Agile Coach

Primary Responsibilities and Skills
• Experienced in Agile transformation in large, matrixed, geographically dispersed, and virtual teams
• Collaborates on the creation and evolution of the Agile transformation roadmap and owns driving activities across the organization
• Successfully integrates Agile approaches across various disciplines and stakeholder groups
• Defines and ensures consistent Agile standards and best practices
• Develops and monitors metrics to track progress of Agile adoption and maturity to aid in accelerating overall Agile transformation efforts
• Build Agile capabilities via classroom training, coaching, and on-the-job development
• Identify candidates to be trained on formal Agile roles such as Scrum Master, Product Owner, Team Member, Agile Leadership Principles and Practices
• Identify areas of the business that can benefit from Agile methodology implementation
• Diagnose team readiness in adapting Agile methodology
• Evolve the Agile maturity of teams
• Identify and recommend tools useful for Agile delivery. Establish best practice standards for tool usage and generated output
• Provide personalized coaching to teams looking to implement Agile mindsets, principles and practices
• Help teams remove barriers and troubleshoot processes that block Agile principles
• Lead a change management strategy at an enterprise level as well as a team level
• Highly effective communication skills, including interactive listening with proven ability to negotiate across all levels
• Demonstrated ability to connect and influence others to achieve team goals
• Strong problem-solving skills; comfortable working with scrum and program teams in distributed locations

Qualifications
• Scrum Master certification or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
• Minimum 8 years of program management experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with Agile Methodology as a team member, scrum master, or product owner
• Minimum of 2 years coaching individuals and teams on Agile mindsets, principles and practices
• Proven knowledge of the application of Agile at scale and demonstrated ability to coach and lead the cultural and organizational change to make it work
• Robust experience partnering with senior stakeholders to drive culture and process change
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal, demonstrates leadership presence, strong team-orientation
• Proven ability to work independently and effectively in a complex environment with global multi-geo team structure

As a valued employee of Global IT, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in these career-enhancing programs designed to increase your technology and interpersonal skills and supercharge your job performance:

• IT Mentorship Program. Work together with a highly experienced colleague on the skills most important to you and your role.
• Reskilling Programs. Fast-track your knowledge and abilities by taking advantage of our dynamic reskilling programs, including ones on GenAI, Cloud, Project management. Apply what you learn directly to current and future projects.
• Global IT Hackathon. Work collaboratively within a team to build a prototype from an original idea with clear business value. In return, you’ll have the chance to learn, network and qualify for prizes while receiving internal and external recognition.

As part of the Global IT Team, your job can be much more than your daily work. If you’re willing and motivated, there’s no limit to how much you can grow professionally.

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