Release Manager

What You'll Do

• Manage and facilitate delivery within an iteration
• Work with Product Managers on the overall timeline
• Track daily team progress – story status, velocity, board.
• Projects team capacityTrack Product Manager Story readiness (e.g. stories ready to play)
• Raise relevant issues to another project management group like Project Manager, Technical Manager, Product Manager, etc.
• Own project burns up/metrics (velocity tracking/forecasting)
• Team support (focused on removing internal blockers)
• Facilitate intra-team communication
• Manage storyboard and story management tool
• Facilitate all iteration planning sessions, Storytime, Iteration Open/Close, and daily standup meetings
• Facilitate retrospectives (team alternates each retro)
• Promote team building/team accountabilityFacilitate team "norming" sessions
• Create Iteration open/close deck
• Work with team to ensure process quality & continual improvement
• Encourage Self Empowered teams
• Ideal Project Allocation: Fully dedicated

What You Know

• Prior experience in a fast-paced agile environment will be critical to planning and overseeing day-to-day development activities, managing work against competing deliverables.
• Successful experience for at least 2-3 years using the agile framework, preferably in the role of Iteration Manager.
• 1 years of practical experience in software development is helpful.
• Excellent communication in both written and oral.
• High level of energy and enthusiasm.
• SAFe certification with hands-on knowledge.
• Flexible work and leadership style to maximize team performance.
• High-level technical familiarity with distributed systems and web technologies.
• CSM certification is a plus.
• Subject matter expertise in retail/eCommerce is a plus.
• Superb communication skills and presentation skills will be integral to conducting iteration planning meetings, hosting demonstrations, and facilitating retrospectives with team members and stakeholders alike.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Applications, or related field

Benefits

• In addition to competitive salaries and benefits packages, Nisum US offers its employees some unique and fun extras:
• Professional Development - We offer in-house technical training and professional learning programs aimed at developing skills across a broad spectrum of topics such as technology, leadership, role-based training, and process expertise. We also offer an annual stipend for employees to attend external courses in order to maintain professional certifications
• Health & Wellness Benefits - We believe that your health and welfare are important, and we strive to ensure that you have affordable options available to you, including some plans that are subsidized for employees and their families up to 90%. We also have dental and vision plans in the US where Nisum pays 100% of premiums for employees
• Volunteerism Pay - We believe in giving back and in the US, our employees are eligible for up to 40 hours of paid time off each year to volunteer towards the causes that they are most passionate about. This is in addition to personal PTO and paid holidays
• Additional Benefits - We offer all the other important benefits to keep employees and their families healthy and financially secure, such as 401(k) retirement savings with a company match, pre-tax parking and transit programs, disability insurance, and Basic Life/AD&D, alongside exclusive employee discounts on a wide variety of products and services

Compensation Band

• $110-120k per year