Description:
SENIOR AGILE COACH

The Sr. Agile Coach is responsible for the agile education of Product Teams and leaders in order to establish common understanding of agile principles and frameworks. They will evaluate Product Teams and leaders in order to identify opportunity for improvement around agile adoption, and help these teams improve their practices and more effectively embrace agile. This role will also be accountable for developing the strategy and plans around how to achieve the Product Team agile educational goal.

The Sr. Agile Coach will be the resident expert of agile principles and related methodologies and practices within the Product Team organization. As such, these individuals will need to be involved with internal and external agile networks in order to stay current on best practices and strategies related to this way of working. Partnership and learning are cornerstones of the agile mindset, thus the Sr. Agile Coach will need to actively participate in the thought leadership within these Agile communities and seek out opportunities to continuously improve their own skills in order to better support the Product organization.

• Participate in internal Community of Practices and foster internal relationships across the enterprise.
• Participate in external professional organizations relevant to one's field.
• Willingness to attend conferences, trade shows, or industry events, as appropriate.

Training and Certification

The Sr. Agile Coach will be responsible for understanding training and learning materials and approaches and detailing the principles of agile. They will develop strategies and plans around how to share these materials with the Product Teams and leaders, and thus be accountable for ensuring all Product Teams and leaders understand these concepts and how they apply to the working processes of the Product Teams. The Sr. Agile Coach will be responsible for the active coaching of Product Teams and leaders in order to provide more "hands-on" direction in the moment. In addition, the Sr. Agile Coach will be responsible for coordinating with engineering coaches who may be required to support the supplemental coaching, education and training of the Product Teams.

• Ability to write and develop instructional content (including training programs, written procedures, or any other instructional material).
• Identify learning objectives for a particular audience.
• Schedule product teams for training or certification programs.
• Deliver formal instruction to others (for example, lead classroom training or certification sessions).
• Coach teams and show others how to do tasks on the job.

Consulting and Process Improvement

The Sr. Agile Coach will be responsible for coordinating with partners outside of the Product Teams in order to align agile coaching strategies and practices based on Scrum, Kanban and other frameworks. The Sr. Agile Coach will work closely with partners, particularly Scrum Masters, Product Manager, and Engineer Managers, to evaluate how teams work together, develop strategies around how agile principles can be effectively leveraged to improve the ability for Product Teams to deliver, and ultimately ensure these concepts and practices are reflected in the coaching provided to the Product Teams.

• Demonstrate Product Team adoption of best practices and repeatable processes.
• Provide subject matter expertise to Product Teams and specific roles (Scrum Masters, Product Managers).
• Proactively provide feedback to leaders and individuals based on direct observations.

Coaching Team

Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the team of agile and engineering coaches to share experiences, develop shared training material, and ensure a consistent coaching experience and base-level set of learning for the Product Teams and leaders.

• Proactively provide feedback to other coaches.
• Actively contribute to the evolution of the coaching product.
• Provide support/backfill to other coaches, as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 3+ years Agile work experience across a variety of Agile teams and Agile methodologies and frameworks.
• Facilitated coaching and/or learning programs for product teams and leaders

DESIRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Agile certifications (Scrum Master, SAFe/Scaling, Product Owner, Coaching, etc.)
• 2+ years Agile coaching experience
• Lean, Kanban, Continuous Improvement, Process experience/certifications
• DevOps experience (build automation, test automation, test driven development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Development (CD), Infrastructure as code, etc.)
• Technical/development experience (java/o.o.p. coding, scripting, infrastructure development, application development)
• Design, UX experience
• Active engagement in external agile and product communities with a network of professional contacts outside of the organization

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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