Nisum is a leading global digital commerce firm headquartered in California,
with services spanning digital strategy and transformation, insights and
analytics, blockchain, business agility, and custom software development.
Founded in 2000 with the customer-centric motto “ Building Success Together®
,” Nisum has grown to over 1,800 professionals across the United States,
Chile,Colombia, India, Pakistan and Canada. A preferred advisor to leading
Fortune 500 brands, Nisum enables clients to achieve direct business growth by
building the advanced technology they need to reach end customers in today's
world, with immersive and seamless experiences across digital and physical
channels.
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 capacity
Track Product Manager Story readiness (e.g. stories ready to play)
Raise relevant issues to another project management group like the 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 accountability
Facilitate team "norming" sessions
Create Iteration open/close deck
Work with the team to ensure process quality & continual improvement
Encourage Self Empowered teams
Ideal Project Allocation: Fully dedicated
What You Know
8+ years of technology experience with 3+ years as a hands-on Enterprise
Coach, or equivalent experience required.
Prior experience in a fast-paced agile environment will be critical to
planning and overseeing day-to-day development activities and 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 and presentation skills will be integral to
conducting iteration planning meetings, hosting demonstrations, and
facilitating retrospectives with team members and stakeholders.
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
$120-125k per year
Nisum is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are proud of our ongoing efforts
to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
More Information on Nisum
Nisum operates in the Analytics industry. The company is located in Brea, CA
and Fremont, CA. Nisum was founded in 2000. It has 1508 total employees. It
offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA),
Disability Insurance, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Health Insurance
Benefits and Life Insurance. To see all 50 open jobs at Nisum, click here.
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