Agile Coach

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Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts backed by our global experience and network of partners are working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in government intelligence defence aviation border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

The Agile Coach is accountable forestablishinggoverningand continuously improving the Agile ways of working across 45 delivery teams ensuring Agile/Scrum practices are defined understood and applied consistently to enable predictable high-quality delivery outcomes. Operating as a shared floating role across multiple squads the Agile Coach partners closely with Technical Delivery Leads the Business Delivery Manager Product/Capability stakeholders and enabling functions to set clear delivery cadences working agreements and quality gates that support both tempo and compliance expectations.

This role defines andmaintainspractical Definitions of Ready and Done (and supporting checklists) for requirement stories and technical stories andcoachesteams to apply them with discipline. The Agile Coach owns the Jira ways-of-working for delivery including the end-to-end lifecycle and workflow states for requirements and technical implementation items and ensures that the agreed workflows support traceability transparency and reliable reporting. The Agile Coach is a key driver of continuous improvement focusing on surfacing systemic impediments improving flow and throughput strengthening team self-management and embedding a learning culture across squads.

Key Responsibilities

• Define maintain and govern Agile/Scrum (and where applicable Kanban) frameworks ceremonies Definitions of Ready/Done and cross-team consistency allowing approved pragmatic tailoring.

• Coach and mentor Technical Delivery Leads stakeholders and squads to run effective ceremonies apply Agile principles establish working agreements and become self-sustaining.

• Define and manage Jira workflows fields templates and working agreements to support traceability clear ownership backlog hygiene and reliable flow-based reporting.

• Improve backlog health WIP discipline and cycle time; define and use delivery metrics to identify systemic impediments and drive continuous improvement across squads.

• Align iteration and release readiness expectations embed quality gates and improvement routines and provide onboarding to ensure rapid adoption of agreed ways of working.

About You and What Youll Bring

• Relevant bachelor degree (or equivalent experience); Agile certifications (e.g. Scrum Master SAFe Kanban DSDM) and coaching/facilitation training highly regarded.

• Demonstrated experience coaching multiple teams facilitating Scrum ceremonies establishing working agreements and driving continuous improvement using a proactive pragmatic approach.

• Proven ability to define and embed Definitions of Ready/Done establish flowbased metrics apply systems thinking and use data to improve cycle time WIP discipline and reduce rework.

• Strong Jira capability including workflow design backlog structures dashboards reporting and governance of consistent tool usage across scaled environments.

• Strong facilitation communication and influencing skills; experience working in regulated environments across multiple squads and with engineering test security and release/change functions while managing competing priorities.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a minimum NV-1 level security clearance and be willing to uplift to NV-2.

Diverse Team Members Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. Its about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work feels welcome valued and respected and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase Chief Executive Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities veterans neurodiverse people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies NetworkYoung Professionals Defence & Emergency Services Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role follow the links or apply via our Careers page.

• Recruitment process - virtual / face to face interview & background checks.

• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.

• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team if youd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

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