Sr. Agile Coach (100% Remote) - Direct Hire - 2 Openings!!
Company: Conexess Group
Location: Denver
Posted on: June 25, 2022
Job Description:
Description Title: Sr. Agile Coach (100% Remote) - Direct Hire -
2 Openings!!
Don't just dream about What's Next - build it!
Our client specializes in bringing a "Product Mindset" to our work,
using small, nimble teams, Agile thinking and other techniques from
product development to build great custom software people love to
use.
And as America's leading 100% US, 100% Agile software services
partner, we're building it here instead of sending tech jobs
offshore.
People are noticing.
Our clients include some of America's favorite brands in retail,
healthcare, financial services and more - but also some very cool
product companies you may not have heard of yet. We're recognized
as a Gartner Cool Vendor, HfS Hot Vendor and the only 100% US tech
company in the World's Top 100 Outsourcers.
We Combine
- Silicon Valley innovation (through our Bay Area innovation hub,
and network of startups and emerging technology partners)
- Scalable, Midwest delivery (with 65+ Agile teams in high talent
cities like Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Onsite collaboration (with product managers and other key roles
working face-to-face with client teams around the country)
Our client is looking for an experienced and skilled Agile Coach to
join our team!
Come build with us!
Role & Responsibilities
Mentor & Educate
- Mentor & educate colleagues including Agile practitioners,
software team members, product owners, business stakeholders,
etc.
- Base mentoring on best practices as well as what will work best
for the organization
- Coach teams which may be at different levels of Agile
maturity
- Run workshops as needed on topics such as specific ceremonies,
story decomposition, road mapping, etc.
Facilitate Team Success
- Facilitate team process (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
- Identify opportunities for improvement and transparency based
on practices that are pragmatically align with the organizations
specific constraints and opportunities while remaining true to the
Agile Manifesto.
- As a mentor, the Agile Coach is responsible for guiding teams
into the Agile methodology, providing employees with feedback and
means of improvement, catalyzing organizational growth and
answering questions. They provide hands-on support to all
employees, collaborating with people across widely varying levels
and roles, leading teams toward further understanding and adoption
of Agile as well as overall company growth and improvement.
Develop Agile Adoption Strategy
- Working with the key stakeholders, participate and possibly
facilitate organizational adoption strategy design and
implementation, from the introduction of Agile and employee
education, to fostering teams and cultures that practice Agile, to
sustaining Agile methodologies and continually offering strategies
for improvement.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5-10 years of experience as a Program/Project Manager
in all phases of the software development life cycle
- PMP or PMI-ACP certification
- 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach
- CP-ACC Agile Coach Certification
- Enterprise coaching experience (e.g. large, multi-site
organizations)
- Transformation experience
- Practical experience executing agile projects in any of the
roles (Developer, Scrum Master, Product Owner) and across multiple
agile methodologies. We are looking for people with practical
experience and not just theoretical knowledge or classroom
teaching.
- Leadership skills and excellent communication skills
- Ability to facilitate and lead meetings to reach conclusions,
identify tasks, record actions, and achieve results
- Ability to lead, train, and provide feedback to staff and
corresponding managers
- Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
- Ability to present to multiple levels of management
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication
skills
- Experience leading effective collaboration across a team of
project managers focusing on different functional areas for the
same project
- Change management or large-scale transformation experience
Benefits & Perks
- Company sponsored health, dental, vision insurance and flexible
spending account (FSA) for employees and their families including
domestic partners
- Paid Vacation Time and company holidays
- Matching 401K plan
- Lunch & Learns
- Passionate, collaborative and awesome co-workers
- World class training and career mentorship
Keywords: Conexess Group, Denver , Sr. Agile Coach (100% Remote) - Direct Hire - 2 Openings!!, IT / Software / Systems , Denver, Colorado
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