This role in hybrid in office on Wednesdays, potentially more.
Description:
Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload:
Team Coach - coach for 4-8 teams at various maturity and development stages responsible for
o Identifying team performance opportunities and establishing Agile best practices
o Implementing and championing Agile Maturity Metrics
o Facilitating setup and optimization of team performance and work product tracking (Octane and UMTPI analogous to Jira/Ado)
o Supporting Scrum Teams by
Training and bolstering key roles (typically Product Owner and Scrum Master)
Observing and recommending improvements to Scrum Events
Implementing Key Scrum Performance metrics
Laying foundation for Agile at Scale (Scrum of Scrums and Product Lines)
o Supporting Kanban Teams by
Facilitating establishment and maintenance of team agreements and policies
Implementing key Kanban performance Metrics
Laying foundation for Agile at Scale (Up/downstream handoffs)
o Conducting assessments and reporting on team performance
o Rehabilitating troubled teams
Agile Trainer Deliver team and organizational training on following topics
o Intro to Agile
o Scrum Master Role (Intro and Advanced)
o Product Owner Role (Intro and Advanced)
o Agile Leader
o Scaled Agile
o Kanban (Intro & Advanced)
o Workshops
Scrum Ceremonies
Backlog Shaping
Agile BRD
Agile Procurement
Story Writing
Roadmap Planning and Creation
Organizational Transformation and Change Support Agile transformation by
o Conducting assessments and reporting on team performance
o Influencing policies and processes to benefit agile practitioners
o Supporting adoption of key change metrics
o Support teams through change
Required Skills/Attributes:
? Minimum 5 years combined experience as an Agile coach at Fortune 500 company(s)
? Minimum 5 years as Project Manager in a waterfall environment at Fortune 500 company(s)
? Agile at Scale Cert (SAFe, LeSS, or equivalent)
? Certified Agile Trainer by accredited organization (Scrum Alliance or equivalent)
Irrelevant Skills/Experience (Experience in these areas will not be considered in the decision)
Coding/development instruction
Technical Solution Expertise
Tool expertise
Desired Skills/Attributes:
In addition to meeting all qualifications listed above looking for
Key Differentiators
Listening skills
Temperament (looking for a facilitator and enabler, not a task master)
Facilitating team and organizational maturity
Data based performance measurement and tracking
Agile Transformation Experience
o Identifying key success factors
o Creating Key Change metrics
Experience with Agile procurement
Experience in project environments with numerous stage gates and phased
development
Experience partnering with Managed Service Providers
Organizational Change experience
Organizational Change Analysis