Senior Agile Coach

07 Aug 2024

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What You Will Do

  • As a recognized Agile expert within a Journey, Platform, Practice or segment aligned with project delivery, the Agile Coach provides hands-on support, recommendations and guidance across Agile teams—notably through day-to-day leadership, executive and team training and support.
  • Their coaching educates team members in Agile and NEW methods and their role in the Agile operating model, as well as the business value the Agile method provides.
  • The Agile Coach regularly assesses and calibrates the team's Agile fluency, leveraging the enterprise framework including direct support of work mobilization activities (e.g., roadmap development, functional decomposition).
  • The ultimate goal of the Coach role is to bring Agile teams (e.g., Product Groups, Product Families, Pods) to a level of capability that no longer requires the Coach's guidance.
  • Experienced Agile Coach requires comprehensive expertise in leading-edge theories or techniques in agile approaches
  • Focus is on coaching and training leadership and assisting Scrum Masters and agile teams
  • Ability to provide guidance and oversight to multiple teams, growing capability across the organization
  • In-depth expertise in agile to interpret internal and external obstacles and recommend best practices
  • Helps Scrum Masters resolve problems, and identify innovative solutions
  • Offers advice and guidance for delivery teams on how to transition to and operate in scaled delivery environments
  • Coaches other teams & leads teams to drive agile adoption
  • Generally reports to Practice Area Lead or Practice Lead and contributes directly to assigned Journey or Platform
  • Participates fully as a member of the agile team (e.g., Product Group, Product Family), supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
  • Provides thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for agile execution and participates in capability building for the team and business unit
  • Keeps current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, and agile related tools / techniques
  • Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
  • Keeps others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of committed work and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
  • Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
  • Leads, motivates and develops relationships with internal and external Agile teams to develop productive working relationships
  • Contributes to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
  • Acts as a brand ambassador, both internally and/or externally
Skills and Experience You Will Need
  • Post-secondary education and typically requiring 7+ years of Agile experience
  • Certified Scrum Master and/or Certified Scrum Master in scaled Agile framework (e.g., SAFE) and 5+ years of Scrum Master experience
  • Advanced knowledge of agile theory, methodology- including scaling techniques, rules, and practices, estimating/sizing, planning, forecasting, reporting, conflict resolution and facilitation
  • Ability to establish goals and objectives that support delivery execution for multiple teams, contribute to the direction of the function and provide advice to the team and delivery leadership
  • Ability to lead, plan, execute and evaluate committed work activities to ensure completion of initiatives
  • Skill in mentoring, performance management and, using analytical software tools, data analysis methods and reporting techniques
  • Proficiency using computer applications including MS Office and industry standard Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
  • Knowledge of current and emerging competitor and market trends
Who We AreGalaxE is a professional IT services firm that specializes in platform-driven solutions and the use of automation to achieve enterprise business transformation and mission-critical change for some of the largest companies in the world. Using our proprietary solution set,

GxFource®, we apply machine learning techniques and predictive analytics tools as part of a broad artificial intelligence strategy that provides effective impact and data-driven business transformation. Since its founding, GalaxE has been dedicated to advancing the benefits of technology. As we continue that legacy and look to the future, a focus on business enablement through agile, cost-efficient, and effective integration of people, process, and technology anchors our success. We revolutionize change in the costs of doing business that transform companies and their ability to leap beyond the competition. At GalaxE we value people and are committed to diversity and inclusion where our employees are made to feel comfortable and are encouraged to be authentic. We focus on cultivating both traditional IT and non-traditional, new collar, workers through our

Outsource to America®, program. We are always looking for passionate, entrepreneurial-minded innovators and disrupters; game-changers that take ownership of the work they produce and bring it each and every day. Working with like-minded team members you will get a chance to discover, develop, and use cutting-edge technologies to transform the way we deliver creative business solutions. Sound like you? Join us and find out for yourself what it means for you, and your career, to be part of the GalaxE team. Let’s build something, together.

#WeAreGalaxE Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Physical Requirements:
  • Prolonged periods of remaining stationary at a desk and working on a computer
  • Must be able to lift to 15 lbs., as needed
  • Must be able to work on-site (corporate/client offices), as needed (not applicable for 100% remote roles)
  • Occasionally required to bend, kneel, crouch, and reach overhead.
  • Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, the ability to tolerate fluorescent lighting, and the ability to adjust focus.
Employees must be able to perform the physical requirements of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees requiring accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs, absent undue hardship.For more information, please visit https://www.galaxe.com/

  • ID: #44662323
  • State: Florida South florida 33101 South florida USA
  • City: South florida
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-08-07
  • Deadline: 2022-10-04
  • Category: Et cetera