Agile Coach (Portfolio)
The SAFe/Agile
Coach (Portfolio) will lead the implementation of agile and DevOps principles
and best practices using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as part of our
customer’s credentialing program. This credentialing program requires agile
coaching professionals with deep knowledge of agile, broad experience,
impartial perspective, true coaching skills, and reinforced learning.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning for agile
transformation and coaching activities, including schedules and coaching
implementation plans that incorporate the Coaches’ approach of guidance,
instruction, and direction provided to ensure implementation and sustainment of
the Agile approach, and monthly status reports
- Review current business
practices, principles and processes and conduct business gap analysis on
programs to define current ‘as-is’ business practices and outline path toward ‘to-be’
agile practices to be formulated as recommendations for government implementation
- 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. List the primary duties and responsibilities in order
of importance
Requirements
Minimum
Qualifications/Experience:
- Experience guiding organizations
through agile transformation challenges using Scrum and SAFe
- Experience working with
Executives on strategy and building the Portfolio Canvas
- Able to define Operational and
Development Value Streams
- Experience setting up Lean
Portfolio Management (Lean Governance, Portfolio Operations, Lean Budgeting)
- Experience defining Strategic
Themes
- Must be able to work with Epic
Owners and setting up Portfolio Kanbans, and defining exit criteria, working
with Enterprise Architect and Epic Owners to develop Epic Roadmaps
- Experience in Public Sector Software
Development programs, preferably SAP Implementations
- Experience in leadership
coaching, organizational transformation, and Agile practices at the teams
(Program and below) and at the enterprise level
- Experience as a hands-on
organizational change agent working across multiple teams and organizational
boundaries
- Experience assisting leadership
and team members with removing barriers and embracing transformation by
assisting each organization to customize its own path, approach and solutions
to becoming Agile
- Experience launching agile teams
and Agile Release Trains, building a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps
culture, and empowering a Lean Portfolio
- Experience supporting and
executing PI Planning events and coordinating multiple Agile Release Trains
(ARTs)
- Experience helping agile teams
implement agile technical practices and continuous integration continuous
deployment (CICD) tools and pipelines
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years’
experience, or 10 years’ experience with no degree
Required Certifications:
Scrum-certified by Scrum
Alliance or Scrum.org
SAFe Certification
Other:
Must be US Citizen
Must have Active DoD Secret
clearance or Ability to Obtain it
Willingness to be on-site daily