Title:
Agile Delivery Lead
Location:
Brookhaven, GA on site 4 days per week. Local candidates only please.
Compensation:
$160K to $180K
Work Requirements:
US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US
Job Description:
The Agile Delivery Lead is responsible for driving end-to-end delivery and transformation across multiple agile squads supporting digital self-service portals, core platform modernization, contact center transformation, and AI-enabled initiatives. Reporting to the CIO (with a dotted line to the PMO Director and Operations Business Leader), this role serves as a critical bridge between business and IT aligning Product Owners, engineering teams, and external partners around shared priorities, measurable outcomes, and business value.
This leader ensures delivery excellence across complex, parallel workstreams while advancing agile maturity, strengthening operating models, and enabling teams to perform at their best. The role requires a balance of hands-on delivery leadership, strategic alignment, and organizational influence driving clarity, transparency, and continuous improvement across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities:
Delivery Leadership
- Lead end-to-end delivery across agile squads covering digital portals, platform modernization, contact center, and AI initiatives
- Maintain delivery plans, milestones, and execution tracking across parallel workstreams
- Align internal teams and external partners around shared priorities
- Partner with Product Owners to maintain prioritized, business-aligned backlogs focused on MVP delivery and measurable outcomes
Agile Leadership & Coaching
- Reinforce Scrum and Lean-Agile practices; facilitate sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
- Mentor Scrum Masters and coach teams toward self-organization, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Promote pragmatic agile practices focused on outcomes over ceremony
- Strengthening overall agile maturity across teams
Platform Modernization & Delivery
- Lead modernization of core insurance platforms in complex, non-greenfield environments
- Coordinate fit-gap assessments, vendor alignment, and business requirements validation with Product Owners
- Manage integration planning, impact analysis, regression testing strategies, and delivery sequencing
AI & Technology Initiatives
- Support delivery of AI, GenAI, automation, and data platform initiatives
- Adapt agile practices for research-driven and iterative work
- Partner with data science, engineering, and architecture teams to balance experimentation with delivery commitments
Business-IT Operating Model
- Establish a shared operating model between business and IT (joint sprint reviews, co-owned roadmaps, aligned practices)
- Facilitate alignment between Product Owners and business stakeholders
- Influence without formal authority and navigate change resistance across siloed teams
Release Planning & Execution
- Lead release planning across squads and value streams; manage dependencies and ensure production readiness
- Partner with engineering and operations to ensure stable releases and post-release stabilization
- Communicate release schedules, go/no-go decisions, and outcomes to stakeholders
- Ensure structured handover to production support teams including stabilization and operational readiness
Stakeholder & Partner Alignment
- Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and business leaders to align delivery with strategy
- Manage SI and platform partner governance including SOW accountability and escalation management
- Provide CIO and senior leadership visibility into progress, risks, and trade-offs
Change Management & Adoption
- Lead change management for new platforms and digital capabilities
- Coordinate training and enablement for business and operational teams
- Drive adoption across business and IT organizations
Metrics, OKRs & Continuous Improvement
- Align delivery with OKRs, track predictability, throughput, and milestone progress
- Use metrics and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement
- Promote transparency through dashboards and stakeholder reporting
Skillset / Experience:
- Located within commutable distance to Brookhaven, GA (hybrid)
- Bachelor's Degree with 15+ years in Agile delivery leadership roles (e.g., Scrum Master, Agile Delivery Manager, Program Manager, Release Train Engineer, Technology Delivery Lead)
- Proven track record delivering enterprise technology or digital transformation programs across cross-functional business and IT teams
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Lean methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and SAFe
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, stand up new squads, and manage complex cross-team dependencies
- Strong facilitation, coaching, and executive communication skills
- Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, or equivalent tools
Skills:
- Outcome-oriented mindset, connecting work to business value
- Strong collaboration and ability to build trust across business, IT, and vendor teams
- Curiosity and ability to navigate ambiguity and complex environments
- Reliable execution and follow-through
- Ability to bring structure and clarity in uncertain situations
- Customer- and business-impact focus, even within delivery details
- Leadership through enablement and team development
- Clear, concise communication with leadership and steering committees
- Proactive risk identification and transparent communication of trade-offs
About INSPYR Solutions:
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.
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