Agile Delivery & Servant Leadership
Serve as the hands-on Scrum Master for one or more teams, facilitating all core Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives), ensuring they are purposeful and outcome-oriented.
Remove delivery impediments by coordinating proactively across IT, Security, and business partners.
Coach Product Owners and Engineers on Agile principles, effective user story development, backlog refinement, and flow-based metrics (throughput, cycle time).
Ops Implementation
Partner with architecture leads to align team practices with modern data platform patterns (e.g., Databricks Lakehouse, RAG, agentic automation).
Ensure the "Definition of Done" includes operationalization requirements like observability, lineage, and documentation.
Governance, Compliance & Quality
Ensure delivery practices support regulatory expectations (GxP/SOX) for data and AI in a life sciences context, including validation and audit trails.
Partner with Data Governance and Security to embed required controls (policy-as-code) directly into team workflows.
Coordinate multiple functions (IT, regulatory, operations, vendors) to provide effective project delivery leadership.
We look for our Managers to have several of the following:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field (Advanced degree or certifications like CSM, PMI-ACP, or SAFe preferred).
5–8+ years in Agile delivery roles supporting data, analytics, or software engineering teams.
Hands-on experience implementing DevOps or MLOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, observability, incident response) for AI/ML workloads.
Experience in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or other regulated industries is strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of modern architectures (Lakehouse, vector search, semantic layers) and tools such as Databricks and Jira
Benefits
- Competitive base salary plus a generous upside variable compensation model
- Annual performance reviews that are straightforward and transparent
- PTO plus holidays plus sick time
- Sabbatical program
- Health, dental, vision, term life, AD&D
- Retirement plan with company matching
- Continuous education investments to grow your skills & knowledge
- Small firm feel and direct relationships with the Executive Leadership Team
- Opportunity to design and build a firm
- Remote working options
- Opportunity to build a professional network in your community
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- 5-8+ years in Agile delivery roles
- Hands-on experience implementing DevOps or MLOps practices
- Experience in Life Sciences, Healthcare, or other regulated industries
- Working knowledge of modern architectures and tools such as Databricks and Jira
What We Do
CompassX is a local-model consulting firm headquartered in SoCal. Founded in 2009, our core delivery focus is on Project Leadership and the flawless execution of our clients’ projects and strategic initiatives. Our team members have unfettered access to a leadership team who truly cares & listens, and the ability to customize their consulting career journey. You will have the opportunity to use your experience, creativity, and passion to put your mark on building the next great consulting firm! Join us and give yourself a chance to love consulting again.
