Job Description

Role & responsibilities In this role, consultants need to work as the Agile Coach, Practitioner or Consultant: Facilitate cross-functional engineering teams in the delivery and implementation of new products or upgrades to existing products. There is an on-front expectation that this accountability can span up to two distinct Agile teams. Develop detailed schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports, conduct project meetings and ensure adherence to quality standards. Maintain multiple-sprint release plans, release trajectory and release burndown based on capacity and velocity predictions. Facilitates cross-team, program wide rituals, like release planning or program retrospectives. Promote continuous improvement and help teams increase efficiency to maximize capacity, promote predictability and assure software and process quality. Establish team working agreements, help resolve impediments, facilitate productivity, and increase the probability of success in each sprint. Provide visibility of team status and issues to senior management. Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity, innovation and commitment to objectives. Work closely with product owner towards the success of the product release. Preferred candidate profile At least 10+ years of overall IT experience At least 3+ years of Agile coaching experience In depth knowledge of 2 or more frameworks preferably Scrum, Kanban and Scaling agile models Have been actively involved in 1-2 Agile transformations Experience in coaching and training individuals and teams on agile principles and methodologies Ability to provide hands on coaching to 2-4 Agile teams simultaneously with in-depth guidance on agile roles, rituals, and artifacts Mentor and upskill participants in all Agile roles-especially the ones of Scrum Master, Product owner & Business stakeholders Ability to drive and monitor transformation KPIs within the organization and BU’s Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization Conduct classroom training / sessions on variety of Agile related topics