Agile Coach/Transformation

22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
Durham, NC
22 Nov 2024

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Job Title

: Agile Coach / Transformation

Location: Durham, NC

Duration: 12 Months

Certifications Required:
  • Certified Scrum Master CSM
  • Kanban certification

Job Description:
  • This position will use Agile (Scrum, Kanban) principles to understand and execute resolution of backlog items by working closely with the Product Owner(s) and the project team(s), ensuring deliverables reflect requirements, are effective solutions and are delivered with quality.
  • This position plays a key role in resolving business and team conflicts with active involvement in technical matters, finding gaps and ensuring Product Owner involvement in business decisions and description of the business flow.
  • This role must demonstrate a high level of expertise in understanding and estimating work effort, collaborating to refine prioritized backlogs, facilitating Scrum ceremonies or Kanban events, and related aspects of Agile methodology.

Education Required:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience

Required Skills:
  • Strong organization and analytical thinking skills with experience turning complex business needs into user scenarios, flows, and diagrams.
  • Strong experience understanding and implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum) based on Team's maturity.
  • Strong hands on experience with tools like MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
  • Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epic/stories/tasks
  • Experience with JIRA to create/enhance dashboards, monitor progress of sprint/work flow, and providing statuses in timely manner.
  • Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and/or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.
  • Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs.
  • Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills.
  • Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders
  • Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio.
  • Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
  • Demonstrated experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward.

Preferred:
  • Certified Scrum Master or Kanban certification
  • Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation
  • Knowledge of DevOps practices
  • Experience with setup, tracking, monitoring flow and reporting in Jira
  • Experience with JIRA Align and Portfolio Planning.

About our Company: -22nd Century Technologies is a business enterprise that supports demanding staffing programs for Corporations and State and Local Government Agencies. Its journey began in 1997 by supporting large Federal contracts which nudged us in the direction of creating large candidate pools across the country. Over the last 20 years, we have built a strong business model that is carefully constructed to deliver on multiple facets. We have proven past performance of providing services that exceed our clients' expectations. Today 22nd Century technologies supports clients in all 50 states and has grown to be a company that is trusted and sought for providing a complex mix of workforce solutions. With a firm grip on the entire spectrum of staffing solutions, we have placed more than 500,000 skilled resources and delivered 15 million+ man-hours.“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and “s & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
  • ID: #23274308
  • State: North Carolina Durham 27701 Durham USA
  • City: Durham
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2021-11-22
  • Deadline: 2021-12-23
  • Category: Government