Agile Coach Job at Motion Recruitment, Chicago, IL

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  • Motion Recruitment
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Our client, a grocery retail company is looking for a Senior Agile Coach to come join their team!

Remote: Hybrid position with the dates that candidate would be required to go into the office. Preference to be near Chicago and Quincy location.

Team has 3 Agile coaches and looking to expand and sustain the squads that they have.

DevOps--two major tools--Legacy JIRA and Azure DevOps

12-month assignment with potential for FTE

Must Haves:

SAFe ART Launch Certification

SPC 6 Cert with training experience required --conducting trainings. Will allow SPC-5 resumes--would ask candidate why they haven't upgraded. Will consider those resumes. SPC 6 resumes will be prioritized first

Develops tool configuration

Exp with JIRA is a plus

Ability to conduct workshops for the team.

At least a BA degree

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Provide hands-on support to teams in adopting an agile mindset and practices with a focus on growing capabilities in teams.
  • Educate employees at all levels, on Agile principles, providing them with tools for implementing the process in their own work
  • Provide training sessions, charter boot camps and other interactive workshops as required that lead toward the organization-wide adoption of Agile methodologies.
  • Provide Agile coaching, which will require expertise in Agile Scrum, SAFe or SAFe-like frameworks, Test driven development and Kanban principles, methods, and techniques
  • Define, own, and sustain the master playbook on Agile for RBS based on evaluation of Agile frameworks, Organizational goals, and using learnings from pilot teams.
  • Ensure adoption of the Agile methodology and playbook is consistent across the organization by working with Agile teams and product owners.
  • Work with the Product owners and the engineering team to align the product vision with the delivery roadmap, quarterly & sprint goals
  • Facilitating multi-team events like Scrum of Scrum, Big Room Planning, Retrospectives
  • Coach and mentor scrum masters. Develop self
  • Organizing teams of agile teams. Access and measure the maturity of an agile team regularly.
  • The primary framework being used is SAFe, supported by JIRA and Confluence.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in a technology related field or equivalent experience
  • 5 experience acting as a scrum master or agile coach in a fast-moving tech environment
  • 5 years related work experience playing an active leadership role in scaled agile transformations
  • Experience providing hands-on coaching, guidance, and support to all members of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) teams

Key Skills:

  • Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile Frameworks-Experience working with Jira and confluence.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex messages and teach new concepts
  • Demonstrated experience coaching organizations on agile best practices, expert in all topics involving agile and experience working across organizational levels.
  • SAFe certification

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Retail experience
  • Consulting Experience
  • MBA or advanced degree in relevant technology or business related field

Job Tags

Work experience placement, Remote job,

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