Portfolio Agile Coach
Portfolio Agile Coach
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Type: Contract
Position: Portfolio Coach
Location: Must be local to Chicago (required to work onsite 3 days per week) Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays
Job Description:
Qualifications (must haves):
- Seasoned Agile Coach having a total of 18 years of total experience
- Working/Hands on experience with Agile teams using SAFe framework
- Expert understanding of advanced and basic software development methodologies and fundamentals (Agile Scrum Kanban Lean Waterfall etc.)
- Understanding of all facets of the software development life cycle
- Experience with developing testing and deploying software utilizing a rapid iterative delivery method
- Experience with continuous integration and testdriven development practices test automation and tools
- Experience with Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools (JIRA Azure DevOps)
Top IT Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of Agile practical usage with 4 years as hands on Agile Coach
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience required
- Involvement in the Agile community
- Agile Certifications such as SPC IC Agile Coaching certifications
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Participate in execution of the Agile adoption strategy and rollout plans for identified portfolio
- Embrace servant leadership and display the behaviors to invoke mindset shifts associated with Agile methods
- Hands on involvement in helping leadership and teams adopt to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and establish the requisite practices ceremonies and processes
- Coach peers teams and management on Agile concepts practices benefits and metrics
- Lead and mentor a team of Scrum Masters as people manager
- Evaluate and mentor new and existing Agile project teams
- Mentor to other members in the delivery organization such as Managers Leads etc.
- Develop and deliver training programs for Agile project teams
- Establish implement and capture team metrics with the ability to roll up and provide an executive view
- Actively participate in development programs to build inhouse capability and skills for roles such as Scrum Master Agile Coach Product Owner etc.
- Continuous assessment and improvement of Agile maturity levels
Employment Type
Full Time
