Agile Team Coach
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Monthly Salary
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Job Title: Agile Team Coach
Job Type:
FullTime
Job Location:
Minnesota / Remote
Job Summary:
Genesis Consulting has an immediate opportunity for an experienced forwardthinking Agile Team Coach with a passion for growth and business transformation for a statewide government client. Join our team and work on challenging complex solutions that are driving innovation and technological advancement in the public sector. Work with teams that are rapidly delivering value to their customers leveraging concepts of Lean Agile Kanban and SAFe. Our clients are some of the world s leading companies and the candidate will be a part of challenging projects to build and support technical solutions for their needs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Agile Team Coach is responsible for the ensuring that the Agile development practices are followed and adjusted as required. The Agile Coach works with the team or organization to establish and adapt to Agile practices that help to ensure high quality results and a high level of customer satisfaction Coaches may be required to work either at the team level working with teams to ensure that delivery teams within agencies are adopting agile and performing effectively; at the portfolio or program level to help agencies to establish the appropriate processes for managing a portfolio of work in an agile way; at the organization level to drive strategic change across the organization and ensure that adoption of agile techniques is embedded from the most senior levels of the organization; or across all levels to ensure that organizations adopt a pragmatic approach to the way in which they govern delivery and continuous improvement of digital services. Duties include but may not be limited to:
Work closely with Agile teams to guide them in adopting and implementing Agile principles and practices.
Provide ongoing coaching to enhance team collaboration communication and overall performance.
Assist teams in selecting and implementing appropriate Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum Kanban) based on product and organizational needs.
Support the development of Agile ceremonies and rituals ensuring they are effective and align with Agile principles.
Facilitate regular retrospectives to identify areas for improvement and guide teams in implementing changes.
Encourage a culture of continuous improvement learning and innovation within the Agile teams.
Foster a culture of open communication and collaboration within Agile teams and across the organization.
Help teams overcome challenges resolve conflicts and build strong working relationships.
Conduct training sessions to educate team members on Agile principles practices and frameworks.
Provide guidance on the use of Agile tools and techniques to enhance team productivity.
Collaborate with teams to establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to Agile processes and outcomes.
Generate reports and insights to support datadriven decisionmaking and continuous improvement.
Provide knowledge transfer to the client and team members
Provide mentorship and education as well as developing/delivering guidance and instructions documentation to enable program personnel in defining the organization s Agile processes such as engage in Agile ceremonies backlogs management agile project management document use cases and developing user stories
Assist program personnel in applying and adapting agile processes throughout the programs identify and report risks and issues that constrain programs and agile teams from effectively and quickly delivering business value and lead coaching meetings with branch and division managers to support business improvement practices within the organization
Minimum Qualifications/Experience:
- Proven experience as an Agile Coach working with crossfunctional teams.
- Deep understanding of Agile methodologies including Scrum Kanban and Lean.
- Excellent coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Agilerelated certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent are a plus.
- Experience with Agile product management tools and practices.
- 510 years of IT experience and/or complex systems development; DHS Experience preferred
- 5 years experience using Agile principles practices and methodologies such as Scrum XP Lean SAFe on technical projects
- 5 years in an agile delivery leadership management or coaching role
- Proven leadership ability in dynamic agile environment working with executive and seniorlevel stakeholders
- Impeccable professionalism and strong communication skills
- Humble and resultsoriented servant leader with teamfirst mentality who follows through on commitments
- Comfortable leading and facilitating backlog refinement release planning retrospective demos and project status meetings
- Realworld experience that demonstrates use of advanced practices and principles of Scrum and successful guidance/coaching of organizations through agile transformation challenges
- Leading Agile transformation by leveraging best practices and principles of SAFe
Minimum Education:
Bachelor s Degree and 510 years experience
Required Certifications:
Must hold a Certified Scrum Professional and/or Certified Professional Agile Coaching certification from an ICAgile Accredited course
SAFe Scrum Master 4.5 Certification Required
Additional SAFe Certifications Preferred
Other:
Local to Minnesota candidates preferred; Remote candidates will be considered.
US Citizens Preferred but Green Card candidates considered.
Employment Type
Full Time
