JIRA Administrator & Agile Coach - Transformation Lead

Doist; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Doist is seeking a JIRA Administrator & Agile Coach in a hybrid role based in the United States, with responsibility for modernizing and standardizing enterprise JIRA boards and coaching teams on Agile best practices.

The role requires hands-on JIRA administration expertise and experience coaching Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe teams across technology groups, with a focus on adoption of Agile frameworks and governance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessment of current JIRA usage and configurations.
• Lead rehabilitation and standardization of JIRA boards, workflows, and governance.
• Serve as Agile Coach for Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe teams.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Support and coach Product Owners in backlog refinement, prioritization, and story definition.
• Review Azure DevOps or JIRA boards to manage sprint delivery, updating tasks as necessary.
• Remove impediments and proactively identify risks impacting delivery.
• Promote Agile best practices and coach teams on self-organization and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate dependencies across multiple products, teams, and stakeholders.
• Track and communicate team performance metrics such as velocity and predictability.
• Foster strong collaboration between IT, Product Owners, and business stakeholders.
• Support Agile transformation initiatives across the organization.
• Encourage a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Create Product Status Reports in alignment with PMO standards.

Job description

Doist is seeking a JIRA Administrator & Agile Coach in a hybrid role based in the United States, with responsibility for modernizing and standardizing enterprise JIRA boards and coaching teams on Agile best practices.

The role requires hands-on JIRA administration expertise and experience coaching Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe teams across technology groups, with a focus on adoption of Agile frameworks and governance.