Senior Agile Transformation Coach

Scaled Agile Practice Consultant 6.0Help drive adoption of end-to-end Agile transformation strategy with Lean-Agile ways of working and SAFe as a cornerstone. Advise on operating models and transformation governance. Perform AgilityHealth maturity assessments & recommend strategies to address growth items. Expert in coaching, training, and mentoring roles from leadership to teams on their respective functions within SAFe. Act as role model embodying Agile values, principles, and demonstrating success patterns. Actively facilitate and coach LPM and ART events. Support Agile tooling administration, strategy, and adoption: SAFe for Enterprise, AgilityHealth, Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), etc. Help identify and coach champions within functional areas who can evangelize Agile and act as local mentors/coaches in their area. Develop Lean-Agile training materials and deliver content for and to both existing teams and the onboarding of new talent. Help launch and mature Communities of Practices and interaction/pollination across DT and the business. Raise recurring/widely observed issues and bottlenecks to stakeholders; develops and implements comprehensive solutions. Coach organization through change, helping identify and attack organizational impediments which limit team productivity and quality. Help develop and monitor metrics to track Agile adoption and maturity to aid in accelerating overall Agile transformation efforts. Create an environment that values and promotes autonomy, skill mastery, empowerment, transparency, innovation, learning. Foster a fail-safe, fail-fast environment where experiments lead to the best solution. Promote lean thinking principles such as reduced cycle times, limiting work in progress, reduced batch size, understanding of flow, identification of waste/inefficiencies and leading remediation efforts.To qualify you must have:SAFe 6 Program Consultant Certification & Enablements6 or more years’ experience coaching agile teamsMinimum of 5 years of experience working in engineering, IT, or a related field3+ years’ experience guiding Agile portfolios, product lines, and budgetingExperience transitioning waterfall Project Management Lifecyle to Agile Product Delivery in complex, highly regulated environmentExperience with 2 large scale (150+ people impacted) Agile transformation effortsExperience with Jira, Confluence, AgilityHealth, SAFe EnterpriseProven ability to think strategically, and to communicate strategy to large organizationSubstantial experience with Waterfall, Scrum, Agile, Kanban, SAFe, XP, DevSecOpsFamiliarity with infrastructure concepts to facilitate delivery of DevOps components of the Agile TransformationStrong communication, presentation and facilitation skillsActive engagement in external agile and product communities with a network of professional contacts outside of the organizationUp to 25% Travel may be requiredMust be able to operate in a virtual environmentRequired Skills: Agile Methodology. This is a high PRIORITY requisition.