Agile Coach

Title: Agile Coach

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 months contract

Direct Client

Job Description:

The Agile Coach will lead adoption and evolution of agile methods across our marketing organization. The role will be responsible for coaching our agile marketing teams to enable iterative and incremental delivery of business value, with a focus on effective backlog planning and prioritization, accelerating in-market test-and-learn cycle times, and continuous improvement of team processes and effectiveness. 

This is an exciting position that requires a highly charismatic, engaging and passionate leader who can inspire and empower our teams in their journey towards greater resourcefulness, self-reliance, and growth. 

Key Responsibilities:

· Onboard and train new teams on our agile ways of working across our global markets in US, Latin America, Asia and Europe to scale agile adoption.  

· Coach and assist existing teams through challenges and blockers; intervene when needed. 

· Foster practices for identifying, tracking, discussing and resolving cross-team dependencies. 

· Encourage a culture of learning and continuous improvement among Agile Coaches. 

· Assess, measure, and track the maturity of agile practices in our marketing organization, helping teams to accelerate performance improvement and achieve greater success. 

· Identify organizational impediments to successful agile adoption and work across functions and with marketing leadership to resolve them effectively. 

· Be an advocate for agile culture and values. Lead by example. 

· Cultivate and sustain an agile culture and mindset of continuous improvement, evolving our agile framework based on changing needs and emerging best practices. 

· Continue to refine our agile marketing model and playbook.  

· Evolve our curriculum of agile training materials along with a process and cadence to train teams on our Agile marketing model. 

Position Requirements:

· 10+ years of experience as an Agile Coach in large-enterprise environments. 

· At least five years of experience operating in a global role across multiple markets and geographies. 

· At least five years of experience coaching marketing organizations on their adoption of agile methods. 

· Experience coaching up and down organizations, including leadership teams, executives, line managers, delivery teams and individuals. 

· Demonstrated experience in facilitation and training. 

· Coaching certifications (e.g., CTI, ICF) strongly preferred. 

· Agile certifications (e.g., Scrum Alliance, SAFe) preferred.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $100.00 - $109.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance

Experience:

• Agile Coach: 10 years (Preferred)
• Coaching Marketing Organizations: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote