Location: One Georgia Center 600 West Peachtree NW Atlanta Georgia
Note: Hybrid role.
Job Description:
The Georgia Department of Transportations IT Division (GDOT) is at the forefront of digital transformation leveraging cuttingedge technologies to enhance transportation systems and improve the lives of Georgias citizens.
As the technology enabler of GDOTs mission our IT division plays a crucial role in driving innovation efficiency and effectiveness across all aspects of the departments operations.
From intelligent transportation systems to datadriven decisionmaking tools we provide the technological foundation that empowers GDOT to deliver on its commitments to safety mobility and sustainability.
We are seeking an experienced coach to help transition our existing work practices to a full embrace of agile methodology from the top down.
The agile coach will mentor and guide our employees in how to figure out the best solutions for their specific departmental challenges.
This person will analyze our organizations existing infrastructure and implement improvements to help streamline processes and create efficiencies. Ultimately the agile coach will play a key role in longterm strategy across GDOT IT helping our teams deliver better products and services in a faster more efficient manner.
Objectives of this role:
Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for adopting agile best practices
Guide teams in how to stay on track with agile techniques finetuning their approach to ensure that overall strategy is being met
Lead agile workshops for people of various technical disciplines as well as for key stakeholders
Promote a culture of continuous improvement setting goals and milestones and assigning responsibility
Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensure the organization is adhering to industry best practices
Work directly with Scrum Masters Team Leads and the PMO to nurture a healthy and productive agile environment
Responsibilities:
Facilitate learning and development among employees through individual and team coaching
Coach senior managers in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from the top down
Communicate agile principles scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization
Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by teams
Undertake daily followups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met
Maintain objectivity regarding issues and how to troubleshoot them by applying agile principles
Hold standup meetings with crossfunctional teams to review project status
Support leadership in understanding and participating in good agile practices
Facilitate the development of working agreements between teams and departments to improve crossfunctional collaboration
Guide the organization in implementing structured prioritization frameworks based on business value
Assist in establishing clear escalation paths and practices to reduce workflow interruptions
Help teams develop strategies for managing technical debt within agile frameworks
Support the formation and maintenance of stable teams with clear ownership boundaries
Required skills and qualifications:
Five or more years of experience as agile coach
Experience in using scrum kanban and knowledge of how agile scales best
Track record of implementing agile techniques in different work cultures and environments
Experience in running agile projects of varying size and complexity even in a hybrid waterfall environment
Strong skills for leading educating and coaching
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Heightened personal skills to resolve conflicts and enable people of different skills to work well together
Ability to work directly with people in any position regardless of technical skill or title
Able to recognize antpatterns within team dynamics and proactively work to avoid or remove them
Experience breaking down organizational silos and improving collaboration between development and operations teams
Demonstrated success in shifting organizations from reactive to proactive approaches
Knowledge of techniques for integrating quality assurance throughout the development lifecycle
Track record of successfully managing organizational change in environments with entrenched practices
Preferred skills and qualifications:
Certification as agile coach or scrum master
Experience in coaching at large organizations or Fortune 500 companies
Educational background in computer science business management and/or project management
Previous management experience
If you are: bright motivated skilled a differencemaker able to get things done work with minimum direction enthusiastic a thinker able to juggle and multitask communicate effectively and lead then we would like to hear from you. We need exceptionally capable people for this role for our client so get back to us and tell us why you think you are a fit.
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