Sr Agile Coach

Sr Agile Coach

Location: Chicago, Illinois (hybrid)

Duration: 12-month, contract

Pay: $60+/hour W2

JOB DESCRIPTION

Our Retail client with over $80B in annual revenue has over 2,000 stores, across 21 US states, with over 400,000 employees. This company is a leader in sustainable retailing with a passion for delivering excellence. By driving omni channel growth, efficiency in the shopping experience and continuing to develop with new technologies; this company is growing and developing continuing success. The leadership team strives for work-life balance for all its employees, with options for overtime if desired.

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

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a technology related field or equivalent experience.
• 5 experiences 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.
• 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
• SAFe ART Launch Certification
• SPC 6 Cert with training experience required --conducting trainings.
• Devops tool configuration
• 5 Years of Azure experience
• Configuring tools like Azure DevOps

PREFERED QUALIFCATIONS

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

Category Code: JN008