Program Lead - Adobe Experience Manager(AEM)
Alameda, CA

Job Description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Are you interested in leading projects in an open, transparent, and respectful team environment?

Are you an expert in project management and able to apply your knowledge of agile and scrum to help teams on their journey to continuous improvement?

Are you ready to join a highly talented and dynamic team, be inspired daily, and have a blast while doing it?

We are looking for a seasoned Project Manager to manage the design, development and delivery of digital services using agile software development methodologies.

Take a detour from your daily grind and apply now!

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Uses a high level of knowledge and experience in blending traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach in the right proportions to fit large, complex, mission-critical projects and with the appropriate level of planning and provide the right balance of agility and predictability.
* Conduct all Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, daily Scrum Meetings, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives.
* Perform continuous and active backlog grooming, calculate ongoing team capacity and velocity.
* Help Product Owner with prioritization, risk management, and scope.
* Maintain a close working relationship with the Product Owner, Scrum team and other stake holders.
* Coordinate key milestones and dependencies and closely work with offshore team lead.
* Act as a mentor to ensure development teams work toward the Scrum principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
* Must have excellent organizational, written and oral communication skills.
* Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools:
* Agile Project Management tools such as Jira/Greenhopper, Rally, VersionOne or equivalent
* Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools



Education:

* Bachelors Degree

Experience

* Extensive experience with Adobe AEM/Digital Marketing Suite conceptualizing, designing, building and deploying solutions.
* Knowledge of application development on AEM (custom components).
* Knowledge of content migration, publishing activities in AEM.
* Knowledge of best practices in all areas of web content management systems including content governance, document workflow, personalization and taxonomy management.
* Minimum 4 years' experience leading teams in a hybrid and/or Agile development environment for digital solutions.
* Experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Continuous Delivery, Automated Testing.
* Expertise with JIRA, Confluence, and the rest of the Atlassian suite and using JIRA's Agile performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
* Knowledge of other agile methodologies like Kanban.
* Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

JOB FAMILY:IT Services & Solutions Delivery

DIVISION:GIS Global Information Services

LOCATION:United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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