Program & Portfolio Management - Agile Coach

1 month ago

Washington, United States TalTeam Full time

Job Description: PURPOSE:

Serves as a strategic change agent, who champions enterprise-wide lean agile enablement and transformation. Drives continuous improvement across the organization through the use of Agile, Scrum and Lean values/practices and servant leadership . Comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization use Lean Agile as a strategic asset for culture change and business value generation. Creates and nurtures a culture of continuous learning, growth mindset and agile maturity at the enterprise level by partnering with stakeholders at various levels; and through Lean Agile coaching. Influences leaders and associates in the enterprise to be Lean-Agile Leaders demonstrating a Lean-Agile Mindset.

This individual will join a team leading a product management transformation. Specifically, the Coach will provide leadership, guidance and best practices as the organization shifts from a project to a product-focused operating model. They will work with various stakeholders at to enable the transition to a product operating model and ensure smooth integration with the agile operating models.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
40% Champions enterprise-wide lean agile adoption and continued improvement across the organization. Comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization use Lean Agile and Product thinking as a strategic asset for culture change and business value generation. Works with peers and management to define and refine the enterprise agile vision, drives the organization-wide lean agile enablement/transformation strategy and roadmap. Develops, implements and improves lean-agile metrics, support roll out. Continuously improves enterprise lean agile practices, enhances/develops training materials. Works with stakeholders to understand the flow of value across the enterprise, identifies and removes enterprise level blockers that impact business agility.

40% Provides coaching to teams and programs on all aspects of Lean Agile, and helps them decide team and program level frameworks (e.g. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban etc). Works with the teams to mature their agile mindset, product/agile practices, ceremonies, and coaches the key roles to achieve business results. Helps teams improve predictability, productivity, quality, flow etc. Supports and guides efforts to bring transparency across the organization and the stakeholders. Drives the journey towards high performing team/program by creating psychological safety and trusts to enable self managing teams, transparency, team empowerment and continuous learning. Helps identify Value Streams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), prepares the teams for ART launch, trains teams and leadership, coaches ART execution, and helps drive continuous improvement at the ART level.

15% Organizes workshops and presentations that helps promote agile maturity across the organization. Conducts training which includes, but is not limited to, the areas of release planning, backlog grooming, story writing, roles and responsibilities, the ceremonies of Scrum, Kanban and technical best-practices; product management teams, Scrum masters and other roles. Also conduct sessions that include the areas of Product thinking, Lean portfolio management, aligning business strategy to execution, creating, and maintaining portfolio level backlogs, value stream mapping, technical best-practices etc.

5% Remains current with industry trends in order to identify characteristics of high performing teams/organizations and to help improve business agility within the enterprise

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Experience: 10 years or equivalent in the use of Lean, Agile methodologies. Proven success leading large-scale Agile transformation. This is a leadership role, and candidates need the knowledge, talent and enough years of experience at that level.

In Lieu of Education
In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Preferred Qualifications
Seven plus years coaching and training teams in Agile enablement and transformation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
Expert knowledge of Lean, Agile principles and practices., Expert
Expert knowledge of lean/agile theory, different methodologies like SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, DevOps; practices, ceremonies, etc. ,
Expert Knowledge of Product management, DevOps, Test automation, and other supporting functions required for delivering business value like infrastructure, InfoSec, Architecture etc, , Advanced
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and industry standard Agile tools. , Advanced
Ability to organize data and generate comprehensive reports. , Advanced
Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems. , Expert
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Expert
Self-starter with an ability to prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines, Expert
Ability to drive change at all levels, manage conflicts constructively., Expert

Licenses/Certifications
Certified SAFe® Program Consultant Upon Hire Req.
Enabled to teach various Certified SAFe courses (Req)
Certified Scrum Master (CSP) Upon Hire Req
Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO) Upon Hire Req
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Upon Hire Pref
IC Agile ICP-Client Upon Hire Pref
Certified Scrum Professional Upon Hire Pref

**Talteam Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.**

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