ITSM Consultant V (Senior Agile Scrum - DevOps)

Please note, this position is designated as flexible, which means the selected candidate may be required to report to the assigned office in Greensboro, NC up to 3 days per week.

Technical Summary:

This senior level IT Consultant serves within the DevSecOps Platform and Automation Services organization, with a primary focus on providing project and program level oversight of our key strategic initiatives - specifically our Dev2030 and Internal Developer Portal activities.  This role blends SAFe Agile Scrum Master facilitation, project/program management across technical and financial logistical areas, and business management activities.  This individual will be required to work closely with engineering, platform, security, vendor partners, and developer experience teams to translate standards, developer needs, and business objectives into key artifacts, well prioritized features, and user stories. As a key participant within an agile delivery model, you will take direction from platform architects and senior stakeholders/leaders while providing clear product, program, and project direction to delivery teams. You will champion developer productivity, self service capabilities, and standardized golden paths to accelerate software delivery across the enterprise.

This senior level employee is primarily responsible for leading the ITSM process implementation, evaluating risk matters within IT, and ensuring contingency procedures are followed and maintained.

• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
• Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Drives ITSM process and/or service implementation for designated ITSM initiatives by leading or directing team members in the documentation of process and/or service requirements and acceptance criteria from process owners and key stakeholders; and guiding and influencing leadership in the development of the ITSM strategy.
• Partners with leadership to help define goals, objectives, deliverables, and guardrails within the governance framework to ensure the development and implementation of efficient, effective, measurable, and sustainable processes and/or services.
• Ensures accuracy and completeness of release notes, training materials, and documentation within appropriate repositories.
• Drives the execution of ITSM roadmaps to ensure that processes and/or services are aligned with stakeholder needs.
• Partners with IT functions and process/service users to lead the development and implementation of performance metrics and measurement tools.
• Leads ITSM process and/or service improvement efforts for designated initiatives by cultivating strong collaborative working relationships with cross-functional teams on process improvement projects.
• Evaluates business needs, organizational characteristics, and industry best-practices to identify gaps or deficiencies in new and existing processes, services, and service portfolios and makes recommendations for improvements or enhancements as appropriate.
• Develops, documents, maintains, and audits ITSM processes and procedures.
• Makes decisions regarding process and/or service improvements and third-party tools for implementation.
• Works with cross-functional stakeholders (for example, IT and business partners) to create alignment, synergy, and application of standardized processes and/or services and procedures.
• Ensures appropriate training is delivered to users (e.g., end-users, service/process delivery teams) to drive proper process and/or service execution.
• Designs and oversees the validation of performance metrics against success criteria to ensure effective control of expected deliverables.
• Provides recommendations and makes decisions for mitigating process and/or service performance deficiencies.
• Investigates complex, highly visible performance deviations to drive adherence with defined ITSM policies and procedures.
• Advocates and drives compliance with ITSM policies and procedures across the enterprise.
• Assists with negotiation of statements of work (SOWs) with service providers related to the development, implementation, delivery, and/or maintenance of ITSM processes, services, and/or tools.