Agile Coach

Nationwide IT Services, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid holidays

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services, Inc. seeks an experienced Agile Coach to help delivery teams adopt agile practices and lead organizational change in digital service delivery.

The role is fully remote and requires SC-SECRET clearance and Scrum Alliance Enterprise Coach certification or equivalent. You will establish agile portfolio processes, strengthen governance, and build an agile culture using lean methodologies.

Qualifications

• At least five years of relevant agile coaching experience.
• Experience enabling agile delivery, establishing agile portfolio processes, and supporting organizational adoption of agile and lean practices.
• Ability to coach and mentor teams and stakeholders, facilitate workshops, and develop staff members’ coaching capabilities.
• Experience supporting delivery metrics, requirements, status visibility, cross-team coordination, and governance.
• Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Enable delivery teams to adopt agile practices and perform development activities.
• Establish processes for managing a portfolio of work using agile approaches.
• Drive strategic organizational change to support adoption of agile techniques.
• Embed an agile culture using techniques from a range of agile and lean methodologies and frameworks.
• Use coaching, advising, workshops, and mentoring to help teams and stakeholders apply relevant tools and techniques.
• Enable stakeholders to access accurate, current project and program status without disrupting delivery teams.
• Apply appropriate tools and techniques to team roles, behaviors, structure, culture, agile ceremonies and practices, and knowledge transfer and sharing.
• Support program management, cross-team coordination, and governance of digital service delivery.
• Ensure that key metrics and requirements supporting teams and delivery are well defined and maintained.
• Equip staff with the skills and ability to coach others.
• When assigned at the organizational level, coach executives on the fundamental considerations of digital service delivery design.

Skills

Agile coaching

Workshop facilitation

Mentoring

Cross-team coordination

Delivery metrics

Education

Undergraduate degree

Job description

Agile Coach

Security Clearance: SECRET

Certification Requirement: Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach certification or equivalent.

Position Summary

Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a highly qualified Agile Coach to help delivery teams adopt agile practices and support organizational change in digital service delivery. This is a potential, fully remote role that coaches teams and stakeholders, establishes agile portfolio processes, and builds an agile culture using lean and agile methodologies. The coach strengthens coordination, governance, and visibility into delivery progress while developing staff members’ ability to coach others. The position supports all task areas. This position is contingent upon contract award and funding.

Key Responsibilities

• Enable delivery teams to adopt agile practices and perform development activities.
• Establish processes for managing a portfolio of work using agile approaches.
• Drive strategic organizational change to support adoption of agile techniques.
• Embed an agile culture using techniques from a range of agile and lean methodologies and frameworks.
• Use coaching, advising, workshops, and mentoring to help teams and stakeholders apply relevant tools and techniques.
• Enable stakeholders to access accurate, current project and program status without disrupting delivery teams.
• Apply appropriate tools and techniques to team roles, behaviors, structure, culture, agile ceremonies and practices, and knowledge transfer and sharing.
• Support program management, cross-team coordination, and governance of digital service delivery.
• Ensure that key metrics and requirements supporting teams and delivery are well defined and maintained.
• Equip staff with the skills and ability to coach others.
• When assigned at the organizational level, coach executives on the fundamental considerations of digital service delivery design.

Required Qualifications

• At least five years of relevant experience directly related to the agile coaching duties and responsibilities described above.
• Experience enabling agile delivery, establishing agile portfolio processes, and supporting organizational adoption of agile and lean practices.
• Ability to coach and mentor teams and stakeholders, facilitate workshops, and develop staff members’ coaching capabilities.
• Experience supporting delivery metrics, requirements, status visibility, cross-team coordination, and governance.
• Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach certification or equivalent.

Minimum Education

• Undergraduate degree required.

Security Requirements

• SECRET

About Nationwide IT Services

NIS is a CVE-verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and an IT and management consulting company. Our mission is to deliver value-added services to our customers, leveraging technology, people, and industry best practices to implement innovative solutions through our trusted employees and team members.

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer match; paid holidays; PTO (sick/vacation); commuter benefits; an employee assistance program (EAP); educational reimbursement; and pet insurance.

Salary range $180,000 to $215,000 annually

The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers, including the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate's experience, education, and skills, and current market conditions.