Senior Agile Coach

• Agile Leadership
  1. Act as a change agent, helping the organization to understand and implement Agile values and principles.
  2. Provide leadership by coaching and mentoring teams in Agile values, principles, practices, and frameworks such as Scrum and SAFe.
• Team Enablement
  1. Assist teams in identifying and removing impediments to their progress.
  2. Set up newly create scrum teams for success by facilitating team kickoffs and team practices.
• Coaching
  1. Coaching and training of teams on all aspects of agile ceremonies and artefacts, including story pointing, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  2. Coach teams to work closely with Product Owners and team members to ensure backlogs are healthy and are well refined and prioritized.
  3. Identify training opportunities and provide training and workshops to teams and individuals on Agile methodologies.
  4. Coach and train teams on the implementation User Stories and requirements management.
• Innovation
  1. Promote a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation among teams.
  2. Develop and implement strategies for enhancing team performance and productivity across the business.
  3. Collaborate with other agile practitioners and stakeholders to align Agile practices across the organization.
• Metrics
  1. Own and manage the development and tracking of metrics to measure the effectiveness of Agile practices.
  2. Be able to interrupt the metrics across the organization and identify opportunities for improvement and training.

Requirements

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business, or related field.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or similar Agile certification.
• Proven experience leading high performing agile scrum teams.
• Overall 12+yrs of experience in which 5-8 years of experience in a software development environment, with a proven track record of successfully implementing Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to coach teams and individuals at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycles and Agile frameworks
• Strong verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent facilitation skills with small, medium and large groups.
• Strong attention to detail and focus on task completion.
• Strong problem-solving skills organized and quality focused.
• Proficient in Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Trello).
• Must be able to travel internationally several times a year.

Preferred

• Familiar with BI Tools.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Experience with scaling Agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and principles.
• Experience in a similar industry or domain is a plus.