Associate Director, Tech Product Management

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KPMG is currently seeking a Associate Director, Tech Product Management to join our Digital Nexus technology organization. This is a hybrid work opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the overall delivery of technology products for KPMG Emerging Technology products and releases utilizing agile, and other product management methodologies; set tactical plan for the execution of the strategic objectives of the programs; ensure development of actionable strategies align with firm priorities
• Deliver effective conflict resolution between individuals and teams with an assertive but friendly attitude; provide effective methods and practices for managing and resolving impediments
• Act as an expert in estimation and planning techniques; explain and teach release planning in an empirical environment; clarify the differences between various Scrum Scaling frameworks and approaches
• Advocate for modern agile software development and organizational practices, such as XP, CI/CD, Devops, TDD, and more; automate flow of Project Status and facilitate continuous and real-time transparency for effective communication, support and decision making
• Assist with coaching and training both individuals, teams, and programs to clarify goals, break anti-patterns and put plans in place to achieve stronger results; utilize different agile techniques to improve the efficiency of the development team
• Coach product owners on managing scaled product backlog of epics and features, and facilitate decision making with product owners, and architects; mentor and support a product owner in effective techniques for backlog creation, management, and refinement; demonstrate effective techniques for managing team interruptions, and for protecting the team in a sprint; work beyond team boundaries to improve efficiencies, flow of work, and value delivered
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum eight years of recent experience and expertise in multiple agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban, XP, SAFe, Lean, and more) with the ability and flexibility to adapt approach to fit team and product environment
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; relevant practitioner level certifications (PSMII/CSP) are preferred
• Deep expertise in helping teams build and develop trust, safety, and effective communication
• Proven track record at facilitating, coaching, and mentoring teams and leaders in agility and towards rapidly delivering high impact, high quality software in a sustainable fashion
• Experience with full Software development life cycle and advocating for modern agile software development and organizational practices as well as collaborating with non-agile teams; technical experience developing software, portfolio level planning, and/or business experience is preferred; proven experience with agile tools and scaling them across multiple teams is a plus
• Excellent visualization skills with ability to explain and create visual radiators; demonstrated deep system level thinking and proven ability to impact whole program dynamics
• Strong verbal/written communication, with the ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; ability to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by customer service and team work is required; strong interpersonal, trouble-shooting, and organizational skills and capacity to work on multiple projects simultaneously; capability to participate in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)