Agile Coach (Hybrid)

Agile Coach

What we look for in you?

We expect to inculcate agile mindset within the team as well as organization through interactions and coaching.

Should have good understanding of the major agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP).

Should be able to assess the maturity level of the teams and organization, and coach the team(s) to the next higher level of maturity.

Assess the progress level, identify impediments, organize coaching sessions at team and organizational level.

Act as a change agent in bringing agility in thought process thereby improving agile practices and delivering quality product increment.

Should be highly proficient in process knowledge, methodologies and people skills to influence teams to create a working environment.

Support implementation of Scrum ceremonies ensuring full teams engagement.

Support Product Owner on creating the vision for the product.

Establish a constructive working relationship with the Product Owner, Development team, Stakeholders and Sponsors.

Identify people within the organization who could actively contribute to the execution of the new processes and practices.

Facilitates the efforts of multiple teams and the greater organization to employ Agile practices that maximize product delivery and value.

Train and coaches all scrum team members, clarifying roles and responsibilities and offering motivation and support, as necessary.

Sets up an Agile COE within the organization to promote the Agile best practices.

Engage the Leadership team for Agile Adoption.

Knowledge of TDD, BDD, DevOps.

Knowledge of tools like JIRA / TFS / Rally / Version One.

Minimum Qualification

Minimum 10 years of IT experience of working on software development projects in any capacity.

Worked as Scrum Master for at least 2 years.

Worked as an Agile Coach for at least 2 years.

Agile certifications.

Preferred Qualification

Worked in at least 2-3 different Agile environment/organizations.

Worked in Distributed Agile environments.