Agile Coach

VARITE is looking for a qualified Agile Coach for one of its clients.

WHAT THE CLIENT DOES?

The company started out as a hardware/software vendor, but over time added more subscription-based services.

WHAT WE DO?

Established in the Year 2000, VARITE is an award-winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting & staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE is committed to delivering excellence to its customers by leveraging its global experience and expertise in providing comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non-technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.

HERE'S WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Additional Details:

Job Title: Agile Coach,

Position Type: Contract

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 months

Seeking candidates who are willing to work India core business hours, but available 1-2 hours during the US time zone to overlap the US team/meeting handoffs, etc. as needed.

Essential Job Functions:

• Execute Scrum and Kanban methodology
• Coach the Product Owner in their accountabilities and behaviors
• Coach the team in Agile practices and behaviors
• Perform feature prioritization, release planning, backlog refinement and sprint planning
• Perform feature decomposition, iterative delivery, define Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
• Excellence in story writing and estimation
• Reducing WIP and context switching Coach must also have these qualities:
• Encouraging, positive, confident, engaged, inspiring, outgoing, natural teacher
• Adaptable - leverages Agile to help the team versus holding the team to strict principles
• Able to apply Agile to new situations in K-C's complex environment
• Looks for and actively implements ways for the team to continuously improve We need people who have been agile coaches in large multi-national organizations.
• Communication is a huge part of the agile coach role, and they need to be able to convey their skills/experience clearly in an interview.

Qualifications:

• B.A., B.S./M.S. or B.E/B.Tech. (Advanced degree preferred) in a relevant field.
• 12+ years of Professional experience with a minimum of 10 years of Information Technology experience.
• 7-10 years of experience in the following areas:
• Working in an Agile Software Delivery Environment Experience with Agile Teams, Scrum Teams, Kanban teams, Agile Release Trains, and Product Teams
• Working with organization focused on digital transformation.
• Ideal Candidate will have 4+ years of experience in the following:
• Experience of full product life cycle management of a digital product from idea to launch and maintenance.
• Experience developing and deploying global methodologies in a large organization.
• Experience driving execution via performance measurement, benchmarking.
• Expert problem-solving ability and experience leading groups through problem solving methodology.
• +4 years of Agile Coaching experience at team, product/program/release train and executive level.

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VARITE is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status