Echo IT Solutions · 6 months ago
Agile Coach
Farmers Branch, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expEcho IT Solutions is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to help transition their business to agile methodologies. The role involves coaching teams, facilitating training sessions, and implementing strategies for agile practices to enhance efficiency and product delivery.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingConsultingInformation TechnologyMachine LearningWeb Development
Responsibilities
Facilitate learning and development through individual, team and senior management coaching in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices
Effectively communicate agile principles, scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization, working to empower business leaders in key Agile roles at all layers of the organization
Can proactively identify the most valuable mentoring & coaching opportunities
Working with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for the adoption of agile best practices
Guiding teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met
Leading teams to diagnose and resolve complex business challenges
Undertaking daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met
Holding stand-up meetings with cross-functional teams to review project status
Supporting teams in determining the resource allocation to maintain agile practices and ensure smooth project delivery?
Lead and/or facilitate training sessions and workshops (virtually and in-person) for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders, aimed at rolling out and sustaining department-wide adoption of Lean-Agile methodologies, with particular focus on the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum and Kanban delivery
Training will include introductory, advanced, and role-specific training to further the organization's agile practice
Willingness to travel 3-4 weeks of each quarter
Able to train using SAFe's prescribed material as well as put together own material to support specific training/overview requests (using tools such as MS Teams, PowerPoint, WebEx and Miro)
Define, create, and support implementation of: (in partnership with Agile Transformation team leadership and other coaches) Training, learning and development strategies, Delivery plans, Agile maturity assessments, Agile improvement backlogs, Advanced trainer plans, Solution roadmaps
Collaborate with Program and teams to support creation and evolution of the Agile transformation roadmap and drive Agile activities across the team/organization in accordance with Program transformation strategy
Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and being accountable for them
Align, define, and socialize strategy in agile work management tooling, including delivering training and coaching business colleagues to use tools (Miro, Rally, Retrospective tools)
Develops and tracks key metrics to help in speeding the Agile transformation efforts and gauge the maturity of the teams
Lead working groups to meet transformation deliverables such as identifying a standard set project metrics, revising project templates, setting up communities of practice and updating processes
Work with the team to create a plan to meet deliverables, facilitate meetings, track progress and action items, take minutes and update wikis
Qualification
Required
5+ years Agile Coach / Management consulting experience with teams that are new to Agile practices
7+ years delivering Agile projects utilizing a variety of methods including Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe), etc., using collocated and distributed delivery models
Experience running agile projects of varying size and complexity, including large transformational programs
Facilitating small- and large-group sessions, (examples include: Communities of Practice (COP), Inspect and Adapts workshops, and Value Stream Identification workshops)
Strong leader, educator, and coach
An excellent communicator and motivator
Bachelor's degree
Direct experience across multiple value streams of varying organizational complexities
Deep knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) v5
Comprehensive understanding of concepts, theories and principles within agile discipline and broader knowledge of others disciplines such as corporate finance, design thinking, and product management
Expert in the field of agile, including: Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Kanban, scrum, agile/lean, process flow
Showcase examples of implementing agile techniques in different cultures and environments
Drive and lead organizational change in a dynamic environment
Demonstrated ability to influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business and technology partnerships with all levels of team members
Communicate difficult concepts and influences others to adopt a different point of view
Facilitate large- and small-group sessions
Train SAFe outputs such as Epic creation, Feature creation, and Portfolio Canvases
Deliver compelling training, both in person and virtually through videoconferencing
Adapt communication style to fit audience
Preferred
Master's degree
SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC)
ICC-Client
SAFe® Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE)
SAFe® Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT)
advanced Agile Coaching certification
Company
Echo IT Solutions
Echo IT Solutions provides IT consulting, managed services, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and custom software development.
51-200 employees
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