Position Overview:

The Agile Coach plays a critical role in supporting the organization’s Agile transformation by directly coaching teams, mentoring Agile practitioners, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high performance. This role focuses on applying Agile principles at the team and program levels, building Agile capabilities across the organization, and helping teams mature in their Agile practices in alignment with ITS SAFe standards.

Essential Job Functions:

• Coach Agile Teams

Provide hands-on coaching to Agile teams to adopt and improve Agile practices, principles, and mindset.

Facilitate Agile ceremonies and guide teams through sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and PI planning.

• Build Agile Capability

Mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and team members to develop strong Agile capabilities.

Train and develop other Agile coaches to build internal coaching capacity.

• Promote Agile Maturity and Continuous Improvement

Conduct Agile maturity assessments and identify areas for improvement.

Use metrics to track team performance and coaching impact.

• Collaborate Across Teams and Programs

Work with Release Train Engineers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders to align Agile practices across programs ensuring consistency of practice.

Participate in Communities of Practice to share knowledge and align coaching standards.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, Software development, Marketing, Organizational Change Management or proven related experience as an expert in the relevant areas specified or as an advisor for a large company.
• Demonstrated experience as a team-level or Agile Coaching required.
• Certification Requirements: Standard Agile Coach, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC), SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE)
• Would be considered as an advantage: SAFe® Agile Product Management (APM), Prosci Change Management Certification, Other advanced Agile certifications
• Proven technical skills in Agile at Scale, Agile Standards, Agile Transformation Execution, Coaching Metrics and Reporting, and Agile Tooling
• Strong business skills in Business Objective Alignment, Coaching Strategy, Coaching Roadmap, Communities of Practice, and Root Cause Analysis
• Excellent adaptable skills in Coaching Oversight, Coaching Support, Fostering Agile Mindset, Coaching Impact, and Technical Debt Management
• Ability to provide vision, anticipate problems, and offer effective solutions
• Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage appropriately at all levels of the organization

All applications will be treated in strict confidentiality

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview