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- Lead Senior Agile Enterprise Coach
- This candidate will be experienced in leading agile transformations for departments or divisions within a large company.
- The Senior Agile Coach will be a crucial member of the Agile Center of Excellence (CoE), which is leading the Agile Transformation of the Finance Division.
- The primary framework being used is SAFe, supported by JIRA and Confluence and a future with JIRA Align.
- The focus of this role will be to support client's transformation to a Modern Way of Working, expanding Product Management, Agile and Lean practices across the organization, with particular responsibility for a Division in Finance.
- The coach will work with executives and leaders to identify opportunities for forming Agile teams and Teams of Teams using a transformation roadmap that includes Value Stream mapping, leading Kaizen Events, facilitating Discovery Sessions as well as providing coaching.
- Excellent communication skills are required in order to negotiate internally, generally at a senior level.
- Deep leadership, problem-solving, communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in the following areas: finance, treasury, risk, operations and technology. The position could result in full-time employment.
- Provide Agile coaching, which will require expertise in Agile Scrum, SAFe or SAFe-like frameworks, Extreme Programming, Test driven development and Kanban principles, methods and techniques
- Lead identification and creation of format for Agile Life cycle management tool - Jira, Confluence Symphony and Teams
- Coach the set-up and use of tools to support the agile transformation.
- Participate in planning and executing the roll out of that infrastructure across time and associated adoption strategy and training
- Instruct managers on the basics of Agile frameworks and methods, such as Scrum, Kanban, Portfolio Management, OKRs, Metrics, Product Management, Product Ownership, Design Thinking
- Lead PI Planning sessions
- Facilitate Problem Solving workshops with Executives, Leaders and SMEs
- Mentor: Focusing on people and Continuous Improvement all the time; provide team a platform for improvement not only during the retro but all the time. Create a safe environment for healthy conflict and meaningful collaboration.
- Deliver effective training classes on a variety of Agile transformation related topics as well as contribute to customer design
- Set up the required infrastructure required to run Scaled Agile effectively.
- Be prepared to act as Product Manager or Owner or scrum master when teams are lacking these roles or learning them.
- At times, manage a team of contracting Agile coaches as needed
- 5 years delivering Agile Transformations
- 5 to 10 years experience as an Agile or Product Management Coach
- Must have SAFe SPC5 and other certifications
- Strong background leading transformations
- Extensive experience in Agile tool identification, implementation and customization
- Exposure to the banking or finance function domain a must
- Excellent organizational oral and written and communication skills
- Ability to interact with all levels of organization in a professional, diplomatic and tactful manner
- Ability to thrive in an environment with a high degree of change
- Ability to manage organizational change initiatives
- Be relentlessly focused on Outcome driven development
- Proven ability to guide the breaking down of large-scale projects into SMART incremental objectives
- Veteran in marrying Agile with Waterfall as necessary to deliver enterprise-wide SAFe initiatives
- Bachelor's or University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Master's degree
- Duration: 6 months, possibility for extension
- Location: Tampa FL, NYC
- COVID-19 considerations: All individuals working on-site must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
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