Senior Agile Coach: SAFe Lead for Federal Programs (Remote)

Booz Allen Hamilton; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Agile Coach Lead to mentor Scrum Masters and BAs, build and lead the VA SAFe practice, and drive Agile maturity across multi-team IT programs. You will coordinate release planning, governance, and cross-team dependencies to ensure on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes scalable Agile implementation, collaboration with Product Owners and Program Managers, and leveraging automated processes to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Agile delivery.
• 3+ years of experience coaching or leading multiple Scrum teams concurrently.
• Experience standardizing Agile practice across a multi-team IT or cybersecurity program.
• Experience with Jira administration and Agile-metrics and reporting.
• Public Trust.
• Bachelor's degree.
• ICAgile Professional Certification.

Responsibilities

• Evangelize Agile principles.
• Coach and manage the ICAM Scrum Master and Business Analysts across all product workstreams, standardizing ceremonies, definitions of done, and Jira tracking practices.
• Own program-level Agile governance and requirements-traceability practices, using a structured intake, decomposition, and validation model.
• Escalate and resolve cross-team dependencies affecting sprint delivery across the ICAM workstreams.
• Partner with the ICAM Product Owner and Program Manager on release planning, roadmap updates, and Quarterly Program Review inputs.
• Drive continuous improvement of Agile maturity across the program, including retrospective trend analysis and coaching for underperforming teams relative to a 90% sprint-completion target.
• Leverage IA intelligently to drive efficiency and quality of output and automate tasks wherever appropriate.
• Develop and consistently use ways of working which allow Agents and automated processes to effectively assist.

Skills

Agile delivery

Coaching multiple Scrum teams

Agile governance

Jira administration

Agile metrics & reporting

Public Trust

Education

Bachelor's degree

ICAgile Professional Certification

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Agile Coach Lead to mentor Scrum Masters and BAs, build and lead the VA SAFe practice, and drive Agile maturity across multi-team IT programs. You will coordinate release planning, governance, and cross-team dependencies to ensure on-time delivery.

The role emphasizes scalable Agile implementation, collaboration with Product Owners and Program Managers, and leveraging automated processes to improve efficiency.