[Hiring] Senior SAFe Agile Coach @Cynet Systems

Role Description

The candidate serves as a strategic change agent who champions enterprise-wide lean agile enablement and transformation. The candidate drives continuous improvement across the organization through the use of Agile, Scrum and Lean values/practices and servant leadership. The successful candidate is comfortable working at all levels (team, stakeholder, and organizational leadership) to help the organization use Lean Agile as a strategic asset for culture change and business value generation. The candidate creates and nurtures a culture of continuous learning, growth mindset and agile maturity at the enterprise level by partnering with stakeholders at various levels and through Lean Agile coaching. The candidate influences leaders and associates in the enterprise to be Lean-Agile Leaders demonstrating a Lean-Agile Mindset.

Essential Functions

• Champions enterprise-wide lean agile adoption and continued improvement across the organization.
• Works with peers and management to define and refine the enterprise agile vision.
• Drives the organization-wide lean agile enablement/transformation strategy and roadmap.
• Develops, implements and improves lean-agile metrics and supports rollout.
• Continuously improves enterprise lean agile practices and enhances or develops training materials.
• Works with stakeholders to understand the flow of value across the enterprise.
• Identifies and removes enterprise level blockers that impact business agility.
• Coaches teams to improve their agile mindset, practices, and ceremonies.
• Helps teams improve predictability, productivity, quality, and flow.
• Supports and guides efforts to bring transparency across the organization and stakeholders.
• Drives the journey towards high performing teams by creating psychological safety and trust.
• Helps identify Value Streams, Agile Release Trains (ARTs), and prepares teams for ART launch.
• Organizes workshops and presentations that promote agile maturity across the organization.
• Conducts training in areas such as release planning, backlog grooming, story writing, and Scrum ceremonies.
• Remains current with industry trends to identify characteristics of high performing teams/organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a related field. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
• 10+ years or equivalent in the use of Lean and Agile methodologies.
• Proven success leading large-scale Agile transformation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five plus years coaching and training teams in SAFe Agile enablement and transformation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Expert knowledge of Lean and Agile principles and practices.
• Expert knowledge of lean/agile theory, different methodologies like SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, XP, DevOps; practices, and ceremonies.
• Knowledge of Product management, DevOps, Test automation, and other supporting functions required for delivering business value.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and industry standard Agile tools.
• Ability to organize data and generate comprehensive reports.
• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Self-starter with an ability to prioritize work while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to drive change at all levels and manage conflicts constructively.

Licenses/Certifications

• Active SPC certification and training experience is mandatory.
• Certified SAFe® Program Consultant.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSP).
• Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO).
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® preferred.
• IC Agile ICP-ACC preferred.
• Certified Scrum Professional preferred.