Agile Coach (W2 and Local only)

Company: Sharp Decisions
Location: Rosemead
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

A client of Sharp Decisions Inc. is looking for an Agile coach to be based in Rosemead, CA. The position is on a Hybrid model. The duration is 18 months. *W2 and local only.

Day to Day Responsibilities:
--- Team Coach - coach for 4-8 teams at various maturity and development stages responsible for:
o Identifying team performance opportunities and establishing Agile best practices
o Implementing and championing Agile Maturity Metrics
o Facilitating setup and optimization of team performance and work product tracking (Octane and UMTPI - analogous to Jira/Ado)
o Supporting Scrum Teams by
? Training and bolstering key roles (typically Product Owner and Scrum Master)
? Observing and recommending improvements to Scrum Events
? Implementing Key Scrum Performance metrics
? Laying foundation for Agile at Scale (Scrum of Scrums and Product Lines)
o Supporting Kanban Teams by
? Facilitating establishment and maintenance of team agreements and policies
? Implementing key Kanban performance Metrics
? Laying foundation for Agile at Scale (Up/downstream handoffs)
o Conducting assessments and reporting on team performance
o Rehabilitating troubled teams

--- Agile Trainer - Deliver team and organizational training on following topics
o Intro to Agile
o Scrum Master Role (Intro and Advanced)
o Product Owner Role (Intro and Advanced)
o Agile Leader
o Scaled Agile
o Kanban (Intro & Advanced)
o Workshops
Scrum Ceremonies
? Backlog Shaping
? Agile BRD
? Agile Procurement
? Story Writing
? Roadmap Planning and Creation

--- Organizational Transformation and Change - Support Agile transformation by:
o Conducting assessments and reporting on team performance
o Influencing policies and processes to benefit agile practitioners
o Supporting adoption of key change metrics
o Support teams through change

Required Skills/Attributes:
Responsibilities
- Minimum 5 years combined experience as an Agile coach at Fortune 500 company(s)
- Minimum 5 years as Project Manager in a waterfall environment at Fortune 500 company(s)
- Agile at Scale Cert (SAFe, LeSS, or equivalent)
- Certified Agile Trainer by accredited organization (Scrum Alliance or equivalent)

Desired Skills/Attributes:
In addition to meeting all qualifications listed above looking for

Key Differentiators
--- Listening skills
--- Temperament (looking for a facilitator and enabler, not a task master)
--- Facilitating team and organizational maturity
--- Data based performance measurement and tracking
--- Agile Transformation Experience
o Identifying key success factors
o Creating Key Change metrics
--- Experience with Agile procurement
--- Experience in project environments with numerous stage gates and phased
development
--- Experience partnering with Managed Service Providers
--- Organizational Change experience
--- Organizational Change Analysis

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Keywords: Sharp Decisions, Rosemead , Agile Coach (W2 and Local only), IT / Software / Systems , Rosemead, California