SAFe Agile Coach

Build What Matters, Simply and Efficiently

Agilious leads with a singular purpose - to empower organizations to build digital solutions that truly serve people by simplifying software delivery and eliminating waste. With over 20 years of experience in strategy, design, engineering, and data, our clients count on us not just to deliver technology, but to strengthen your teams with the skills, training, and strategy they need to create real, user‑focused impact at scale.

Agilious is seeking an experienced SAFe Agile Coach to join our Agile Consulting practice. Our Agile consultants work closely with our customers to support them throughout their project needs. Our goal is to help our clients deliver value quickly and delight their end users by enabling a healthy Agile mindset and practices.

The SAFe Agile Coach is a change agent and servant leader for one or more Portfolios which anchors on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). In close collaboration with SAFe Release Train (ART) Engineers (RTEs), they coordinate with decision makers, teams, and other parts of the organization to optimize value delivery, address risks and impediments, and foster a culture of transparency and continuous improvement.

The SAFe Agile coach promotes and models the Lean‑Agile mindset and is expected to have excellent communication and facilitation skills. They must be willing and able to courageously speak the truth, as well as tactfully challenge assumptions and decisions, including those from senior management.

The SAFe Agile coach should have a strong understanding of Lean‑Agile concepts to train and guide RTEs and SAFe Scrum Masters in their roles. SAFe experience is a must, but optimal candidates will also bring with them significant experience in other areas, such as technology, as well as strong people skills. Experience with other scaling frameworks is also desirable. With their domain expertise, the SAFe Agile coach must balance teaching and mentoring with coaching and facilitation and know when it is most appropriate to apply each.

Together with senior management, the SAFe Agile coach develops strategies to enable transformation or evolution within their domain. They apply their knowledge of common Agile and technical practices, and they also use their creativity and critical thinking skills to develop emerging practices to best optimize the system in which they work and help the customer and the delivery teams stay connected to the enterprise strategy.

This position is primarily remote, with select day(s) working from a location in the DC‑MD‑VA metro region.

The SAFe Agile Coach role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver.

• Training & Mentoring
  • Teach Lean‑Agile principles, SAFe roles (Scrum Master, PO), and facilitate workshops (e.g., PI Planning).
  • Supports the management of risks, impediments, and dependencies.
• Transformation Leadership
  • Lead organization‑wide Lean‑Agile shifts, removing barriers and customizing the SAFe implementation path.
  • Encourages collaboration across individuals and teams, including those outside of the delivery teams.
  • Negotiates solutions to problems, persuades others, and resolves conflicts and challenges within the organization.