Job Title : Agile Coach
Contract : W2
Duration : Short Term
Location : Remote
A servant leader and coach who assists teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Service Delivery Managers, Service Request Managers, and the organization to drive value focused delivery of products through facilitation, impediment removal and coaching. Agilest teach and promote agile mindset/skill set and may use a variety of agile Frameworks (i.e., Scrum, Kanban, & Hybrid) to coach/mentor the team towards agile maturity and business outcomes. The Agilest III interacts at the enterprise level, across multiple teams and departments. Acts in a consulting capacity at both the organizational and team levels. Facilitates program level processes and execution. Maintains position of subject matter expertise, with the ability to assess new developments in the agile community and integrate promising new techniques.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: |
% of Time |
· Collaborates with the Project Management Office. Assists in the coordination of team and department roadmaps based on organizational demand/capacity constraints. |
20% |
· Creates an environment that facilitates positive team health as well as provide guidance and management to all workers to ensure goals are met. Helps assess the Agile health and fluency of the organization and coach to higher effectiveness, at a pace that is sustainable |
20% |
· Use professional coaching, mentoring, facilitation, and training to support leaders on their personal development journeys to ensure adoption of best practices from the top down |
15% |
· Facilitate cross team, cross-department initiatives and manage complex dependencies. Helps the organization identify impediments and discover ways to remove dependencies |
15% |
· Develops emerging practices that best optimize the company’s IT management system and help the portfolio stay connected to enterprise strategy |
10% |
· Implements practices for visions, roadmaps, OKRs and work hierarchy across the enterprise that connects portfolio, planning and execution |
10% |
· Guides transformational change on our journey to product |
10% |
Professional Certification(s): |
· Certification in multiple Agile frameworks and Agilist skills such as ICP-ACC, CTC, CST, CSP-SM, PSM III, CSP-PO, PSPO, KCP, SAFe Agilist
Technical Skills and Knowledge: |
· Expert understanding of multiple applications development methodologies and best practices
· Expert understanding of delivering and supporting technical solutions in various infrastructure domains
· Expert understanding/demonstration utilizing Application Lifecycle Management tools
· Expert understanding in implementing and maintaining key performance measures related to program, project, and/or portfolio management, including benefit realization
Required Skills : 5+ years of agile coaching experience 8+ years of experience working in agile environments overall Experience building out best agile practices, making recommendations for agile tools, and mentorship experience Experience with software implementations, and business change management -Jira