Agile Delivery Manager
Axelon Services Corporation
St. Louis, MO
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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Agile Programming Methodologies, Atlassian JIRA, Business Analysis, Business Strategy, Certified ScrumMaster, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Relations, Delivery Management, DevOps, Forecasting, Health Maintenance, High Throughput, Kanban, Leadership, Machine Tool, Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Product Design, Product Management, Product Support, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Software Engineering, Standards Development, Stock Market, Strategic Analysis, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Delivery, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Management, Writing Skills
LOCATION
St. Louis, MO
POSTED
1 day ago
Summary:
- Location: St Louis, MO – hybrid 3 days a week, 9A-5P
- Contract length: 12 months
Responsibilities:
- Drive day-to-day delivery flow across multiple squads, ensuring commitments are met and blockers are removed quickly.
- Support Product Delivery Managers (PDMs) to maintain healthy backlogs, clear sprint goals, and realistic forecasting.
- Ensure squads uphold engineering and operational standards including Definition of Ready/Done, technical quality gates, CSP pipeline usage, and DevSecOps practices.
- Facilitate core ceremonies (planning, standups, reviews, retrospectives) where needed and establish contingency for enabling these to avoid key person dependencies.
- Manage cross-team dependencies, escalating only when required and tracking them to closure.
- Maintain delivery visibility across all assigned products, aligning sequencing, capacity, and risks.
- Support integration work across Real Time Engineering, Platform, Architecture, and Tooling teams.
- Provide timely, accurate delivery reporting to PDMs, RT Ops, and stakeholders.
- Ensure data in Clarity, Jira, and other delivery tools reflects the current delivery state.
- Track delivery risks, issues, and impediments with clear owners and mitigation plans.
Requirements:
- Proven experience delivering technology products using agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Lean).
- Experience leading a large global team with strong leadership and communication skills.
- Strong delivery management skills across multiple concurrent squads or workstreams.
- Ability to manage cross-team dependencies and maintain structured delivery governance.
- Experience working with engineering teams in complex, high throughput, or time-critical environments.
- Data-driven approach to delivery, using metrics and tooling to improve flow and forecasting.
Required Skills:
- 3-5 years of experience in product management, product design, or software engineering.
- Experience translating business strategy and analysis into consumer-facing digital products.
- A working foundation in process frameworks Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience engaging and influencing senior executives.
- Strong work ethic as a team player and a willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.
Preferred Skills:
- Familiarity with RealTime systems, low latency engineering, or financial market/market data domains.
- Understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and platform/toolchain engineering.
- Experience managing multi-vendor delivery environments.
- Agile certifications (Scrum Master, Kanban Practitioner, etc.).
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