Agile coach position to support existing and new agile teams across Enterprise Risk and Finance Technology. The Agile Coach is the person who is responsible for creating and improving these agile processes by:
Working with project, program and portfolio teams to analyze current processes and provide guidance on adoption of agile best practices
Guide teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques, finetuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met
Lead agile workshops, assessments for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders
Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and being accountable for them
Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensure the organization is at the forefront of industry best practices
Facilitate learning and development through individual and team coaching
Coach senior management in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from topdown.
Effectively communicate agile principles, scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization
Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures across teams
Experience in building and executing Agile transformation. Should have performed at least one end to end transformation.
Primary Skill: Agile Coach
Required Skills
Product Lifecycle Management
5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach
Experience in Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe)
Experience in sustaining and scaling Agile Communities of Practices and participates in the Agile Center of Excellence.
Can showcase examples of implementing agile techniques in different cultures and environments
Experience in creating and delivering training content in a simple interactive manner for for various roles in Scrum, XP, SAFe.
Should be a hands on passionate team player that can work at all levels across the organization.
Experienced in launching ARTS, Training teams, Coach ART execution.
Experience running agile projects of varying size and complexity
Leader, educator, coach and problem solver.
An excellent communicator and motivator
Excellent time management and prioritization skills
Experience coaching at large organizations (preferably financial) or Fortune 500 companies
Desired Skills: Computer Science background
location: Charlotte, North Carolina
job type: Contract
salary: $85 - 95 per hour
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
Lead agile workshops, assessments for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders
Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and being accountable for them
Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensure the organization is at the forefront of industry best practices
Facilitate learning and development through individual and team coaching
Coach senior management in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from topdown.
Effectively communicate agile principles, scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization
qualifications:
Experience level: Experienced
Minimum 5 years of experience
Education: Bachelors
skills:
Agile Methodology
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
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