Sr. Agile Delivery Lead

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Sr. Agile Delivery Lead Job Description This role leads agile delivery for highly technical engineering teams working on a vehicle data platform and backend services in a complex global environment. The Sr. Agile Delivery Lead applies deep agile and program delivery expertise to support teams operating against fixed, time-driven milestones while maintaining agile principles. The position focuses on enabling effective Scrum practices, coordinating milestone and vehicle program reporting, and aligning agile ways of working with longer, waterfall-like programs. The role partners closely with global counterparts, including teams in Japan, to translate specifications into actionable user stories, support cross-functional collaboration, and ensure on-time delivery of backend, cloud-based solutions. Responsibilities Support multiple highly technical engineering teams working on vehicle data platform and backend products, ensuring they deliver against time-bound milestones while maintaining agile practices. Facilitate Scrum events such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, and provide Scrum Master support when requested by the teams. Help grow a collaborative, continuously improving engineering culture by modeling agile values and principles and encouraging transparency and experimentation. Coach teams and leadership on Scrum, agile principles, and modern software development practices, tailoring guidance to a complex global delivery environment. Partner with product managers and technical leads to prioritize work, refine detailed requirements, and translate them into clear user stories that engineering teams can implement. Coordinate closely with global partners, including teams in Japan, to receive specifications, clarify requirements, and support quarterly development cycles. Support milestone reporting, vehicle program reporting, and other delivery tracking activities, aligning agile and fast-paced approaches with longer, waterfall-style programs. Troubleshoot delivery issues by coordinating with global counterparts, understanding technical constraints, and driving resolution of impediments that impact delivery. Engage with technical architecture, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, EKS, and other tooling and infrastructure changes to understand their impact on delivery and to support informed decision-making. Analyze the technical stack and historical challenges to identify patterns that have slowed teams down and propose improvements to increase flow and reliability. Advocate for modern agile software development and organizational practices such as XP, CI/CD, DevOps, and TDD, and help teams adopt these practices effectively. Serve as an example of agile values, teaching and reinforcing Scrum principles while providing constructive feedback to individuals and teams. Deliver effective conflict resolution between individuals and teams, helping to maintain a healthy and productive working environment. Use strong visualization skills to create and explain visual radiators that communicate status, risks, and progress to stakeholders. Help individuals, teams, and programs clarify goals and define actionable steps to achieve them, ensuring alignment with broader program objectives. Develop and implement effective methods and practices for managing and resolving impediments that block team progress. Coach and support others in backlog creation, management, and refinement, ensuring that product backlogs are well-organized, prioritized, and ready for development. Demonstrate effective techniques for managing team interruptions and protecting teams during sprints to preserve focus and predictability. Work beyond individual team boundaries to improve overall efficiencies, flow of work, and value delivered across multiple teams and programs. Proactively partner with product leadership to create multi-team estimates, realistic roadmaps, and delivery plans that reflect technical realities and dependencies. Lead reporting on delivery progress, risks, and issues, and drive escalation and resolution across areas and departments when needed. Maintain accountability for end-to-end delivery visibility, including timeline development, risk identification and mitigation, and cross-team dependency mapping. Explain the differences between various Scrum scaling frameworks and approaches, and guide stakeholders in selecting and adapting appropriate scaling patterns. Provide scaling expertise to align multiple agile teams, facilitate large-group planning sessions, and coach Chief Product Owners and Product Owners on managing scaled backlogs of epics and features. Facilitate complex technical discussions across global engineering and product teams, driving clarity, alignment, and actionable outcomes. Apply deep system-level thinking to understand overall program dynamics and influence them positively through process, communication, and structural improvements. Operate as a self-starter who proactively identifies opportunities to improve team delivery and implements changes without waiting for direction. Support teams working with APIs, architecture, environment creation, and testing, ensuring technical workstreams are integrated into delivery plans. Engage in team-level and higher-level discussions to align strategy, priorities, and execution across multiple agile teams. Support a second team focused on video ingest, ensuring their agile