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Wyatt Technology over 2 years ago
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< class="h1">Agile Project Manager and Coach

Location: Work at headquarters in Santa Barbara, CA; or option to work Remote, anywhere in the continental USA.

Wyatt Technology is looking for an exceptional Agile Project Manager to join our team of brilliant engineers and scientists. Reporting to the VP of Software, you will be responsible for Agile project management, process development and coaching. Your responsibilities will also include program management, primarily focused on major HW and SW initiatives. You will facilitate cross-disciplinary engineering teams, innovate and implement Agile processes and metrics, and ensure inter-departmental communications and coordination.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Project Management:

  • Work closely with Product Owners and Technical Leads to implement Agile HW and SW development processes.
  • Help Product Owners and team members create and groom product backlogs in support of prototype-to-product goals.
  • Facilitate Agile teams related to their processes, retrospectives, and impediment removal.
  • Provide stakeholders with regular updates on initiatives, prototypes and release statuses.

Agile Coaching:

  • Train cross-functional teams on Agile development using Scrum for HW and other approaches such as Kanban.
  • Coach Product Owners, Technical Leads and Team Members as they apply and adapt Agile processes to their work.
  • Provide professional development feedback to people managers especially as it relates to Agile processes and practices.
  • Train and advise Product Managers on Agile principles and values; help them with inputs to product and release goals.

Requirements and Qualifications

Basic requirements:

  • 5+ years as an Agile development project manager
  • 2+ years working with or on HW teams
  • Expertise in Agile process development and implementation
  • Track record of converting non-Agile teams to Agile approaches
  • Proven track record of successful project and/or program management
  • Insightful thinker with the ability to view processes and practices from multiple perspectives
  • Ability to evangelize process change to people; strong interpersonal and relationship skills
  • Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills

Additional requirements, ideally:

  • 2+ years working with Agile HW teams on complex devices
  • Expertise with HW tailored Agile approaches such as Scrum for HW or MAHD
  • Expertise in Agile process development and innovation
  • Experience with teams of engineers, scientists and physicists that innovate world-class scientific instruments and software
  • 2+ years of Servant Leadership experience

About Us:

Wyatt Technology is the world leader in research, development and commercialization of light scattering instruments used by chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech companies and by government and academic institutions. Visit our website at www.wyatt.com to learn more about the science and our products.

Working at Wyatt Technology

Working at Wyatt Technology means you are impacting the world in important ways. Our analytical technology provide scientists in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries with the information they need to deliver life-changing products. Wyatt Technology develops, manufactures, sells, and services instruments that modernize R&D, analytical sciences, bioformulations, and biopharma manufacturing.
Compensation and Benefits:
Wyatt Technology offers a complete benefits package including company paid health, dental, vision, long and short term disability, life insurance and a generous 401K plan. Employees also enjoy paid holidays, paid sick days and 3+ weeks of paid vacation and a quarterly bonus program.

Equal Opportunity Employment

We are an equal opportunity employer and value ersity at our company. We give consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.