[Remote] Manager, Agile Practices (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, develops and markets a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. The Manager, Agile Practices will manage and mentor a team of Agile Specialists, ensuring consistent implementation of Agile practices and driving continuous improvement across the business.


Responsibilities

  • Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Agile Specialists, providing hands on support, regular feedback, and career development
  • Establish clear performance expectations, foster a culture of accountability, and drive continuous improvement
  • Ensure consistent implementation of Agile Practices while identifying and implementing continuous improvement of those practices
  • Drive agile maturity by establishing standards of work, metrics-driven insights, and cross team collaboration
  • Oversee and continuously improve planning processes to provide visibility into multiple quarters of work ahead while ensuring clarity of scope, dependencies, and key milestones
  • Standardize reporting practices for KPIs such as velocity, burndown, and other delivery metrics, consolidating and presenting this data transparently to inform leadership of progress and enable decision making
  • Track progress, identify and manage risks, and remove obstacles across Engineering teams supported by Agile Specialists
  • Build strong partnerships to collaborate across the business, with key partners such as Product, Engineering, Program, Design, and business stakeholders, ensuring shared context, coordinated execution, and predictable outcomes
  • Oversee the effective use of Jira and other tooling used by Agile Specialists, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and scalability across teams

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or related field
  • 6+ years' experience in Agile delivery, with at least 2+ years of direct people management experience
  • Expertise in Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or similar) with a proven track record of scaling agile practices across teams
  • Strong leadership and coaching skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills and adaptability
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage through ambiguity and change
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at multiple levels of the organization
  • Data-driven mindset with the ability to leverage metrics to drive accountability and improvement
  • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
  • Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, and related tooling

Benefits

  • Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Short-term incentive programs
  • Long-term incentive programs

Company Overview

  • At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.allerganaesthetics.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie Company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 16 in 2022, 14 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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