events, planning, and delivery practices are effective and aligned with overall program objectives. Essential Skills Deep knowledge of Agile methodologies beyond Scrum, including the ability to apply agile practices flexibly in environments driven by fixed milestones and delivery timelines. At least 5+ years of experience working in an Agile Delivery Lead or similar role supporting software development teams. Strong hands-on development experience or substantial experience working directly with software development teams, providing credible guidance and empathy for developer challenges. Proven experience supporting highly technical engineering teams, particularly in backend and platform-oriented environments. Strong understanding of Scrum principles, agile coaching techniques, and the ability to teach and model agile values and behaviors. Experience working with technical workstreams such as APIs, system architecture, environment creation, and testing. Ability to quickly understand and interpret technical discussions, architecture diagrams, system architectures, and CI/CD pipelines to drive informed delivery decisions. Core problem-solving and technical aptitude, including the ability to read an architecture diagram and ask insightful questions to deepen understanding. Experience with modern software development practices including XP, CI/CD, DevOps, and TDD. Practical experience with Scrum scaling frameworks and scaled agile coordination across multiple teams. Demonstrated system-level thinking and proactive problem-solving abilities, particularly in complex, multi-team environments. leadership and technical stakeholders. Strong conflict resolution and stakeholder management capabilities to navigate competing priorities and perspectives. Experience with estimation, planning, and release planning techniques in agile environments. Experience working with teams developing in the cloud, with AWS knowledge being particularly valuable. Ability to work effectively with global partners and cross-cultural teams, including coordinating with teams in different regions. Comfort operating in environments that combine Scrum cadence with SAFe-like or scaled agile practices, even when not fully aligned to a single framework. Ability to articulate technical and delivery experiences clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Additional Skills & Qualifications Development experience or strong experience working closely with developers, providing genuine empathy for engineering challenges. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and EKS, including understanding how infrastructure and tooling changes affect delivery. Familiarity with backend products and platforms, particularly those without user interfaces, such as vehicle data collection and processing systems. Experience supporting programs that combine agile delivery with longer, waterfall-like vehicle or hardware program timelines. Ability to advocate for and implement modern agile practices, including XP, CI/CD, DevOps, and TDD, in existing environments. Experience facilitating large-group planning sessions and cross-team coordination in a scaled agile context. Ability to explain and compare different Scrum scaling frameworks and approaches, and to adapt them pragmatically. Strong visualization skills for creating and explaining visual radiators that communicate status, risks, and progress. Experience with video ingest or similar data-intensive backend systems is beneficial. Comfort working in a SAFe-like environment where practices are adapted rather than strictly prescribed. Flexibility to support meetings outside standard U.S. working hours, typically early morning sessions one to two times per week, to collaborate with global teams. Work Environment The role supports global engineering and product teams working on cloud-based, backend vehicle data platforms and related services. Teams follow a Scrum cadence within a partially scaled agile (SAFe-like) environment, blending agile practices with longer, milestone-driven programs typical of vehicle and hardware initiatives. The technology environment includes AWS-based cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, EKS, and modern DevOps tooling, with a strong focus on backend systems, APIs, architecture, and automated testing rather than user interfaces. Collaboration with global partners, including counterparts in Japan, is a regular part of the role and requires flexibility to attend early-morning meetings one to two times per week outside standard U.S. working hours. The culture emphasizes creativity and continuous improvement, supported by events such as patent-a-thons and hackathons. When working onsite, team members enjoy free catered lunches, with a mix of healthy options and more indulgent choices at the end of the week, and access to fully stocked Nespresso bars for coffee and tea. Covered garage parking is available to protect vehicles from weather conditions. There is no formal dress code, allowing team members to dress in a way that is comfortable and authentic while contributing to a professional, collaborative environment. Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Plano, TX. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $75.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Plano,TX.

Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Jun 10, 2026. About Actalent Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.

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