Ways of Working Coach - Agile & DevSecOps Delivery

Ajq; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AJQ Consulting is seeking an experienced Ways of Working Coach for a 12-month contract, flexible to Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne or Canberra. You will embed agile and DevSecOps practices enabling faster delivery without compromising governance. Lead coaching across teams, product owners and executives in large-scale enterprise settings.

You will drive SAFe practices, PI planning, and establish ceremonies, metrics and operating rhythms, balancing Waterfall with Agile governance and PMO alignment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Agile delivery or coaching roles in large environments.
• Experience coaching teams, Product Owners and executives on Agile leadership.
• Experience with SAFe and PI planning across trains.
• Experience in secure, regulated environments such as government.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams, product owners and leaders and scale delivery across vendors.
• Align agile delivery with program governance and reporting.
• Strengthen engineering practices such as CI/CD and test automation.
• Embed practical agile and DevSecOps ways of working in regulated environments.
• Design and embed ceremonies, definitions of done and operating rhythms across teams.
• Support transition from Waterfall to Agile within PMO and governance processes.
• Measure delivery performance and report improvements to senior stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, training and communities of practice.

Skills

Agile delivery

Coaching

SAFe

Jira/Confluence

Azure DevOps

Security governance

Program governance

Team leadership

Scaled delivery

Waterfall to Agile

Change management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

AJQ Consulting is seeking an experienced Ways of Working Coach for a 12-month contract, flexible to Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne or Canberra. You will embed agile and DevSecOps practices enabling faster delivery without compromising governance. Lead coaching across teams, product owners and executives in large-scale enterprise settings.

You will drive SAFe practices, PI planning, and establish ceremonies, metrics and operating rhythms, balancing Waterfall with Agile governance and PMO alignment.