Job Description

Senior Agilist

Our strength is our people, and our ability to work together. We pride ourselves on the talent we are able to attract to our organization. We not only hire the best, but continuously strive to provide our associates with opportunities to work with innovative solutions and technologies, with premier clients across the globe. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to construct meaningful solutions through true collaboration.

The Senior Agilist role fundamentally guides the modern development team by taking an active role in planning, facilitation, and measures to help the team achieve its committed outcomes. This role requires solid, practical experience with the techniques and approaches to guide, support and improve product teams. You will collaborate intensively with your team members and Product Owners. You will also interact with Cognizant clients to mentor, consult, and assist them in making appropriate process decisions and solve any blocking points.

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

\xc2\xb7 Work with Product Owner to align team with product vision, sprint goals and other necessary information.

\xc2\xb7 Creates an environment of collaboration within the teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflicts.

\xc2\xb7 Assist the team and the Product Owner identify stories, maintenance, defects, tech debt, and other work the team needs to accomplish during the PI.

\xc2\xb7 Facilitates the team in creating a draft PI plan for the PI\xe2\x80\x99s iterations, writing draft PI Objectives, and identifying program risks and issues.

\xc2\xb7 Champions continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity.

\xc2\xb7 Provide inter and intra team supports by bringing visibility and subsequent resolution of dependencies for their team.

\xc2\xb7 Supports the personal development of team members, helping them gain a continuous learning mindset.

\xc2\xb7 Understands and educates the team on methods beyond Scrum, such as Team Kanban, Flow, Built-in Quality, and more. Helps build a high-performing team.

Qualifications:

\xc2\xb7 Bachelor\'s degree and 8-12 years of relevant experience

\xc2\xb7 Strong familiarity and adherence to core Agile values and principles.

\xc2\xb7 Exposure to modern engineering practices like Unit Test-Driven Development, and Continuous Integration

\xc2\xb7 Mindset of servant leadership

\xc2\xb7 An Agile mindset

\xc2\xb7 Expert with Agile and Scrum framework and its application in Production development and delivery organization

\xc2\xb7 Ability to coach and mentor.

\xc2\xb7 Ability to collaborate with and influence people at various levels.

Company Description

Cognizant is one of the world\'s leading professional services companies, transforming clients\' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 205 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world.

Cognizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Cognizant is committed to ensuring that all current and prospective associates are afforded equal opportunities and treatment and a work environment free of harassment.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network assists Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Aug 07 2023

About Cognizant Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world\'s leading professional services companies, transforming clients\' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us

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