Agile Coach

Stellent IT LLC; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellent IT LLC in Reston, VA is seeking an Agile Coach to drive enterprise-wide lean Agile enablement and transformation. The role requires coaching across teams, programs, and leadership to implement SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban practices.

Travel and in-person rounds will be minimal, with hybrid office presence in DMV region. The candidate should have SPC certification, SAFe training experience, and 10+ years in lean/agile leadership, including 5+ years in SAFe implementation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years lean/agile experience.
• 5+ years SAFe/agile implementation experience and leading agile transformations.
• SPC Active certification mandatory.
• Training experience on SAFe framework mandatory.
• Healthcare background is a plus.
• AWS/AI deployments experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Champions enterprise-wide lean agile adoption and continued improvement across the organization. Works with peers and management to define and refine the enterprise agile vision, drives the organization-wide lean agile enablement/transformation strategy and roadmap.
• Provides coaching to teams and programs on Lean Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban etc, maturing agile mindset and coaching key roles to achieve business results.
• Organizes workshops and presentations to promote agile maturity; conducts training on release planning, backlog grooming, story writing, roles/responsibilities, ceremonies and best practices.
• Remains current with industry trends to identify characteristics of high performing teams and improve business agility.

Skills

Strong communication

Lead transformations

Lean/Agile exp

SAFe implementation

Training experience

Healthcare background

AWS deployments

AI deployments

Education

Bachelor's degree

Business Administration or related field

Job description

Job Title: Agile Coach

Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid_ office 1x per week for trainings & meetings_ Candidates must reside in DMV)

Duration: 12+ months

Interview Process: 1st round via Teams & 2nd round will be In-person

Note:

*Strategic teams' agent

*Could serve on either Product or Platform teams depending on need

Additional/Must Have Skills:

• Strong communication skills.
• Prior exp. w/ leading enterprise level transformations & having coached multiple teams/roles.
• 10+ yrs lean/agile prior exp.
• 5+ yrs safe/agile implementation prior exp. (must have led agile transformations).
• SPC certification mandatory.
• Prior training exp. on SAFe framework mandatory.
• Healthcare background is a plus.
• AWS/AI deployments exp. is a plus.

Licenses/Certifications:

• SPC Active certification and training experience Must
• Certified SAFe Program Consultant Upon Hire
• Certified Scrum Master (CSP) Upon Hire Req
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Upon Hire Req
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Upon Hire Pref
• IC Agile ICP-ACC Upon Hire Pref
• Certified Scrum Professional Upon Hire Pref

PURPOSE:

Serves as a strategic change agent, who champions enterprise-wide lean agile enablement and transformation. Drives continuous improvement across the organization through the use of Agile, Scrum and Lean values/practices and servant leadership . Comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization use Lean Agile as a strategic asset for culture change and business value generation. Creates and nurtures a culture of continuous learning, growth mindset and agile maturity at the enterprise level by partnering with stakeholders at various levels; and through Lean Agile coaching. Influences leaders and associates in the enterprise to be Lean-Agile Leaders demonstrating a Lean-Agile Mindset.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

40% Champions enterprise-wide lean agile adoption and continued improvement across the organization. Comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization use Lean Agile as a strategic asset for culture change and business value generation. Works with peers and management to define and refine the enterprise agile vision, drives the organization-wide lean agile enablement/transformation strategy and roadmap. Develops, implements and improves lean-agile metrics, support roll out. Continuously improves enterprise lean agile practices, enhances/develops training materials. Works with stakeholders to understand the flow of value across the enterprise, identifies and removes enterprise level blockers that impact business agility.
40% Provides coaching to teams and programs on all aspects of Lean Agile, and helps them decide team and program level frameworks (e.g. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban etc). Works with the teams to mature their agile mindset, practices, ceremonies, and coaches the key roles to achieve business results. Helps teams improve predictability, productivity, quality, flow etc. Supports and guides efforts to bring transparency across the organization and the stakeholders. Drives the journey towards high performing team/program by creating psychological safety and trusts to enable self-managing teams, transparency, team empowerment and continuous learning. Helps identify Value Streams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), prepares the teams for ART launch, trains teams and leadership, coaches ART execution, and helps drive continuous improvement at the ART level. Experience applying SAFe and Agile/product mindset to creating and sustaining Platform teams.
15% Organizes workshops and presentations that helps promote agile maturity across the organization. Conducts training which includes, but is not limited to, the areas of release planning, backlog grooming, story writing, roles and responsibilities, the ceremonies of Scrum, Kanban and technical best-practices; product management teams, Scrum masters and other roles.
5% Remains current with industry trends in order to identify characteristics of high performing teams/organizations and to help improve business agility within the enterprise

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Level:

Bachelor's Degree

Education Details:

Business Administration or related field
Experience: 10 years or equivalent in the use of Lean, Agile methodologies. Proven success leading large-scale Agile transformation.
In Lieu of Education: In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Five plus years coaching and training teams in SAFe Agile enablement and transformation.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Expert knowledge of Lean, Agile principles and practices., Expert
• Expert knowledge of lean/agile theory, different methodologies like SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, DevOps; practices, ceremonies, etc. , Expert
• Knowledge of Product management, DevOps, Test automation, and other supporting functions required for delivering business value like infrastructure, InfoSec, Architecture etc, , Advanced
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and industry standard Agile tools. , Advanced
• Ability to organize data and generate comprehensive reports. , Advanced
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems. , Expert
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Expert
• Self-starter with an ability to prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines, Expert
• Ability to drive change at all levels, manage conflicts constructively., Expert