Title: Product Coach/Agile Coach
Location: Position can sit in either Parsippany NJ 07054 or Alpharetta Georgia 30005 (2 rounds Video and In-person. Must be local to either Parsippany NJ or Alpharetta Georgia)
Visa: USC/GC/GC-EAD
Candidates must come out of retail/ecommerce industry
Job Description:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to foster a product-centric culture.
- Guide teams in adopting product thinking and agile methodologies.
- Help teams connect OKR to individual work items to understand the value of priorities (UPS Golden Thread)
- Provide clear KPIs to measure product performance
- Provide mentorship and training to team members on best practices in product management.
- Coach teams on product lifecycles including ideation to launch and continuous improvement.
- Guide teams to develop product roadmaps ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Coaching teams on how to conduct market research and collect user feedback to inform product strategies priorities and feature definitions.
- Proficient in customer journey and Product Roadmaps.
- Facilitate workshops and coaching sessions to drive product innovation.
- Monitor and analyze product performance metrics making data-driven recommendations.
- Develop workshop materials training materials and other supporting collateral as part of the core coaching team in support of enterprise Product Adoption metrics
- Envision the SAFe implementation strategy customized for UPS in collaboration with UPS LACE Portfolio Leaders and existing Scaling Coaches
- Execute on the Vision and Strategy through piloting Agile Release Train(s) and follow up with additional ARTs and Solution Trains across portfolios
- Conduct Executive (Business and Technology) level workshops to push the top-down agile transformation agenda and carve out a Leadership level training and coaching program to enable top-down adoption
- Create the roadmap and initial constructs to move portfolios toward Lean Portfolio Management that feeds ARTs and Solution Trains aligned with the UPS Wildly Important strategic themes
- Conduct Value Stream Mapping identification workshop and help Business and Technology leaders understand the role Value Streams play in the core implementation of ARTs and Solution Trains
- Scaling program design implementation and communication
- Deep dive in Scaled Agile methodology primarily focused on Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Coach mentor and conduct PI Planning and execution of Agile Release Trains (ART)
- Coach and mentor the personnel playing the role of Product Manager Product Owner Release Train Engineer Scrum Master and Team Member
- Design value streams and initiate release trains.
Mandatory Skills: PI Planning PI execution Coordination with Scrum master Knowledge to conduct all the Scaled Agile ceremonies best practice