Agile Coach

Are you an Agile Coach looking for a new opportunity?

Are you looking for a new contract opportunity?

We are pleased to offer you a new contract opportunity for you to consider : Agile Coach

• Start : ASAP
• Estimated length : UPDATE
• Location : UPDATE
• Hybrid role- 2-3 days a week onsite

Actively seeking for candidates with below requirements.

Advantages

You will have an opportunity to work with a leading employer in the local market.

Responsibilities

• Run SAFe value stream and ART identification workshops to identify value streams and the solutions needed to deliver on them
• Provide SAFe certified training sessions both online and in person to both teams they are transforming and advanced training for groups across the organization already transformed
• Ability to help leaders construct Agile Release Trains (ARTs) team of teams built around solutions and or Lean Portfolios based on the delivery through value streams
• Work with both leaders and teams to understand the transformation they are part of and why they are doing it
• Coaching leaders and teams to adopt a Lean Agile Mindset
• Work with Product Managers and or Epic Owners to build backlogs of Epics and Features
• Work with Solution and or Enterprise Architects to build backlogs of Enablers
• Coach agile teams to adopt or improve agile concepts and use the Plan, Do, Check and Adjust (PDCA) cycle in their delivery of Stories and resolution of Defects.
• Prepare the team for and lead them through Program Increment (PI) Planning, execution of the PI and Inspect and Adapt and teach them how to conduct the session themselves.
• Participate in facilitating Community of Practice (CoP) sessions for shared experience groups such as Release Train Engineers, Product Owners Managers, Architects, Scrum Masters and Business Owners.
• Attend transformation team scrums to work as part of a team to move transformation activities forward and solve problems

Qualifications

Critical Qualifications

• Must be an up to date certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
• Enabled to deliver up to date SAFe certified training for Leading SAFe and SAFe for Teams
• Experience conducting SAFe value stream and ART identification workshops to identify value streams and the solutions needed to deliver on them
• Experience launching Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and or Lean Portfolios using Scaled Agile Framework
• Must have exceptional communication, planning skills and the ability to teach others new and sometimes complex concepts
• Must posses the ability to be empathetic with employees undergoing change

Preferred Qualifications

• Enabled to do other up to date SAFe certified training such as LPM, RTE, POPM, Architects, Scrum Master, etc.
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with Planview Agile Place
• Experience working at large organizations
• A specialization through advanced work in areas such as Product Management, DevOps, Architecture or Lean Portfolio Management
• Worked within a Lean Agile Centre of Excellence (LACE) to implement SAFe

Summary

Do you have this experience? If you answer YES, then please apply IMMEDIATELY to so we can then discuss your experience and interest in this opportunity!

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