*Lexis Nexis* *Dayton, OH-Onsite*
*Duration: 6 Months +* *Interview: F2F If Local. Phone/ Skype if candidate is remote* *Certified Agile Coach* *Accountabilities:* 1. Assess an organization’s ability to change, build an implementation roadmap to scale Agile to the enterprise level, and then use Agile methods to effectively transform the organization and provide ongoing coaching to the teams. 2. Work independently or in a team setting to evangelize agile best practices across the organization 3. Provide role-based Scaled Agile Framework training for executives (business and technology), Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineers (RTE), and system teams 4. Assist the Portfolio Management team in portfolio backlog creation and grooming 5. Train and coach product owners with the creation of portfolio-level Epics and Features, as well as performing continuous prioritization/grooming of both portfolio and program backlogs 6. Assist in Agile Release Planning; Provide RTE/Program Manager guidance in creating Vision and Roadmap artifacts; create/update Release/Program Plans with features and dependencies; and assist in WSJF discussions and calculations 7. Develop and enable Product Managers as Business Content Authority Experts for the release trains, by facilitating Release Train readiness reviews, backlog grooming activities, and Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshops 8. Implement relevant Scaled Agile Framework metrics at the team, program, and portfolio levels; evaluate the results, and recommend course corrections to help the teams continuously improve their delivery activities 9. Mentor and assist the coaching staff in helping the teams with effective backlog grooming sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives (capture retrospective results with an eye on process and practice improvement; provide coaching where needed), and resolving impediments that prevent agile teams from completing sprint commitments 10. Work with Quality Assurance representatives to introduce automated testing into the SAFe process. 11. Provide support for the development and sustainment of the Delivery Center of Excellence (DCE) and manage the Agile Coaching staff 12. Provide tools coaching (Rally, VersionOne, VSTS, and JIRA) and develop and foster continuous improvement *Requirements:* 1. Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Industrial/Organizational Psychology or Computer Science preferred with a strong academic record (graduate degree in Business or Technology a plus) 2. Minimum of 15 years of experience: 5 years in a management role and 3 years in Agile coaching 3. Scrum Master Certification (CSM) with a minimum of 5 years practical experience acting as a Scrum Master 4. *SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) Certification with a minimum of 1 year SAFe experience in leading a large scale waterfall to Agile Transformations * 5. Strong professional appearance and possess a high level of emotional intelligence and demonstrated seasoned acumen when interacting with both senior business and technical personnel, as well as the “on-the-ground” consulting and delivery teams 6. Minimum 3-5 years of industry experience (Consumer Products, Retail, Distribution, and Transportation) as an Agile Coach (resume should clearly articulate the coaching experience in a large scale enterprise agile transformation). 7. Experience in training teams on Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) along with the capability to conduct role based Agile training such as Scrum Master Training, Product Owner Training, etc. 8. Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) 9. Knowledge of DevOps tools such as Jenkins, LARA, LISA, Puppet, Chef, etc. a plus. 10. Experience in managing or leading Agile engagements in a distributed agile environment such as on-site / off-shore model 11. Experience in creating and tailoring Agile processes based on customer need, keeping the processes always aligned to the Agile Manifesto 12. Hands-on knowledge and experience in relevant Agile tools such as Rally, Jira, Version One, etc. 13. Strong collaboration and partnership skills to work with infrastructure, operations, enterprise & solution architecture teams 14. Expertise in problem solving and analyzing global scale distributed systems and critical production service environments 15. Experience in software, systems, networking, hardware, logistics and operations or capacity planning 16. Knowledge of Agile testing and engineering practices 17. A strong background and solid grasp of software development, QA and system deployment 18. Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills with a firm sense of accountability, ownership for the end-to-end project lifecycle, and exceptional Lean Agile Project Management skills 19. Ability to demonstrate thought leadership in Agile to customers * ------------------------------ Regards:* Amer Ali - Sr.IT Recruiter ITBrainiac Inc. Direct : 609-423-4147 || amer....@itbtalent.com Gtalk: Ameritbtalent Princeton,NJ 08540 Website: www.itbrainiac.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Business_Intelligence" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to business_intelligence+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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