Newsworthy

Consultant will be responsible for facilitating a cross functional agile collaborative team in iterative technology development, including:

• Managing stakeholder expectations (regarding: target scope, schedule and budget)

• Removing impediments that hinder service progress

• Facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and iteration meetings

• Monitoring the progress of the sprint

• Helping teams estimate iteration deliverables and increase velocity

• Managing development tracking system; to include product and sprint backlogs

• Promoting continuous communication

• Monitoring and helping to improve team dynamics

• Motivating and acting as the glue that holds the team together

• Subject matter expert for agile methodologies and practices.

Level A Specialist Professional (P4) is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

Responsibilities typically include:

• Managing large services or processes with limited oversight from manager.

• Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower level professionals.

• Managing problems faced; which are often complex and difficult.

3.  Qualifications / Required Skills
• Bachelors of Degree in Data Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Business Administration, or related disciplines; and

• A minimum of eight years of experience in the field of data and analytics service build management, data processing, computer systems and applications; or

• A satisfactory combination of education, training and experience

• Demonstrated experience managing data and analytics service portfolio, and data and analytics service improvement plans

• Strong familiarity with scrum/agile framework and respective tools software; Microsoft Project (Required)

• Demonstrated experience with processes owned by an IT organization

• Experience leading a team responsible for supporting a Data and Analytics Shared Services organization

• Agile Certified Scrum Master (Required)

• ISACA CISA Certification desired

• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Project, Visio and SharePoint tools.