Team Facilitator(ATF) – Sr. Consultant, Agile

Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is a is a global, integrated healthcare services and products company, providing customized solutions for hospitals, health systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and physician offices worldwide.
 

The company provides clinically proven medical products and pharmaceuticals and cost-effective solutions that enhance supply chain efficiency from hospital to home. Cardinal Health connects patients, providers, payers, pharmacists and manufacturers for integrated care coordination and better patient management. Backed by nearly 100 years of experience, with approximately 50,000 employees in 46 countries, Cardinal Health ranks among the top 25 on the Fortune 500.

In Bengaluru we are excited to create an Innovation and Capability Centre that allows us to further inhouse talent and scale that talent across our business. Our ambition is to build differentiated opportunities that allows our organization to advance rapidly, to do this we will be looking to partner with Local universities to help develop the skill sets we are looking for including across Software-defined networking, machine learning and big data.

Cardinal Health is seeking Agile Team Facilitator (ATF) – Sr. Consultant, Agile who will be responsible for providing Agile development direction, align with stakeholders and requirements. This role is crucial to the success of our Agile teams, driving accountability and effective communication among and between teams. You will be implementing processes and facilitating ceremonies that make the teams more efficient and have an arsenal of techniques for helping teams understand the principles and realize the benefits of Agile development. In the team, you will be the impetus that drives improvement in product quality and team performance through alignment with core Agile values.

Accountabilities:

• Responsible for facilitating the scrum process for scrum teams with cross-functional impacts that involve mid-complex to complex projects
• Steer development of functional and non-functional changes on the eCommerce Project
• Practice of agile methodologies, tools & processes and capturing requirements for Epics and Stories - Knowledge of JIRA & Confluence.
• Guides and coaches the scrum team(s) and organization to follow generally accepted Agile/Scrum practices and daily activities to actively promote prioritization, team readiness, and commitment for each Sprint.
• Coaching the team on estimation and planning methods and help team to choose right estimation methods and support them during the Product planning activities.
• Accountable for owning the Scrum Agile ceremonies for the scrum team(s). Partners with Product owners to communicate delivery of work product from the scrum team and escalates key risks and issues impeding scrum team effectiveness.
• Collaborates with software developers, business analysts, QA and software architects to plan, design, develop, test and deliver Sprint work / products.
• Partners with Product Owner(s) to ensure continuous refinement of backlog, which may include stories from multiple projects.
• Work with global stakeholders and drive team’s specific goals
• Develop highly effective working relationships with other IT and Business teams within and across business units through flawless execution and open, honest, direct communication.
• Experience in tracking and reporting various Agile metrics (not limited to Velocity and burn-down) to stakeholders.
• Hands on experience of scrum maturity assessment with action plan for continuous improvement.
• In-depth knowledge of other Agile frameworks like KANBAN, XP, Lean, and applied them within Scrum framework. Should be able to implement other frameworks with ease.
• Manage communication and coordination with cross functional teams at Headquarters and other global centers
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and Excellent presentation skills
• Have an enterprise perspective and help others to understand broad implications of decision making
• Work directly with the Project Management Office on resource and budget forecasts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a software-related discipline.
• 10+ years of IT experience in Software Life Cycle with Application Development/Enhancement background
• 5+ years’ experience in Agile Execution, Technical background is preferred
• Scrum Master certification (CSM\PSM) is mandatory
• SAFe certification is a plus
• Good project management and follow-up skills

Highly desired

• Experience in driving enterprise level agility, building business agility
• Experience collaborating in global/geographically diverse teams
• Experience in eCommerce /healthcare domain
• Proven ability to develop individuals and teams

Job Location: Bangalore, India

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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