Senior Enterprise Agile Coach (Remote)

Senior Enterprise Agile Coach | NextGen Information Services | Worldwide

Sr.Enterprise Agile Coach_ Remote
Note : Need locals to St Louis MO

11 months contract

Visa GC/ US

Rate $80/hr on w2

Agile Coach helps a teams or individual adopt and improve agile methods and practice. A coach helps people rethink and change the way they go about development. The coach can help teams apply agile and lean thinking to the specific environments and impediments they face. Working as an advisor, the coach can help the team adapt the methodology to their situation, and help them challenge the existing environment.

Responsibilities: Partner with Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, and other Agilists to developcomprehensive coaching plans designed to improve agile ways of working at theportfolio, product, and team levels.

Act as a key change agent and lead others through transformation at the executive levelas well as coach and mentor key roles in the portfolio.

Be pragmatic in coaching and adapt the frameworks and tools in agile toolkit toimpact streamlined delivery, improve quality, and ensure teams are achievingbusiness outcomes and value delivery.

Thoughtfully develop and advance transformation roadmap at the portfolio level that iscustomer-centric, and business outcome focused

Partner with portfolio leadership for strategic business agility planning Advise leaders on team topologies structured to streamline value delivery

Facilitate agile maturity assessments and guide leaders & teams in continualimprovement activities Teach, mentor, and coach individuals, teams and team of teams on agilepractices

Contribute to the development and evolution of Agile Standards across theorganization Leverage experimentation and rapid learning to improve agile practices anddelivery outcomes

Utilize information radiators, agile artifacts, metrics and reporting to guidedirection and measure impacts

Encourage and coach business leaders to focus on outcomes over outputs and establishclear key results

Model agile behaviors and servant leadership with a drive for relentless improvement Develop self-organized/managed teams and team of teams

Qualifications specific to this role:

Bachelor’s Degree in IT related fieldso 5+ years of experience coaching at the portfolio level or higher

o Expert skills and knowledge in Agile frameworks (Agile, Lean, Scrum, XP, etc)

o Embodied servant leadership

o Excellent skills in facilitation, conflict resolution, and empowerment

o Experience using ALM tools (AHA, JIRA, Confluence)

o Experience using agile assessment platforms (AgilityHealth) to guideperformance driven coaching outcomes

Preferred qualifications specific to this role:

o Master’s Degree in IT related fields

o Certifications such as ICAgile Certifications in Coaching, Facilitation, and/or Business

Agility Foundations (ICP-ACC, ICP-ACF, ICP-BAF), CSM Certifications (CSM, CSP-SM),

AgilityHealth (AHF – Facilitator, CIC (Continuous Improvement Champion)

• Required Skills:

APPLICATION LIFE CYCLE
AGILE PDM

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70.00 – $80.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: Remote

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