Senior Agile Coach
Location
United States
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$105.7K - $149.3K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Partner with coaches and leaders to continue the organization’s Agile transformation.
• Build trust and strong relationships with team members, clients, and stakeholders through strong interpersonal skills.
• Educate people across levels and roles on Agile principles and best practices.
• Mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile teams, and leaders on Agile best practices.
• Coach value streams, teams, leaders, and individuals to strengthen Agile and Lean practices and increase value delivery.
• Observe teams and ways of working, identify gaps, and introduce opportunities for improvement.
• Work with managers to define strategies for transitioning to Lean-Agile practices.
• Partner with change agents and stakeholders to help them become effective Lean-Agile champions.
• Collaborate with a team of Agile Coaches to deliver a unified message across communications.
• Create and train on Agile metrics, leveraging tools and approaches to demonstrate value and foster an environment of innovation, improvement, collaborative solutions, trust, and safety.
Job Requirements
- Proven expertise in Agile principles, values, and industry best practices, with the ability to coach teams toward Agile maturity.
- Experience coaching and mentoring across Agile roles, including Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Agile teams, and leadership.
- Experience coaching value streams and enabling Lean and Agile process optimization for improved value delivery.
- Strong facilitation, teaching, and workshop development skills, including creating reusable learning resources (documentation, training, videos, newsletters, and other resources).
- Ability to create user stories and acceptance criteria to express requirements.
- Experience providing product management support, including prioritization and backlog grooming, and guiding business/product teams toward iterative delivery.
- Strong knowledge of Agile metrics, including awareness of improper use or interpretation.
- Ability to constructively resolve conflict and build trust, with an understanding of team dynamics and the psychology of teams.
- Ability to build communities of practice and learning forums (for example, CoPs, book clubs, lunch and learns) to broaden Agile understanding.
- Experience using Jira to create filters, boards, dashboards, and plan view.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
