Agile Coach

Overview

The Agile Coach 2 engages with teams and stakeholders in the organization to promote a Lean-Agile mindset. This role serves as a trusted educator and consultant to teams and team leadership ensuring the consistent application of Lean-Agile best practices and tools.

What you will be doing

• Evangelize Lean-Agile values and principles across the organization to influence business agility
• Guide low-complexity teams and/or small departments/programs in designing methods of visualizing and collaboratively managing their work
• Plan and facilitate team meetings for the purpose of decision making idea generation planning continuous improvement problem solving and alignment
• Promote continuous improvement throughout the software development lifecycle leveraging metrics to identify and drive intentional change
• Participate in Center of Excellence/Community of Practice activities and apply learnings to Lean-Agile practices when working with teams
• The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

What will make you successful

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience as a Lean-Agile practitioner
• First level Scrum Master certification (PSM I CSM)
• Good critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Good collaborative skills applied successfully within team as well as with other areas
• Good oral and written communications skills that demonstrate a professional demeanor and the ability to interact with others with discretion and tact
• Good conflict management interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Good facilitation and project management skill
• Ability to teach Lean-Agile concepts
• Act as a servant leader to project teams-open minded listens empathizes influences without formal authority and thinks beyond the day-to-day activities
• Good ability to influence motivate and mobilize team members and business partners
• Good ability to develop and use engaging informative and compelling presentation methodologies
• Good ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and tact
• Knowledge of lean and agile concepts and frameworks
• Up to 10% travel time required