*Agile Coach Job – CTH*
*GENERAL INFORMATION:* Priority: Very High Location: Eden Prairie, MN / Jersey City, NJ / Boston, MA Duration: 6 Months Contract to hire Visa: Open Level: Senior Rate: $50/hr on C2C Interviews: Telephonic and then F2F interview in any of the three locations given Openings: 6 open positions against 3 locations given Job type: Initial 6 months on contract and then followed by direct hire by the client on their payroll Client is not doing any visa transfers at the moment *JOB DESCRIPTION* 1. As an Agile Coach, you will be engaged with programs that are transforming from a traditional software delivery model to an agile delivery model, or a program that is looking to mature in their agile adoption. The scope of transformation ranges from individual teams to large programs/ portfolios that cross multiple delivery teams and business segments. This is a unique role where your passion, enthusiasm, and enjoyment in customer facing coaching will be highly valued. 2. The Agile Coach will be responsible for leading the agile transformation of one or more value streams (Release Trains) to support the delivery of strategic technology products. Critical to your success is coaching the Release Train Engineer (RTE), which is a hybrid role that properly balances agile leadership and program management to help software development teams build and deliver solutions more efficiently. This role will heavily leverage the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to drive agile delivery within the release train. 3. This position requires individuals who have previously been successful RTE's, Scrum Masters and/or Agile Coaches on highly distributed teams, have led Agile/Scrum adoption in the past, and have experience in software delivery as well as those who can drive and influence change and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization. 4. As the ideal candidate you are not only experienced in agile methods, but have an extensive track record of delivering high quality systems and products. You enjoy close collaboration with delivery team members to ensure compliance with out enterprise delivery method. You will also be responsible for advancing the standard enterprise methods, practices and tools as needs emerge, as well as assisting with the identification of changes to the enterprise policies and standard to support agile software delivery. *Primary Responsibilities: * 1. Act as an Agile Coach, concentrating on developing Execution leaders (RTE and Scrum Masters) and closely partnering with the Product Manager & IT Delivery Owner to guide one agile release train 2. Establish program level cadence and drive program level ceremonies (e.g. PI Planning, Product Management Council, Scrum of Scrums, release train retrospectives, HIP Sprint) 3. Work with other program leaders to drive the definition and refinement of the program backlog 4. Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to the agile program and scrum teams 5. Ensure cross-value stream coordination and collaboration 6. Serve as an escalation for impediment removal for the Scrum Masters and scrum teams 7. Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-level plans, progress and quality 8. Facilitate alignment dependencies between the program team and third parties, release managers, or between the team and other Scrum Teams 9. Foster a team collaborative environment that tears down silos between groups, act in a single voice 10. Actively contribute to the company’s Agile and Lean Community through participation in the internal Agile Community of Practice, Agile Coach, RTE and Scrum Master Forums 11. Develop, coach, and mentor team members to advance their skills and career 12. Provide real time feedback to the methodology team based on experiences with software delivery teams 13. Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution 14. Be a change agent and foster a “learn by doing” environment 15. Act as a mentor to Agile Team Coaches, RTE's, Scrum Masters and Product Owners *Requirements: * 1. 8+ years of IT experience 2. 4+ years of experience in an Agile delivery environment 3. 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Product Owner or Agile Coach 4. 3+ years Project Management experience 5. 2+ years of leading people from an HR perspective 6. 2+ years of experience working on large scale, multiple scrum team projects 7. 2+ years of experience working on mixed methodology program (Scrum interfacing with Waterfall from a dependency perspective) 8. SAFe Program Consultant (SPC4) Certification and relevant work experience 9. Bachelor's Degree in an IT related field 10. Experience with Agile Planning Tools, preferably Rally 11. Ability to coach others in basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures 12. Ability to coach others in backlog refinement, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition 13. Ability to coach others in incremental delivery and the value of metrics 14. Excellent English communication skills in written and spoken form *Assets: * 1. Agile / Scrum Industry Certification(s) 2. SAFe Certification(s) 3. Project Management Industry Certification(s) 4. Healthcare experience 5. Understanding of other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise 6. Understanding of the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team 7. Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices 8. 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