Agile Coach

It is a hybrid role, with 2-3 days in Vienna, VA.

In this role, you will:

• Teach, lead, and mentor cross-functional business groups to build, sustain, and strengthen Agile values, SAFe and scrum concepts and practices, providing them the necessary tools and guidance to successfully implement across high-impact programs throughout the enterprise
• Identify and coach Agile evangelists across the organization who can act as informal mentors/peers and continue increasing the maturity across the organization
• Coach teams in scrum tasks (e.g., sprint planning, user story mapping, estimations, daily stand ups, demos, retrospective discussions, etc.)
• Ensure Agile project metrics are being tracked and monitored for indications of potential problem areas and assist teams in identifying and implementing solutions to address the problems
• Identify need and provide as necessary structured and ad-hoc training in Agile principles and practices including Scrum, Product Ownership, and Program Management
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify specific areas of training and coaching
• Oversee the coaching and planning of multiple high-performing Agile development teams and large-scale programs across the enterprise
• Provide coaching and mentorship to employees at all levels of the organization on Lean Agile, Agile, and SAFe, principles
• Prepare a variety of communication artifacts related to the Agile practice, progress and plans
• Develop and deliver presentations to various levels of stakeholders and facilitate working sessions to identify resolutions to impediments to continuous Agile improvement
• Effectively leverage and combine different industry standard scaling concepts to specific business problems in a manner that best supports Scaled Agile values and principles
• Provide strategic thought leadership during engagements on approaches to overcome impediments to accelerated delivery; skillfully facilitate conflict resolution with and between teams
• Foster strong spirit of communication and collaboration between teams to align program goals, deliver final products, and ensure leadership transparency to impediments and progress
• Ensure appropriate risk management and control practices are integrated into the lifecycle of Agile initiatives

The skills we are looking for in this role include:

• Experience working in an Agile environment (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, Dev Ops, etc.), successfully coaching and transitioning teams, programs, and portfolios
• Experience in successful Agile transformation at scale in large enterprise organizations
• Experience with different agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, XP, SAFe, etc.)
• Experience in coaching and developing people and teams, influencing behavior change and establishing sustainability through cultural change
• Experience in working with JIRA or Microsoft Azure Boards
• Experience in coaching and guiding teams in understanding scaled agile principles and practices