Introduction
This Job can be Performed from anywhere in the US
Your role and responsibilities
- Deliver comprehensive Agile training through virtual classroom sessions and remote coaching for cohorts of Scrum teams
- Model Agile principles and correct anti-patterns during team interactions.
- Support Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning Daily Standups Reviews Retrospectives).
- Collaborate with the clients' Agile Transformation Office (ATO) to align training with organizational goals.
- Provide feedback progress reports and recommendations for continuous improvement to client in support of contract deliverables
- Ensure quality assurance of training content and coaching delivery.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Deep knowledge of Agile principles and frameworks (e.g. Kanban Scrum framework SAFe)
- Strong foundation in servant leadership skills including problem solving conflict leadership and growing teams and individuals.
- Proven experience mentoring and coaching teams with diverse roles (product owners scrum master developers program/company leadership)
- Instructional experience: creating implementing and delivering Agile course content
- Strong facilitation and communications kills; ability to facilitate critical conversations and resolve team conflicts.
- Proven experience with Agile tools including issue tracking tools such as Jira CICD tools such as Jenkins/GitLab CI and build automation.
- 5 or more years of experience as an Agile coach or similar role
- Demonstrated experience modeling the Agile mindset building a culture of continuous improvement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Experience in enterprise Agile transformations and working with Agile Transformation offices.
- Familiarity with workshops (e.g. Kaizen Value Stream mapping) and organizational change management.
- Advanced certifications (e.g. ICAgile SAFe Program Consultant Advanced Scrum Master PMP Agile Certified Practitioner)
- Background in the full software development lifecycle including DevSecOps integration and scaling agile practices.
- Ability to design implement and monitor transformation agile metrics and dashboards to help teams optimize processes and make improvements.