Lean Agile Coach

United Software Group Inc.; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software solutions provider is seeking a Lean Agile Coach to foster Agile practices within client delivery teams. The role involves engaging with stakeholders to guide Lean-Agile transformations and providing mentorship across various agile roles. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience and a strong understanding of Agile methodologies. This remote position offers significant career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Comprehensive training programs

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience across the full development lifecycle with leadership responsibilities.
• 5+ years of customer-facing experience partnering with stakeholders on Lean-Agile adoptions.
• 5+ years of competency in agile fundamentals, including values and principles.

Responsibilities

• Connect with the BAE practice during onboarding as your support network.
• Establish collaborative partnerships and guide key stakeholders through their Lean-Agile transformation.
• Engage in coaching planning at Portfolio, Program, and Team levels.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder engagement

Coaching and mentoring

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or MIS

Tools

Scrum

Agile frameworks

Job description

Job Posting Title

Lean Agile Coach - Remote

Description

POSITION OVERVIEW: Lean Agile Coach

POSITION GENERAL DUTIES AND TASKS: Lean Agile Coach - Remote

How You’ll Help Us:

As an Agile Coach, you will work with Client Delivery Teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and the NTT DATA Business Agility Enablement team to assist with the ongoing deployment of Agile practices across clients. You will primarily serve at the team level but will also inform and interact at all organizational levels to foster partnership and create buy-in for change.

How We Will Help You:

Joining NTT Data is more than a job; it’s a career growth opportunity. We will support you through our Business Agility Enablement practice within Launch by NTT DATA, helping you develop your skills as you deliver increasing value.

Why the Role Is Important:

You will act as a change agent, promoting continuous learning and improvement, experimenting, and challenging the status quo. You will work directly with teams to listen, observe, empathize, and co-create value mindsets and lean product delivery. The Agile Coach will convey agility fundamentals through training, mentoring, modeling, and facilitation, providing relevant documentation on practices, tools, and techniques. This role is vital to maximizing value delivery to our businesses and customers.

Once You Are Here, You Will:

• Connect with our BAE practice during onboarding as your support network.
• Establish collaborative partnerships and guide key stakeholders through their Lean-Agile transformation.
• Depending on customer needs, establish Lean-Agile Centers of Enablement, inform practice standards, and instruct practices for customer success.
• Utilize industry best practices tailored to the customer context.
• Engage in coaching planning at Portfolio, Program, and Team levels.
• Manage and mentor teams of teams, possibly across distributed locations.
• Perform roles such as mentor, modeler, and role-player for various agile team roles, including Scrum Master, Business Analyst, QA, Product Owner, etc.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience across the full development lifecycle with leadership responsibilities.
• 5+ years of customer-facing experience partnering with stakeholders on Lean-Agile adoptions.
• 5+ years of experience understanding and communicating the need for change and guiding complex problem solutions.
• 5+ years of competency in agile fundamentals, including values, principles, practices, and their application.
• Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, or equivalent Agile certification.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent experience.