Agile Coach

●          Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for adopting agile best practices

●          Guide teams in how to stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning their approach to ensure that overall strategy is being met

●          Lead agile workshops for people of various technical disciplines, as well as for key stakeholders

●          Promote a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and assigning responsibility

●          Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset, and ensure the organization is adhering to industry best practices

●          Work directly with Scrum Masters, Team Leads, and the PMO to nurture a healthy and productive agile environment

Responsibilities

●          Facilitate learning and development among employees through individual and team coaching

●          Coach senior managers in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from the top down

●          Communicate agile principles, scrum practices, and overall operating model across the organization

●          Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by teams

●          Undertake daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met

●          Maintain objectivity regarding issues and how to troubleshoot them by applying agile principles

●          Hold stand-up meetings with cross-functional teams to review project status

●          Support leadership in understanding and participating in good agile practices

●          Facilitate the development of working agreements between teams and departments to improve cross-functional collaboration

●          Guide the organization in implementing structured prioritization frameworks based on business value

●          Assist in establishing clear escalation paths and practices to reduce workflow interruptions

●          Help teams develop strategies for managing technical debt within agile frameworks

●          Support the formation and maintenance of stable teams with clear ownership boundaries

Required skills and qualifications

●          Five or more years of experience as agile coach 

●          Experience in using scrum, kanban, and knowledge of how agile scales best

●          Track record of implementing agile techniques in different work cultures and environments

●          Experience in running agile projects of varying size and complexity, even in a hybrid waterfall environment

●          Strong skills for leading, educating, and coaching

●          Excellent written and verbal communication skills

●          Heightened personal skills to resolve conflicts and enable people of different skills to work well together

●          Ability to work directly with people in any position, regardless of technical skill or title

●          Able to recognize antpatterns within team dynamics and proactively work to avoid or remove them

●          Experience breaking down organizational silos and improving collaboration between development and operations teams

●          Demonstrated success in shifting organizations from reactive to proactive approaches

●          Knowledge of techniques for integrating quality assurance throughout the development lifecycle

●          Experience implementing value-based prioritization frameworks

●          Track record of successfully managing organizational change in environments with entrenched practices

Preferred skills and qualifications

●          Certification as agile coach or scrum master

●          Experience in coaching at large organizations or Fortune 500 companies

●          Educational background in computer science, business management, and/or project management

●          Previous management experience