Agile Coach

Agile Coach

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Agile Coach

Position Description
CGI Federal is looking for an Agile Coach to guide project delivery teams. You will coordinate the delivery of agile based activities and lead the development project team to implement iterative releases driven by the program. You will provide 'change agent' leadership in the area of agile standard methodologies and transformation for the teams in the organization using the SAFe® Framework.

Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or potential clearance requirements, US citizenship is required.

Members may reside near any of the following CGI Federal office locations: Fairfax, VA; Lebanon, VA; Lafayette, LA, Belton, TX

Your future duties and responsibilities
• Lead the coaching of multiple, distributed teams collaborating as ARTs, and lead Agile transformation at a program/portfolio level.
• Provide direct support in larger projects and SME support to all other teams to drive Agile at an enterprise level.
• Coach RTEs, Product Owners/Managers, Scrum Masters, and team members towards performing at their highest level and transitioning away from waterfall processes.
• Follow the latest agile trends and evolutions of agile and articulate a vision; Participate in Agile knowledge communities; continuously share and improve related practices and knowledge.
• Build and drive organization-wide Agile adoption strategy and rollout plans
• Embrace servant leadership and embody the qualities and approaches that are associated with agile methods.
• Enable the continual improvement of software development projects. This includes better predictability of scheduling, improvement of efficiency, emphasis for quality of delivery commitments.
• Coach towards improving agile processes and metrics.
• Help with new Scrum team setup or evaluate and mentor existing Scrum teams.
• Deliver training classes as part of coaching for roles including product owners, developers and testers.
• Develop and evaluate team metrics and make recommendations to teams and management for improvements.
• Gather feedback and continuously improve Agile guidance, training materials and content.
• Guide the organization towards Agile maturity by organizing workshops and presentations.
• Bring disclosure and transparency to the business and earn the trust of the partners.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Organization Leadership, or a related field and 8+ years in the use of Agile methodologies and supporting tools
• Strong Agile PM experience and 2+ years working in an Agility training/coaching role with exposure to large organizational transformations
• Enterprise-level Agile and organizational change management experience a significant plus
• Solid background utilizing an Agile framework (e.g. Scrum, Extreme Programming, Kanban, SAFe) in software development
• Strong oral, written, and presentation and interpersonal skills
• Experience independently transitioning software teams to a variation of Agile process.
• Solid technical software development and delivery background, along with experience coaching and mentoring software teams on Agile process transitions.
• Experience in creating and delivering Agile training/workshop
• Able to handle conflict resolution well, facilitating discussion and alternatives of different approaches
• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) certification; Safe Program Consultant (SPC) certification or Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) Certification
Desired qualifications
• PMI-ACP® Certification
• Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) certification
• Experience with Scaled Agile (preferably SAFe) implementations

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