Agile Leader

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Date: Jun 12, 2025

Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID:  88393 

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

 

Position Specific Description

This position plays a critical role driving and fostering the agile mindset and practices within the IT 
Technology Solutions & Operations (TSO) organization. Position will be responsible for leading and 
executing the agile delivery of high-quality infrastructure related technology solutions within schedule 
and budget. Position is expected to have a deep understanding of agile principles, values, and 
frameworks, and the ability to adapt them to different project and organizational contexts.

Specific Job Functions: 

  • Lead and successfully deliver products primarily focused on infrastructure and end-user related 
    technology solutions.
  • Manage budgets, including forecasting, tracking spending, and understanding the levers to 
    ensure projects stay aligned to financial metrics.
  • Monitor and track team progress and performance metrics, providing timely feedback and 
    implementing corrective actions when necessary. This includes implementing and using 
    standard processes and dashboards (such as JIRA) to build a common view of work across TSC.
  • Manage vendors, or third-party partners related to product delivery, as needed.
  • Understand and support TSO operating model including product delivery, business strategy, 
    stakeholders, goals, and services.
  • Promote a culture of learning and innovation within the teams, encouraging experimentation 
    and the adoption of new tools and techniques.
  • Collaborate with other Agile Leaders, scrum masters, and stakeholders to drive organizational 
    agility and promote best practices across teams and departments.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Trains and coaches leaders, teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices 
    and mindset 
  • Contributes to Communities of Practice (CoP), within the agile network 
  • Promotes and encourages collaboration and transparency and builds trusting relationships 
    between business, delivery, and other entities within the organization 
  • Facilitates periodic synchronization meetings across several different onsite and distributed 
    delivery teams 
  • Prepares program and release backlogs, as well as team and program objectives 
  • Tracks, promotes, and publishes completed program features and program and team objectives 
  • Manages risk and dependencies, communicates, and escalates impediments to facilitate 
    transparency, and reduces bottlenecks 
  • Embraces a continuous improvement mindset, and drives the use of agile engineering best 
    practices and innovation 
  • Reports on standardized program-level metrics, and understands, tracks, and operates within 
    the program budget 
  • Plays an instrumental role in the organization's Agile transformation, acts as a change agent, and 
    shows strong leadership skills with a positive and collaborative attitude 
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technology field (or equivalent 
    practical experience)
  • Agile certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)
  • Extensive experience working in technology/ software development, with a focus on Agile 
    methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean
  • Strong leadership and coaching abilities, with a demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with 
    cross-functional teams and stakeholders
  • Ability to identify and resolve conflicts and facilitate decision-making in a collaborative and 
    consensus-driven manner
  • Passion for learning and continuous improvement, with a growth mindset and a willingness to 
    explore new approaches and technologies

Job Overview

This position guides teams in the execution of agile initiatives to deliver customer value. Employees in this role train and coach in the use of Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, and scale agile framework practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Trains and coaches leaders, teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindset 
  •  Contributes in Communities of Practice (CoP), within the agile network 
  •  Promotes and encourages collaboration and transparency and builds trusting relationships between business, delivery, and other entities within the organization 
  •  Facilitates periodic synchronization meetings across several different onsite and distributed delivery teams 
  •  Prepares program and release backlogs, as well as team and program objectives 
  •  Tracks, promotes, and publishes completed program features and program and team objectives 
  •  Manages risk and dependencies, communicates and escalates impediments to facilitate transparency, and reduces bottlenecks 
  •  Embraces a continuous improvement mindset, and drives the use of agile engineering best practices and innovation 
  •  Reports on standardized program-level metrics, and understands, tracks, and operates within the program budget 
  •  Plays an instrumental role in the organization's Agile transformation, acts as a change agent, and shows strong leadership skills with a positive and collaborative attitude 
  •  Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • High School Grad / GED 
  •  Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience 
  •  Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • Supervisor/Management/Leadership Experience: 2+ years

 

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

 

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Information Technology
Organization:  Florida Power & Light Company 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

 

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. 

 

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

 

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

 

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

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Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami

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