Solution Owner - Agile Delivery at Slalom Consulting in Hartford, CT

Slalom is seeking a talented, experienced Solution Owner (Agile Delivery) to work as the delivery expert for Slalom-built solutions. You will be leading software delivery teams and be the liaison between Product Ownership, Project Governance, and the Development/Implementation Teams. Working independently, you are capable of leading by role or influence, as well as fulfilling or supporting many different roles on an iterative software development team including Project Manager, Scrum Master, Quality Analyst, Business Analyst, or Functional Analyst. Your primary responsibilities include working with clients to understand their business requirements, building, and maintaining the product backlog, and successfully leading agile projects through their respective lifecycles.

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical projects through the SDLC process and/or an agile, iterative process
• Understand the client’s strategic direction and apply it to project team specific outcomes
• Act as Scrum Master or Agile Coach
• Be the functional and subject matter authority for the solution being developed for the client
• Work with the Product Owner to define the product by identifying requirements and thinking critically about what will make it successful; write user stories that effectively communicate the Product Owner’s requirements and that are easily consumed by software development teams
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define and validate the technical approach, strategy and deliverables for the project.
• Estimate effort at varying levels (e.g. high level, work package level) and using various techniques
• Proactively handle issues and mitigate risk
• Build client knowledge and credibility quickly
• Lead, facilitate and attend meetings; provide project status reporting to management; prepare and deliver client presentations and work products/prototypes
• Identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop specific plans to mitigate and address concerns

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of consulting experience in Agile Software development as a Project, Product or Program Manager
• Experience in all phases of product, software, and testing lifecycles
• Demonstrated strong knowledge in software delivery: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP and Lean
• Experience leading virtual teams
• Broad industry experience aligned to Financial Services (Insurance, Capital Markets, Banking), Media/Entertainment, Healthcare (Payer & Provider), Life Sciences, Retail
• Ability to serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions that fulfill both strategic and operational needs
• Adaptable self-starter who is skilled at creating structure in ambiguous environments
• You can employ strong investigative, analytical and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Strong leadership skills, including a history of growing leadership responsibility and career growth in process improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with audiences of all levels
• Ability to actively identify risks, and drive action to mitigate and resolve issues
• You embrace challenging situations and enjoy solving complex problems
• Strong organizational skills and the capability to interpret and handle a vast array of information
• Data and/or Cloud experience is a plus