Agile Coach (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client looking for an Agile Coach in Pleasanton, CA. This individual will work a hybrid schedule and will be required onsite 2-3 days a week. This position will start at 6 months with the opportunity to extend for a longer duration. Responsibilities:

• The Agile Coach will lead individual agile teams or groups of teams
• Conduct courses on agile processes or techniques
• Lead/Facilitate workshops across a variety of subjects
• Accountable for successful delivery of highly complex, multi-disciplined consulting engagements that deliver lasting and measurable value to clients
• Develop a point of view, capture, prioritize and analyze team/organizational requirements
• Possess strong leadership skills and further the evolution of intellectual capital assets and developing practice resources
• Assemble and lead a team of consultants and architects with engagement management oversight
• Manage the engagement contracts to terms and conditions
• Educate, mentor and coach teams in applying consulting techniques
• Facilitate and capture lessons learned from engagements to update methodologies and assets
• Conduct consulting lunch and learns to disseminate knowledge
• The Agile Coach will support the creation and writing of RFPs and SOWs for potential clients
• Lead the effort to expand Agile service offerings by creating capabilities and evangelizing offerings internally and to customers
  
  

Requirements

• 7-10 years of experience as an Agile Coach leading large organizations through the journey of transforming to new ways of working
• Experience in variety of agile methodologies, including a deep expertise and experience in implementing scrum and Kanban in several domains and team sizes
• Experience engaging with and coaching senior leadership, VP and above - helping leadership formulate Vision, Business Case, Roadmaps, and lean budgeting
• Experience with business development or solution creation; Ability to influence decision-making and advocate for effective strategies
• Experience leading/moderating meetings and workshops
• Experience leveraging Agile Management Tools and leading remote teams
• Experience with a variety of retrospective techniques and comfort leading them remotely
• Experience providing the status and showing the progress of agile teams
• Ability to teach/mentor individuals and teams that are new to agile
• Patience to persuade team members who are skeptical of agile techniques
• Experience selecting and building teams
• Experience managing the budget of a consulting team
  
  

Preferred

• SAFe certification (preferred)
• Depth and breadth of experience creating POVs and thought leadership on all things Business Agility
• Expert in creating slideware for Agile Playbooks and accelerators
• Experience leading workshops with Mural or other remote whiteboarding tools
• Extensive experience and deep working knowledge of IT Infrastructure, DevOps, and Cloud
• Experience with tools like the Atlassian suite
• Experience with various IT Operating Models and building organizations to deploy and support key technologies
• Experience in Incremental/Agile Org Change Management (OCM)
• DevOps and CI/CD tooling (particularly in the context of cloud or containers)
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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