Agile Coach

Genesis10 is currently seeking an Agile Coach with our client in the financial industry located in Jersey City, NJ. This is a 12 + month contract position.
Responsibilities:

• Support existing and new Agile teams across Enterprise Risk and Finance Technology
• Responsible for creating and improving Agile Processes
• Work with project, program, and portfolio teams to analyze current processes and provide guidance on adoption of Agile best practices
• Guide teams to help them stay on track with Agile techniques, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met
• Lead Agile workshops, assessments for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders
• Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, set goals and milestones and be accountable for them
• Drive cultural change by championing an Agile mindset and ensure the organization is at the forefront of industry best practices
• Facilitate learning and development through individual and team coaching
• Coach senior management in Agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from top-down.
• Effectively communicate Agile principles, scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization
• Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures across teams

Requirements:

• Experience in building and executing Agile transformation
• Performed at least one end-to-end transformation
• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Experience in Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe)
• Experience in sustaining and scaling Agile Communities of Practices and participates in the Agile Center of Excellence
• Showcase examples of implementing Agile techniques in different cultures and environments
• Experience in creating and delivering training content in a simple interactive manner for various roles in Scrum, XP, SAFe
• Hands-on passionate team player that can work at all levels across the organization
• Experienced in launching ARTS, Training teams, Coach ART execution
• Experience running Agile projects of varying size and complexity
• Strong leader, educator, coach, and problem solver
• An excellent communicator and motivator
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills
• Horizon tooling experience (JIRA, CICD Tooling, etc.)
• Scrum Coach certification
• Scrum Master certification
• Experience coaching at large organizations (preferably Banking) or Fortune 500 companies
• Computer Science background

Pay Range: $140.37 - $112.37
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
• Remote opportunities available

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.