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Agile Coach

Reporting to the Global Agile Practice Director (COE & Practice), you will be empowered to: Showcase and enhance your agile coach competencies of coaching, mentoring, training, and facilitation for fostering learning & adaptive culture Contributing to the Organization's Agile Transformation Vision, Roadmap, Strategy and Execution based on SAFe or other scaling frameworks Proactively analyze and make recommendations for improvements to existing agile organizational practices and patterns at the Portfolio, Program, and team level, identify ways to improve Organization's agile maturity Develop and update orientation and training content to enhance agile practices and mindset Maintain best practices, tools, templates, and other content to support agile implementation and communities of practice Share best practices and insights for across the organization to remove impediments to the implementation of Agile Development and execution support of Agile transformation strategies within different Portfolio and/or Programs Providing upskilling recommendations for RTEs, Scrum Masters, POPM and other relevant agile roles based on the suitable methods, practices, and agile frameworks.

Knowledge and Skills SAFe Strategist & executor - Experience in executing SAFe transformations, PI Plannings, ART Sync, Mentoring People and fostering learning & experimentation culture Facilitation of I&A, Lean Portfolio Canvas workshop, VSM Mapping, Problem-solving and backlog designing workshops to identify potential solutions to opportunities and problems identified at the Portfolio and Program level. Passionate problem solver and negotiator who succeeds in ambiguous situations Discipline expert in Scrum, Kanban, Lean, TDD/XP, BDD and scaling these practices. Work requires seasoned knowledge and a command of Agile methods and practical implementation of these practices. Agile methodology training & Certifications – Agile Coach Certification from Industry recognized bodies (e.g., Scrum Alliance, Scrm.Org, ICAgile, Kanban University, PMI etc.) Strong communication skills with experience in delivering programs, training, workshops that influence Strategic Thinker: strong strategic and critical thinker with ability to delve into unique challenges and find creative solutions Collaboration & fun: inclusive and collaborative work style while creating fun and excitement in our work Integrity and trust: do what's right and operate with transparency and openness. We love Gamification in the work we do & have our in-house frameworks designed to amplify the learning culture

Key Competencies Training, Coaching & mentoring skills including empathy and active listening. Facilitation, communication, influence leadership, and negotiation. Flexible in approach. Can quickly adjust to a new context / environment and objectives. Servant leadership, growth mindset, Self-starter, self-driven, self-improving, and objective-driven.

Work Experience Certified SPC with 15+ years of overall experience in being part of or managing large programs and/or Product lifecycle 2+ years of related experience being an Agile Coach for large scale agile transformations 2+years of related experience being a Program level coach and/or RTE 5+ years of experience at team level as SM or PO or PM Experience and understanding of Design Thinking, DEVSECOPS, SRE, Change management practices etc. Experience and Coaching using HSD, Clean Language, Spiral Dynamics, Systemic coaching Agenda Shift, etc. for people transformation Experience in APM Tools like Jira, Jira Align, Rally, Confluence etc. and facilitation tools like Miro, Mural etc. is must Experience coaching in distributed Agile delivery environments and facilitate remote workshops Certification from ICAgile, PMI, ScrumAlliance on Agile Coaching will be a great addition

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