Job Description
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- *Role: Agile Coach**
- *Location: Remote - EST and CST**
- *Key Responsibilities**
- Provides knowledge and expertise around Lean Agile processes while coaching key roles in the organization to be self-sufficient in day-to-day operations.
- Leads large scale Agile transformations and complex Agile delivery.
- Partners with key stakeholders and senior leadership in constructing the foundation necessary for transforming from a waterfall (or no) framework to a Lean Agile framework.
- Partners with Release Train Engineers to prepare and launch new ARTs
- Teaches, mentors, and coaches leaders and their teams in Agile practices while building a culture where Agile teams can thrive.
- Trains leaders and teams at all levels of the organization on Agile strategy and help them understand and articulate the benefits of Lean-Agile delivery.
- Creates and drives a work environment with focus on continuous improvement, broad collaboration and alignment across program, portfolio, ART, technical, and business teams and their stakeholders.
- Skillfully facilitates group dynamics and communications, regardless of the audience, and ensure that every voice is heard and heeded.
- Incorporates enterprise standards and experience to advance organization’s Lean Portfolio Management practices.
- Actively coach, mentor, and influence cyber teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and business partners in Lean-Agile principles, Lean Portfolio Management best practices, feature prioritization, and backlog refinement, fostering a culture of accountability, adaptability, and collaboration.
- Drives the ongoing evolution and adoption of SAFe practices within EIP.
- Creates tools and leads training sessions to demonstrate how leaders and associates will apply Agile frameworks in their day-to-day work.
- Guides three new ARTs through the transition and drives continued adherence to optimal Agile work practices.
- May provide on-going iteration management for high profile initiatives to provide real-time coaching as well as to gather and share Agile best practices across the enterprise.
- Begins to influence department’s transformation strategy.
- Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding approach for transformation components, and work is performed without direction.
- *Required Qualifications**
- Minimum 5+ years serving as an Agile Coach in a fast-paced technology-based environment.
- At least 10 years working with Agile frameworks in high-demand environments, including experience in hybrid models (Scrum, Kanban, project/program management).
- Demonstrated success coaching and mentoring teams and leaders in Lean-Agile practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to empathize and relate with those new to the Agile methodology.; adept at presenting to executive leadership.
- Advanced facilitation, influencing, and relationship management skills.
- Validated advanced Agile certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), IC Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), SAFe Practice Consultant).
- Deep knowledge of Agile principles and the ability to transfer that knowledge to new and evolving environments.
- Deep knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework, Lean Portfolio Management, and Product Development Flow principles in their enterprise context.
- Experience in coaching and demonstrating facilitation of core agile practices including, but not limited to: Kanban, value stream mapping, feature and story backlog prioritization and grooming, PI Planning, Iteration/Sprint planning, Metrics (at all levels), Agile ceremonies (at all levels), and Lean Portfolio Management.
- Significant experience and proficiency in Jira Align with demonstrated experience training organizations’ users at all levels (Portfolio / Leadership down to team members).
- Strong proficiency in Agile lifecycle management tools; preference for Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Experience with portfolio wide software delivery and/or Agile transformation at scale in cyber or technically complex organizations.
- Agile Coach & Mentor: Possesses strong leadership skills with a passion for teaching and mentoring others and has experience in coaching Agile.
- *Preferred Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience working with cyber security teams.
- Experience coaching both development and non-development Scrum/Kanban teams.
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