Job Description
Role: Jira Align Administrator and Trainer
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ Month(s)
VISA Restrictions: N/A
Interview: Video
Job Short Description: Jira Align Agile Coach helping to administer and onboard new Portfolios to Jira Align as the Enterprise Agile Planning Tool for scaling agile practices.
Responsibilities: - Work closely with the Jira Align Administrator and Atlassian Consultants during the Enterprise implementation of Jira Align for the product portfolios.
- Assist with requirements gathering, setup of roadmaps, dependencies, configuration, reporting and other aspects of Jira Align implementation as per the SAFe best practices.
- Lead Jira Align training for end users and executives.
- Work with Atlassian and team to conduct best in class training content as per different roles.
- Help Portfolios and ARTs to configure Jira Align based on SAFe concepts like Lean Portfolio Management, PI Planning, roadmaps, dependencies, and metrics.
- Curation of training materials tailored to SAFe for each portfolio end user personas and create training content when necessary.
- Support the Jira Align Administrator with admin and training functions.
- Onboard additional SAFe portfolios by configuring ART roadmaps, teams, dependencies, etc. and provide ongoing training.
- Ability to proactively seek out, collaborate and establish relationships with critical partners to ensure their portfolios are up and running and integrated with the right set of practices.
- Help the product portfolios to conduct an initial assessment of the portfolio's agile maturity, Lean Portfolio Management practices and other necessary capabilities to determine their readiness for Jira Align adoption.
- Support the product portfolios to create an action plan to improve and/or mitigate any identified gaps in their readiness for Jira Align adoption.
- Helps identify/execute change management and communication strategies and tactics to drive the successful adoption of Jira Align within the Enterprise.
- Represent the Agility Enablement Hub Tooling Team in various Enterprise Forums
- Support ongoing process development and improvement.
- Help teams through the change curve using an Agile Mindset and coaching mindset to ensure we set teams up for long term success.
Required Skills: - Bachelor's degree, preferably in engineering or business.
- Excellent oral, listening, and written communication skills.
- 3+ years of Agile coaching experience.
- At least 2+ years of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience as a coach with experience implementing Lean Portfolio Management Practices.
- 2+ years administering Jira Align for SAFe teams and portfolios. (Not only as the end user, but as the Jira Align admin)
- Strong knowledge of administering Jira Align.
- Detailed understanding of how to configure, administer and support Jira Align and Microsoft Azure DevOps.
- Experience gathering requirements and configuring Jira Align for Lean Portfolios with multiple SAFe ARTs.
- Strong experience and understanding of setting up Portfolios and Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in Jira Align using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) best practices.
- Scaled Agile framework (SAFe) certified, preferably SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC).
- Experience and knowledge of applications such as Jira Align and Microsoft Azure DevOps.
- Excellent documentation skills for SAFe-tailored training materials.
- Comfortable in presenting complex ideas to end users and executives.
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