Agile Delivery Practice Area Lead (DAS DS)

Overview

The Digital Solutions subservice line (SSL) is seeking a Practice Area Lead (PAL) for Agile Delivery, where a Practice Area (PA) is distinct capability set that supports SSL and LMI priorities and vision. The PAL will be responsible for 1) developing a strategy for their Practice Area that aligns with SSL strategy and capability maturation; 2) supporting client projects, business development and growth for their PA, and 3) talent management and development within their PA.

The Agile Delivery PAL will lead Agile digital services delivery and related activities which include the stand-up of agile teams, management of agile projects, and the development and delivery of digital solutions, including low-code platforms. The Agile Delivery PAL will work closely with the DevSecOps PAL to orchestrate software factories for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), and automated testing and deployment in cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments. The PAL will report directly to the SSL Vice President, and is expected to support PA responsibilities with up to 50% of their time.

Responsibilities

The Agile Delivery Practice Area Lead role includes the following activities:

• Capability Maturation & Strategy
  • Develop PA strategy and support Digital Solutions SSL strategy to assist in executing SSL goals
  • Create, update, and/or document solutions, offerings, methodologies, and capabilities that align to the PA and resonate with market trends and/or client challenges (e.g. SDMs, methodologies, models, etc.)
  • Coordinate across LMI to ensure PA capabilities are known throughout LMI and meeting the needs of LMI’s customers
  • Continuously improve existing capabilities and develop new capabilities within PA to stay in front of a rapidly evolving and digitally-enabled marketplace
• BD and Growth
  • Provide solutioning, capture, and proposal support to markets/growth for PA capabilities
  • Develop sales enablement materials to support SSL and PA growth
  • Screen RFIs/RFPs for potential action and lead/coordinate response for SSL
  • Review, maintain, and coordinate with markets/BD to update pipeline opportunities related to the Practice Area or coordinate updates with the Business Development POC
  • Support SSL and markets/growth in partner identification for opportunities
• Community Mentorship and Development
  • Manage and develop talent within the PA
  • Manage the hiring process for talent demands within the PA (create, review, and approve requisitions)
  • Conduct interviews for demand requirements and coordinate with SSL Director on hiring/staffing decisions
  • Assist Resource Managers and SSL Director with staff redeployments and internal mobility
  • Mature the PA bench by identifying and mentoring subject matter experts and emerging talent and maintaining awareness of desired growth areas of staff within PA
  • Help identify the best approaches to improve the professional skills of Practice Area members to include certifications, degrees, professional organizations, and work experience
  • Provide input and support to Practice Area staff on Performance 365 goals and calibrations

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in management consulting or federal government service, executing IT product and service delivery in a leadership role

• 5+ years of experience implementing Agile deployments in both cloud and virtual on-prem environments

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science or related discipline

• One or more agile certifications such as SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PM ACP) or other

• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in Agile methodologies including Scum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Understanding of CMMI for software development, and CI/CD pipeline orchestration with automated testing

• Ability to lead, nurture, and develop people in an effective way with positive impacts to both the employee and LMI

• Ability to understand and align competing work priorities and outcomes with internal partners (e.g., service line and/or market)

• Demonstrated expertise leading and/or supporting successful proposal and business development efforts

• Demonstrated expertise and success championing new technology-related capabilities or services

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in business, computer science or related discipline
• Ability to develop, nurture and maintain collaborative partnerships with hardware and software vendors
• Ability to effectively resolve role conflicts, to include partners, team members and leaders
• Ability to leverage indirect influence to delegate and co-create and implement work products
• Ability to tailor communication requirements and style to a wide-range of situations and requirements
• Exemplify LMI’s 5 behaviors

• Collaborate constantly by working across organizational boundaries
• Operate in the gray area by accepting ambiguity
• Embracing conflict by supporting and engaging in respectful, robust debates and discussions,
• Develop people by investing in the growth of others
• Take an enterprise-wide view by evaluating challenges from multiple perspectives and maximizing the whole.

• Possess mature emotional intelligence (EQ) as demonstrated by strong self-awareness, emotional resilience, empathy, and relationship management.