Agile Coach

Spectrum 360 A NJ Non Profit Corp.; Weehawken (NJ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum 360 A NJ Non Profit Corp. is looking for an Agile Coach based in Weehawken, NJ for a contract position. The role involves providing Agile coaching, mentoring Scrum Masters, and leading the onboarding of teams in Agile practices.

Successful candidates will lead Agile transformations, introduce methodologies like Scrum and SAFe, and enhance team collaborations and quality practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of Agile coaching and methodologies.
• Experience mentoring Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile teams.
• Ability to lead Agile transformations across various teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide Agile coaching to teams focusing on Scrum practices.
• Mentor Scrum Masters and government Agile teams to enhance practices.
• Lead relationships between business units and Agile COE.
• Onboard new groups into the Agile transformation process.
• Implement Agile methodologies in project delivery using SAFe.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Agile methodologies

Scrum practices

Continuous integration

Business development

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Title: Agile Coach

Location: Weehawken NJ (Day 1 Onsite)

Job Type: Contract

• Provide Agile coaching to teams on all aspects of the project management framework, with a strong focus on Scrum practices.
• Coaching and mentoring Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile teams and management to enhance release planning, agile ceremonies, continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.
• Transferring knowledge and helping teams continuously reflect and improve, becoming more effective in their roles and increasing the outcome, collaboration, and quality practices.
• Lead the overall relationship between lines of business (LOB) or groups and the Agile COE (and other resources supporting Agile Transformation), relationship building, business development, facilitation of expert resources and alignment with team / leadership needs.
• Onboard new groups or LOBs into the transformation process, provide overview presentation and evangelize agile practices.
• Introduce agile methodologies and implement agility in the project delivery processes using SAFe and Scrum.
• Continue to evangelize the need for top-down support for agile culture and values in order to achieve maximum results from the use of agile practices.
• Demonstrates and shares experiences and observations with all team members and to ensure best practices are being used and recommends process improvement.
• Oversees the overall objective cohesion of initiatives involving many scrum teams and leads initiative performance.
• Assesses emerging trends/best practices and determines implications of proposed methodologies on meeting business unit strategy.