Agile Coach

Greetings,

We have an immediate vacancy for an Agile Coach with 8+ years of experience at Synechron, based in Dubai.

Job Role: - Agile Coach

Job Location: - Dubai

About Company:

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,700+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn community.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Synechron’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program, Same Difference, was developed because we believe in a culture of listening, respect, and opportunity.

We each bring unique backgrounds, thoughts, talents, and experiences with us to work every day, and we know that by embracing them, we are creating an even greater Synechron. The best way to build a strong team is to value individual differences. So, it doesn’t matter where you’re from or what you’ve had to do to get here – if you have the skills, enthusiasm, and drive to make your mark, we’ll support you like we support each other. Choose a career with us and let’s pursue innovation, together.

Job Descriptions:

Job Purpose:

The Agile Coach drives the Agile Maturity of the organization by inspiring a culture that is built on Agile Principles, tools & techniques; including but not limited to Scrum/Kanban.

As a true Servant Leader, mentor and coach, they maximize performance of squads/teams & tribes by sharing their expert knowledge in all things Agile. Lead Scrum Master interfaces with leadership across Group IT & business to ensure consistent and efficient delivery of value-based products and services.

Agile Coaching & Team Development:

• Coach the tribe on excellence of Agile ceremonies and Practices
• Lead the tribe to create culture based on continuous improvement
• Coach the Product owner in improving user story refining , backlog refining and sprint planning techniques
• Drive transparency and governance on the progress of agile maturity to the business owners and stakeholders
• Provide coaching and workshops as needed (ex. Simulations on Empirical Planning, excellent user stories examples)
• Servant leader Mindset
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities while working with cross-functional distributed teams
• Helping the teams to adapt with the changes for example changing from waterfall to Agile
• Conduct the community of practice

Agile Deliveries & Coordination:

• Responsible for improving Agile Maturity across the tribe
• Familiar of Application Lifecyle Management tools such as Jira, confluence
• Establish Effective governance & Efficient communication across the tribe
• To guide on structure and cadence that would enable value-based delivery
• Help to plan the journey and define the roadmap for Agile Maturity
• Cooperate with the tribe leadership to gain a detailed visibility across the quarterly roadmap (Through running Quarterly Plannings)

Business Management:

• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders / product owners to understand strategic, tactical and operational challenges in Business units, define technology solutions to address and arrive solutions
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on transforming towards agile

Solution Design:

• Enjoys and gets energized by complex problem solving and ability to push the innovation on solutions
• Ability to work at an abstract level and continuously ‘pivot’ to arrive at the highest impact answer for the client

Education:

• Coaching
• Agile Methodology
• Under Graduate Degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Experiences:

• Function (Agile) : 8+ Years
• Domain (Banking/ Financial) :3+ Years (Optional)
• Overall Experience : 8+ Years.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Leadership and Agile management