Sr Agile Coach

TechDigital Group; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to lead transformative initiatives and foster a culture of agility. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your extensive knowledge of Agile methodologies to mentor leaders and teams, driving significant improvements in organizational practices. You will be instrumental in shaping the Agile transformation vision and executing strategies that enhance collaboration and innovation. This opportunity allows you to make a meaningful impact while working in a dynamic environment that values creativity and a growth mindset. If you are passionate about Agile practices and ready to inspire change, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in managing large programs and agile transformations.
• 5+ years as an Agile Coach at the enterprise level with a focus on executive coaching.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor leaders to develop high-performing Agile teams.
• Design and implement Agile transformation strategies across portfolios.

Skills

Agile Coaching

SAFe Transformation

Facilitation Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Strategic Thinking

Growth Mindset

Collaboration

Education

Agile Coach Certification

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

PMI Certification

Tools

Jira

Jira Align

Rally

Confluence

Miro

Mural

Job description

• Showcase and enhance your agile coach competencies of People coaching, mentoring, training, and facilitation for fostering learning & adaptive culture.
• Fostering the "Being Agile” culture from Doing Agile.
• Designing or contributing to the Organization's Agile Transformation Vision, Roadmap, Strategy and Execution based on SAFe or other scaling frameworks.
• Coaching, mentoring, and training business leaders to evolve and support needed in standing up high performing Agile Portfolio, alignment of business value streams and setup of Solution/Agile Release Trains to drive business objectives and results.
• Proactively analyze and make recommendations for improvements to existing agile organizational practices and patterns at the Portfolio, Program, and team level, identify ways to improve Organization's agile maturity.
• Develop and update orientation and training content to enhance agile practices and mindset.
• Maintain best practices, tools, templates, and other content to support agile implementation and communities of practice.
• Share best practices and insights across the organization to remove impediments to the implementation of Agile.
• Mentoring Agile Release Train Engineers on best practices around ART Backlog, Facilitating PI ceremonies and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Development and execution support of Agile transformation strategies within different Portfolio and/or Programs.
• Providing upskilling recommendations for RTEs, Scrum Masters, POPM and other relevant agile roles based on the suitable methods, practices, and agile frameworks.
• Guidance on running Community of Practices/Enablement and chapters to drive the learning and innovation culture.

Knowledge, Competencies and Skills

• SAFe Strategist & executor - Experience in executing SAFe transformations, Setup LACE, Running LPM and OKR workshops.
• Product Thinker – Continuously work with LACE to drive Project to Product Mindset and FLOW of Value.
• Role Model of Growth mindset & Being Agile than just doing agile in the servant leadership style. From project managers to executives, everyone you work with will benefit from your hands-on coaching style and depth of knowledge about core Agile theory and methodology, including complex concepts like product management, scaling, conflict resolution and forecasting – all within a tangible, comprehensive plan.
• Facilitation of I&A, Lean Portfolio Canvas workshop, VSM Mapping, Problem-solving and backlog designing workshops to identify potential solutions to opportunities and problems identified at the Portfolio and Program level. Passionate problem solver and negotiator who succeeds in ambiguous situations.
• Discipline expert in Scrum, Kanban, Lean, TDD/XP, BDD and scaling these practices.
• Work requires seasoned knowledge and a command of Agile methods and practical implementation of these practices.
• Agile methodology training & Certifications – Agile Coach Certification from Industry recognized bodies (e.g., Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org, ICAgile, Kanban University, PMI etc.).
• Strong communication skills with experience in delivering programs, training, workshops that influence.
• Strategic Thinker: strong strategic and critical thinker with ability to delve into unique challenges and find creative solutions.
• Collaboration & fun: inclusive and collaborative work style while creating fun and excitement in our work. Integrity and trust: do what's right and operate with transparency and openness. We love Gamification in the work we do & have our in-house frameworks designed to amplify the learning culture.

Work Experience

• Seasoned Coach with skills to transform culture & focus on human centered transformation.
• Certified SPC with 15+ years of overall experience in being part of or managing large programs and/or Product lifecycle.
• 5+ years of related experience being an Agile Coach at Enterprise level in executive coaching for large scale agile transformations.
• 2+ years of related experience being a Program level coach and/or RTE.
• 5+ years of people management experience (with Certified Scrum Master in SAFe or CSM or CSPO/PSPO/POPM) in agile programs.
• Experience and understanding of Design Thinking, DEVSECOPS, SRE, Change management practices etc.
• Experience and Coaching using HSD, Clean Language, Spiral Dynamics, Systemic coaching Agenda Shift, etc. for people transformation.
• Experience in APM Tools like Jira, Jira Align, Rally, Confluence etc. and facilitation tools like Miro, Mural etc. is must.
• Experience coaching in distributed Agile delivery environments and facilitate remote workshops.
• Certification from ICAgile, PMI, ScrumAlliance on Agile Coaching will be a great addition.