SAFe/Agile Coach

Genesis Consulting Partners, LLC; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesis Consulting Partners, LLC seeks a SAFe/Agile Coach to lead agile and DevOps transformation for a government-focused credentialing program, with emphasis on SAP Procure to Pay and Budget to Report. Deep agile knowledge, coaching excellence, and large-scale change leadership are essential.

You will plan transformations, run PI planning, and support multiple ARTs while aligning SAFe with public sector requirements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience guiding agile transformations including SAFe and Scrum.
• Public sector software development experience, preferably SAP Procure to Pay / Budget to Report.
• Leadership coaching across teams and enterprise levels.
• Hands-on change agent across multiple teams and boundaries.
• Experience launching Agile Release Trains and building a DevOps culture.
• Experience supporting PI Planning and coordinating multiple ARTs.
• Experience implementing CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead agile transformation planning and coaching implementations with schedules and status reporting.
• Conduct gap analyses and define as-is/to-be paths for government programs.
• Report risks, run coaching meetings with leaders to drive business value.

Skills

SAFe coaching

Scrum

Leadership coaching

Change management

Agile transformation

PI Planning

DevOps culture

CI/CD

Lean Portfolio

Barrier removal

Security clearance

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

The SAFe/AgileCoach will lead the implementation of agile and DevOps principles andbest practices using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as part of our customer’scredentialing program. This credentialing program requires agile coachingprofessionals with deep knowledge of agile, broad experience, impartialperspective, true coaching skills, and reinforced learning. This role will be responsible for leading an SAP team focused on Procure to Pay and Budget to Report.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning for agiletransformation and coaching activities, including schedules and coachingimplementation plans that incorporate the Coaches’ approach of guidance,instruction, and direction provided to ensure implementation and sustainment ofthe Agile approach, and monthly status reports
• Review current businesspractices, principles and processes and conduct business gap analysis onprograms to define current ‘as-is’ business practices and outline path toward ‘to-be’agile practices to be formulated as recommendations for government implementation
• Assist program personnel inapplying and adapting agile processes throughout the programs, identify andreport risks and issues that constrain programs and agile teams fromeffectively and quickly delivering business value, and lead coaching meetingswith branch and division managers to support business improvement practiceswithin the organization. List the primary duties and responsibilities in orderof importance

Requirements

MinimumQualifications/Experience:

• Experience guiding organizationsthrough agile transformation challenges using Scrum and SAFe
• Experience in Public Sector SoftwareDevelopment programs, preferably SAP Implementations focused on Procure to Pay and/or Budget to Report
• Experience in leadershipcoaching, organizational transformation, and Agile practices at the teams(Program and below) and at the enterprise level
• Experience as a hands-onorganizational change agent working across multiple teams and organizationalboundaries
• Experience assisting leadershipand team members with removing barriers and embracing transformation byassisting each organization to customize its own path, approach and solutionsto becoming Agile
• Experience launching agile teamsand Agile Release Trains, building a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOpsculture, and empowering a Lean Portfolio
• Experience supporting andexecuting PI Planning events and coordinating multiple Agile Release Trains(ARTs)
• Experience helping agile teamsimplement agile technical practices and continuous integration continuousdeployment (CICD) tools and pipelines

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years’experience, or 10 years’ experience with no degree

Required Certifications:

• Scrum-certified by ScrumAlliance or Scrum.org
• SAFe Certification

Other:

• Must be US Citizen
• Must have Active DoD Secretclearance or Ability to Obtain it
• Willingness to be on-site daily