My client a world-leading provider of information solutions is currently looking for an Agile Process Manager to join their team on a 3 month contract. The Agile Process Manager will be working as a part of the delivery teams, coaching and developing the agile practices and culture.

Key Tasks and Deliverables of the Agile Coach

• Facilitating delivery in a hands-on role including, but not limited to:
  • Measure and track throughput and lead time for work items through complex value chains involving multiple teams
  • Actively manage the teams' delivery by creating and analysing data - eg lead time, burn-ups
  • Use data to forecast delivery schedules and support negotiations around prioritisation and staffing
  • Facilitate planning meetings and retrospectives
  • Work with the Product Managers & delivery teams to estimate backlog items and ensure optimal flow through the delivery process
  • Delve into detail to help teams overcome technical problems
  • Creating a continuous improvement environment
  • Work at both a team level and a department level to increase delivery maturity.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Build collaborative, professional, and successful relationships with product and delivery teams and the wider business
• Provide visibility into the status and progress of work.
• Manage dependencies between teams. Co-ordinate and synchronise dependent work items across disciplines and teams
• Build shared understanding of obstacles to progress; negotiate to remove obstacles
• Support the Agile Delivery Manager in building consistent processes across multiple teams
• Communicate with stakeholders and manage their expectations
• Foster a sense of energy, drive and purpose in the delivery teams
• Aspire to inspire.

Key Skills and Experience

• Strong Agile software delivery experience eg with Scrum and/or Kanban
• Experience of all parts of the product life cycle including end-of-life
• Experience negotiating scope and priority of projects with product teams and business stakeholders
• Proven ability to influence decision-making at all levels within an organization, and in a variety of contexts
• Evidence of problem solving and providing creative solutions
• Experience as an Agile/Lean Coach
• A technical background in software development, testing or operations is an advantage but not essential
• Energy and enthusiasm for delivery and implementing change
• A methodology-agnostic, pragmatic approach to delivery management

Agile Process Manager, Scrum Master, Kanban, Lean, Agile Coach, Software Delivery

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A leading technology company are industry leader of its field is seeking an experienced .NET Developer to join their London team working on their latest greenfield project for the Media industry.

You will be working on developing the application behind a mainstream Video On Demand service, similar to that of BBC iPlayer, Netflix etc.

The successful .NET Developer will be working on their main greenfield project for the UK working alongisde a team of talented professionals on their core product. The team applies SOLID/DRY Principles to their development and therefore apply TDD and Agile methodologies to their development.

Core Technical Skills/Experience

• C#, .NET
• Asp.NET MVC (Web Services/RESTful)
• Unit testing and Test Driven Development
• Dependency Injection
• OO design and knowledge of SOA architecture
• SQL server 2008 - 2012

Desirable skills but non-essential.

• Windows Azure
• Knowledge of SOLID Principles and Extreme Programming (XP)

.NET Developer - C# ASP.NET MVC WebAPI SQL

If you are a C# Developer looking for a challenging and rewarding environment please send your CV to find out more.

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