Agile Coach

Job Description:

Optomi, in partnership with one of our premier clients, is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to join their team! This candidate will have demonstrated expertise in Agile principles and values. They will be responsible for coaching and mentoring individuals, teams and organizations. As an expert in Lean/Agile practices they should also be proficient and knowledgeable in facilitation, mentoring, training, people management, and/or professional coaching

Responsibilities:

• Instill a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Collaborate with leadership to create a roadmap for sustaining agility as the organization evolve.
• Facilitate Scrum events and activities as necessary and ensure the team is realizing value from them (including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Retrospective and Backlog Refinement)
• Work with the Product Owner to define the product by identifying requirements and thinking critically about what will make it successful
• Work collaboratively with Enterprise development team, Technical lead and management to determine technical direction and priority of staff for the supporting systems
• Ensures that all members of the team and those with whom they interact build relationships and trust to achieve business objectives.
• Coach and mentor Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile teams and management to enhance agile/lean practices, release planning, Agile ceremonies, Kanban, test driven development, continuous integration and continuous delivery practices.

Experience Required:

• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach
• Experience with Jira
• Experience with Miro or Lucid
• Scrum Master Certification or SAFe Agilist is required
• PMI-ACP certification is a plus
• Experience in coaching at large organizations