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| Posted On: | Tuesday, Jan 22 |
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Job Description
Economist Digital is the world’s foremost destination for intelligent analysis, debate, and community on the global agenda. Our strategy incorporates a multi-threaded approach to content delivery to our readers and community through traditional print media, Economist.com, mobile web, and mobile applications to meet our ambitious targets for traffic, revenue and profit.
We have an exciting and unique opportunity available at Economist Digital for a well-qualified individual to join our team. This is a unique opportunity to engage with one of the most respected brands in media, journalism, and publishing to help drive success and innovation in the digital realm, particularly in the web and mobile web arena. Our Digital Solutions Managers / ScrumMasters help us execute our strategy by owning and coordinating our business-to-technology relationships to craft creative and innovative digital solutions that deliver high business value. The DSM also facilitates day-to-day project operations and communications in an Agile, Scrum framework and by supporting teams in their product development initiatives.
Digital Solutions Managers may engage in many diverse parts of the business, but we are immediately looking for an individual to help drive our web and mobile web projects as well as to own business relationships with the content creation group.
Key accountabilities
Managing business stakeholder engagement to serve as primary point of contact for all digital solution related matters and growing business trust
Maintaining an attitude of accountability while leading a team to achieve deadlines, budgetary goals, and business partner expectations
Prioritizing business stakeholder requests in collaboration with them by aligning stories where possible with relevant Economist Digital KPIs
Fostering communication and productive relationships with Product Owners, team members, and other stakeholders.
Understanding of baseline analytics requirements across all Economist Digital strategic projects, ensuring their implementation, and assisting the Product Owner in defining success metrics
Facilitating operational work in a transparent, collaborative manner using the Scrum framework.
Ensuring that the Scrum Teams adhere to Scrum values, practices, and rules.
Helping the Scrum Team and the organization improve its Scrum and Agile practices.
Teaching the Scrum Team by coaching and by leading it to be more productive and to produce higher quality products.
Working with teams to remove impediments blocking completion/commitment of work
Coordinating project retrospectives against success metrics, KPIs, and Omniture analysis following strategic project launches
Working with external vendors to create respectful, positive, and collaborative relationships to deliver higher quality products
Maintaining and sharing an up-to-date awareness of industry trends, new technology and exploring those that would benefit our business.
Demonstrating a willingness to get involved in the details of a project
Keeping the Program Director appraised of significant challenges and/or achievements within the change management process
Some travel to other offices required for team building/professional development (primarily London)
Decision rights
Enforcement of the Scrum framework/process/rules.
Assisting in the selection and day-to-day management of vendors and service providers.
Routing of stakeholder requests through the appropriate Digital Solutions resource teams
Performance measures
High level of satisfaction as expressed by the business engagement relationship owners
High level of satisfaction as expressed by team members and Product Owners
Manages Scrum teams effectively within established Scrum framework
Facilitates continuous improvements to help the Scrum Team measure its own performance
Quality of communication, internal and external to Economist Digital
Please note that this position requires ScrumMaster experience and an Agile background. A candidate without this prior/current experience will be disregarded.
That all being said - we're a fun group of smart folks doing interesting, innovate things in the space!
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