Agile Coach

At NTT DATA, we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees have been key factors in our company’s growth and market presence. By hiring the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, we ensure a bright future for NTT DATA and for the people who work here.

For more than 25 years, NTT DATA has focused on impacting the core of your business operations with industry‑leading outsourcing services and automation. With our industry‑specific platforms, we deliver continuous value addition, and innovation that will improve your business outcomes. Outsourcing is not just a method of gaining a one‑time cost advantage, but an effective strategy for gaining and maintaining competitive advantages when executed as part of an overall sourcing strategy.

NTT DATA currently seeks a Agile Coach to join our team in Louisville, KY for a remote position
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• Provides knowledge and expertise around Lean Agile processes while coaching key roles in the organization to be self‑sufficient in day‑to‑day operations.
• Leads large scale Agile transformations and complex Agile delivery.
• Partners with key stakeholders and senior leadership in constructing the foundation necessary for transforming from a waterfall (or no) framework to a Lean Agile framework.
• Partners with Release Train Engineers to prepare and launch new ARTs.
• Teaches, mentors, and coaches leaders and their teams in Agile practices while building a culture where Agile teams can thrive.
• Trains leaders and teams at all levels of the organization on Agile strategy and help them understand and articulate the benefits of Lean‑Agile delivery.
• Creates and drives a work environment with focus on continuous improvement, broad collaboration and alignment across program, portfolio, ART, technical, and business teams and their stakeholders.
• Skillfully facilitates group dynamics and communications, regardless of the audience, and ensures that every voice is heard and heeded.
• Incorporates enterprise standards and experience to advance organization’s Lean Portfolio Management practices.
• Actively coach, mentor, and influence cyber teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and business partners in Lean‑Agile principles, Lean Portfolio Management best practices, feature prioritization, and backlog refinement, fostering a culture of accountability, adaptability, and collaboration.
• Drives the ongoing evolution and adoption of SAFe practices within EIP.
• Creates tools and leads training sessions to demonstrate how leaders and associates will apply Agile frameworks in their day‑to‑day work.
• Guides three new ARTs through the transition and drives continued adherence to optimal Agile work practices.
• May provide on‑going iteration management for high‑profile initiatives to provide real‑time coaching as well as to gather and share Agile best practices across the enterprise.
• Begins to influence department's transformation strategy.
• Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding approach for transformation components, and work is performed without direction.
• Demonstrated success coaching and mentoring teams and leaders in Lean‑Agile practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to empathize and relate with those new to the Agile methodology; adept at presenting to executive leadership.
• Advanced facilitation, influencing, and relationship management skills.

• Minimum 5+ years serving as an Agile Coach in a fast‑paced technology‑based environment.
• 10 years working with Agile frameworks in high‑demand environments, including experience in hybrid models (Scrum, Kanban, project/program management).
• Validated advanced Agile certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), IC Agile Coaching (ICP‑Client), SAFe Practice Consultant).
• Deep knowledge of Agile principles and the ability to transfer that knowledge to new and evolving environments.
• Deep knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework, Lean Portfolio Management, and Product Development Flow principles in their enterprise context.
• Experience in coaching and demonstrating…