Agile Coach

Eliassen Group; United States; On-site; USD 103,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group in Dallas, Texas seeks experienced Lean/Team Coaches to partner with Scrum Leads and Product Owners across multiple delivery teams. You will be hands-on, embedded, and drive agile maturity and measurable business outcomes.

This engagement requires onsite work most days. W2 or Corp-Corp arrangements are available, with medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) with company matching, and life insurance. Immediate interview and September/October 2026 start.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as an Agile Coach.
• Experience coaching Scrum Masters and Product Owners at the team level.
• Strong command of Scrum ceremonies and backlog management.

Responsibilities

• Coach Scrum Leads and Product Owners through facilitation and feedback.
• Lead Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives).
• Identify impediments and maturity gaps; develop improvement plans.
• Collaborate with coaching peers to raise practice standards and consistency.

Skills

Agile coaching

Scrum ceremonies

Backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation

Coaching teams

Servant leadership

Agile metrics

Job description

• Hiring Team Agile Coaches to join a consulting engagement with a Fortune 100 sized organization
• Candidates must be able to work onsite most days in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas
• Available for immediate interview and start date on the engagement in September 2026 / October 2026

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $90.00/hr (W2 or Corp-Corp eligible. Note: candidates working Corp-Corp must be working through individually owned LLC)

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking a driven, experienced Lean/Team Coaches to partner with Scrum Leads and Product Owners across multiple delivery teams. In this highly visible role, you will serve as a hands-on guide, educator, and strategic thought partner — elevating Agile maturity, improving team dynamics, and delivering measurable business outcomes. This is not a passive advisory role: you will be embedded in the work, leading from the front and collaborating closely with a community of fellow Agile coaches to continuously improve our practice.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Coaching & Team Enablement

• Coach Scrum Leads and Product Owners through hands-on facilitation, observation, and feedback — building capability rather than dependency.
• Guide and facilitate core Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives, helping teams run them effectively and independently over time.
• Identify team impediments, anti-patterns, and maturity gaps; develop and execute tailored improvement plans.
• Model servant leadership behaviors and help teams build a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety, and accountability.

Backlog Management & Prioritization

• Support Product Owners in building, maintaining, and refining well-structured, outcome-oriented product backlogs.
• Facilitate backlog grooming (refinement) sessions, helping teams decompose epics, write actionable user stories, define acceptance criteria, and estimate effectively.
• Champion backlog hygiene and ensure stories are consistently ready for planning cycles, reducing sprint drag and rework.

Business Acumen & Stakeholder Partnership

• Translate business goals into Agile delivery strategies, helping teams understand the 'why' behind their work and connect it to organizational value.
• Communicate team health, velocity trends, and delivery risks to leadership in clear, business-relevant terms.
• Partner with business stakeholders to align expectations, clarify priorities, and navigate trade-off conversations with confidence.

Coaching Community & Practice Development

• Actively collaborate with fellow Agile coaches through Communities of Practice, shared retrospectives, and co-coaching engagements.
• Contribute to developing and refining standards, playbooks, toolkits, and training materials for the broader organization.
• Share learnings, innovations, and challenges with the coaching team to raise collective capability and consistency across the practice.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Experience & Credentials

• 5+ years of hands-on experience as an Agile Coach with a track record of tangible team improvement.
• Direct experience coaching both Scrum Masters and Product Owners at the team level, not just consulting from a distance.
• Deep command of Scrum ceremonies, backlog management techniques, and prioritization frameworks.
• Relevant certification(s) preferred: CSM, CSP, ICP-ACC, SAFe SPC, PMP-ACP, or equivalent.