Agile Transformation Coach

Position: 2576 – Agile Transformation Coach

Location: Hybrid - Rosemead, CA (Wednesday onsite)

Position Summary & Responsibilities

Team Coach - coach for 4-8 teams at various maturity and development stages responsible for

· Identifying team performance opportunities and establishing Agile best practices

· Implementing and championing Agile Maturity Metrics

· Facilitating setup and optimization of team performance & work product tracking,

(Octane and UMTPI – analogous to Jira/Ado)

Supporting Scrum Teams by

· Training and bolstering key roles (typically Product Owner and Scrum Master)

· Observing and recommending improvements to Scrum Events

· Implementing Key Scrum Performance metrics

· Laying foundation for Agile at Scale (Scrum of Scrums and Product Lines)

Supporting Kanban Teams by

· Facilitating establishment and maintenance of team agreements and policies

· Implementing key Kanban performance Metrics

· Laying foundation for Agile at Scale (Up/downstream handoffs)

· Conducting assessments and reporting on team performance

· Rehabilitating troubled teams

Agile Trainer – Deliver team and organizational training on following topics

· Intro to Agile

· Scrum Master Role (Intro and Advanced)

· Product Owner Role (Intro and Advanced)

· Agile Leader

· Scaled Agile

· Kanban (Intro & Advanced)

· Workshops

· Scrum Ceremonies

· Backlog Shaping

· Agile BRD

· Agile Procurement

· Story Writing

· Roadmap Planning and Creation

Organizational Transformation and Change – Support Agile transformation by

· Conducting assessments and reporting on team performance

· Influencing policies and processes to benefit agile practitioners

· Supporting adoption of key change metrics

· Support teams through change

Required Education, Certifications and Knowledge

· Bachelor's Degree

· Minimum 5 years combined experience as an Agile coach at Fortune 500 company(s)

· Minimum 5 years as Project Manager in a waterfall environment at Fortune 500 company(s)

· Agile at Scale Certification (SAFe, LeSS, or equivalent)

· Certified Agile Trainer by accredited organization (Scrum Alliance or equivalent)

Irrelevant Skills/Experience (Experience in these areas will not be considered in the decision):

· Coding/development instruction, Technical Solution Expertise, and/or Tool expertise

Key Differentiators

· Listening skills

· Temperament (looking for a facilitator and enabler, not a task master)

· Facilitating team and organizational maturity

· Data based performance measurement and tracking

· Agile Transformation Experience

· Identifying key success factors

· Creating Key Change metrics

· Experience with Agile procurement

· Experience in project environments with numerous stage gates and phased development

· Experience partnering with Managed Service Providers

· Organizational Change experience

· Organizational Change Analysis