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Brooksource · 1 day ago

Agile Coach

Brooksource is looking for an Agile Coach to join the Value Management Office (VMO) Talent Advancement team at their #1 Banking client in the Columbus area. In this role, you will work collaboratively to expand and formalize the company’s Agile coaching and training practices, ensuring continuity and maturing those practices across the organization.

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Responsibilities

Establish collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders and team members to aid in the Agile adoption journey
Collaborate across the VMO to design and support full Agile transformations within teams
Coach and guide teams on the mechanics of Lean and Agile methods to achieve optimal team effectiveness
Work with Experience Owners, Execution Managers, and Scrum Masters to track and report on Agile Metrics & KPIs to understand progress and to leverage data for backlog management and reporting
Deliver hands-on coaching of individual teams in all aspects of Agile Frameworks (e.g. daily meetings, planning, self-organization, collaboration, iterative development, managing flow, backlog maturity, limiting WIP, etc.)
Create, build, and deliver customized Agile training meeting VMO branding standards
Mentor understanding of team of team principles through understanding Program Management (metrics, intake, prioritization, and allocation)
Embrace servant leadership and display behaviors that come with the key mindset shifts associated with agility
Collaboratively create, launch, and facilitate Agile groups, Communities of Practice, and Agile Working Groups
Demonstrate a strong fundamental understanding of business operations (e.g. planning, budgeting, resource management, etc.)
Collaborate across the VMO to provide content exposing colleagues to innovative thinking and ideas from the Agile community to increase agility
Drive continuous improvement ensuring quality delivery and minimization of unnecessary process overhead
Coach teams to analyze Agile metrics in order to make data and value driven decisions
Collaborate across the VMO to help evolve tools processes to ensure data is accurate and accessible
Collaborate with and mentor scrum masters on improving their craft and level of agile maturity
Coach and mentor functional managers to improve their understanding of and agile capabilities

Qualification

Agile expertiseServant leadershipAgile training deliveryInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsTeam buildingListening skillsMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience working in an Agile environment
Deep agile expertise; has a strong understanding of servant leadership, the Agile Manifesto's values and principles, multiple agile frameworks, and agility at scale
Extended track record of delivering training in a manner ensuring knowledge transfer
Excellent interpersonal skills; must excel at team building, one-on-one conversations, and issue resolution
Strong communication skills; clearly presents complex information verbally and visually to team members, stakeholders, and leadership
Strong effective listening skills; able to engage in a conversation and show that they hear what is being said and can read the nonverbal cues of their audience
Possesses the ability to grow others; understands how to train, mentor, and coach individuals and teams, helping them become better agilists, team members, and leaders
Strong problem-solving skills; able to find creative ways to improve teams across all levels of scale, with a focus on optimizing the overall system

Company

Brooksource

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Brooksource is a single source for project and supplemental support through contract employment, contract-to-hire labor employment.

H1B Sponsorship

Brooksource has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2020 (10)

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Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Ashley Cigolotti
Director, Global Partnerships
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Matt Ayala
National Account Executive (Global Partnerships)
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