JerseySTEM

OPEX000: Department Head

Job Locations US
ID
2024-2170
Category
OPEX: Operational Excellence
Type
PBC:Pro Bono Contributor (6 months+)
Work Study Eligible
False

Overview

This is a pro-bono volunteer position.

 

JerseySTEM is looking for talented professionals across our departments to commit time and energy as long-term engagement for our mission to provide STEM education to underrepresented middle school girls.

 

The Operational Excellence Department Head identifies and implements best practices and operational effectiveness/efficiencies for work management at JerseySTEM. They will manage a team of Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, JIRA SME, Slack SME and Process Specialist.

Responsibilities

  • Identifies work management improvements at JerseySTEM, ranging from the better use of the tools available to redesigning value stream workflows.
  • Manage a team of 3-4 direct reports in charge of managing the scrum teams, creating JIRA & Slack user training along with creating process documentation.
  • Create and work with teams to adopt best practices to be utilized throughout the organization.
  • Streamline work & siloing to ensure scrum teams are working as efficiently as possible.
  • Partner with HUCA to hire new replacements.
  • Work to continuously improve and streamline JerseySTEM’s approach to successful utilize Scrum and Kanban boards.
  • Represents OPEX at the Leadership Team.
  • Participate in the leadership team activities of budgeting/planning and reporting.
  • Conduct/Attend virtual leadership team meetings weekly : (Tuesdays 6:30pm)
  • Conduct/Attend virtual monthly Scrum of Scrum meetings (time varies each month)

Qualifications

  • Genuine concern about/interest in solving the STEM education gender gap.
  • Strong leadership/team building skills.
  • Self Organization skills, leading others to understand their responsibilities and guide them into action.
  • Encourage full transparency and communication.
  • Open mindset that welcomes and encourages ideas from members of the team/organization.
  • Trust in your reportees and treat them with no micromanaging.
  • Good listener .
  • Ability to mentor team members.
  • Accepts frequent change and adopting these changes accordingly.
  • Resourceful, can-do attitude.
  • Experience leading a function (i.e. team, department manager, etc) and managing others.
  • Comfort working in a ‘virtual organization’ with digital tools (G-Suite, Slack, Jira, salesforce).
  • Would be a plus if candidate has flexible schedule to allow for flexibility when scheduling meetings.
  • Agile/Scrum experience of 5-7 years.
  • Agile Transformation experience.

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