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  • ID
    #21629985
  • Job type
    Contract
  • Salary
    TBD
  • Source
    CRG Corporation.
  • Date
    2021-10-23
  • Deadline
    2021-12-21

Agile Coach

North Carolina, Greensboro, 27409 Greensboro USA
 
Contract

Vacancy expired!

Our client is a global automotive manufacturer and financer, who has been awarded by the Great Place to Work® Institute and Fortune amongst the 25 World's Best Workplaces. Its winning culture thrives on fostering strong connections and meaningful work. Joining the team means you will be engaged with innovative technology, participating in global teams and contributing to the collaborative process. Consultants are highly valued and high retention rates.

Agile Coach

6+ Months Contract

Greensboro, NC (Hybrid Schedule: Onsite/Remote)

NOTE: Consultant is needed in Greensboro, NC. Ok with remote contract during Covid but expected to work from Greensboro as much as possible once the situation normalizes.

Responsibilities

  • Train, Lead and coach scrum masters and product owners and cross-functional teams to build, sustain, and strengthen agile values, providing them with the necessary tools and guidance to successfully implement across programs.
  • Develop Agile teams that foster continuous communication and teamwork between business and technology
  • Work across both existing and new Agile teams to develop successful functional teams with an aim toward stabilization of commitment to delivery of work and business value
  • Teach, lead, and mentor team members and empower them to make decisions and take actions that will be conducive for the team to complete goals, focusing on what can be done and recognizing opportunities for improvements.
  • Assist team in building out effective user stories and product backlog
  • Responsible for guiding teams on the first principle of Agile Coaching to deliver working software.
  • Fosters strong spirit of communication and collaboration between teams to align goals, deliver final products, and ensure transparency to impediments and progress.
  • Provide training, mentoring/coaching valuable Agile skills that lead toward the organization-wide transformation
Qualifications

  • Experience coaching and guiding existing agile teams to maturity
  • Knowledge of various Agile or Lean frameworks
  • Strong experience training, coaching and standing up new agile teams in various frameworks - Scrum, Kanban etc.
  • Strong understanding of business and technology working as one team
  • Understands the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
  • Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of and background with agile concepts
  • Enthusiastic and knowledgeable about agile processes, practices, and their benefits
  • Possess great interpersonal skills, teaching abilities, and a capacity to inspire and motivate
  • Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures
  • Understand the business value of agility
Preferred

  • Experience in working through an agile transformation within a large company and with distributed teams
  • Knowledge and Experience in agile Scaling methods
  • Agile Certifications (Certified/Professional SCRUM Master, Professional SCRUM Product Owner, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Work Management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira
  • Involvement within DevOps/Continuous Integration
Category Code: JN008#Dice

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