Agile Coach

Description

We are seeking an experienced Agile Coach to support Agile delivery initiatives. This Long-term Contract position focuses on coaching teams and leaders, strengthening Agile practices, and improving delivery outcomes across complex programs. The role works closely with cross-functional stakeholders to build team effectiveness, enable consistent execution, and advance organizational agility in an onsite setting four days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Advise leaders, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery teams on effective Agile ways of working and practical application of Lean principles.

• Lead coaching, mentoring, and workshop sessions that help teams increase accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.

• Facilitate core Agile events such as sprint planning, daily coordination meetings, reviews, retrospectives, cross-team synchronization sessions, and planning workshops.

• Drive improvements in team performance by identifying recurring obstacles, analyzing root causes, and guiding sustainable corrective actions.

• Establish and reinforce fit-for-purpose delivery practices across Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and hybrid operating models.

• Partner with leadership to remove organizational barriers, clarify team roles, and strengthen alignment between strategic priorities and execution.

• Improve visibility into work intake, prioritization, dependencies, and delivery flow to support better predictability and business value realization.

• Promote a culture of trust, transparency, collaboration, and psychological safety that enables high-performing teams to succeed.

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field.

• Equivalent Agile transformation experience may be considered.

Experience

• 5+ years applying Agile methodologies in product, project, or delivery environments.

• 3+ years coaching Agile teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, or organizational leaders.

• Experience facilitating workshops and driving organizational change.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders.

Agile Knowledge

• Deep understanding of:

• Agile Principles

• Scrum

• Kanban

• Lean Thinking

• Continuous Improvement

• SAFe Framework

• Value Stream Thinking

• Servant Leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)

• SAFe Agilist (SA)

• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

• Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

• Lean Six Sigma certification

• Experience in manufacturing, smart factory, or digital transformation environments

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