Agile Coach (Agilist)

Summary:

• Seeking a Lead Agilist / Agile Coach to provide leadership and guidance across Agile teams, improve delivery practices, and support Agile transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coach Agile teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and delivery stakeholders.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
• Drive continuous improvement across teams and delivery processes.
• Identify and remove organizational, technical, and process impediments.
• Establish and monitor Agile metrics, KPIs, velocity, throughput, and delivery performance.
• Coach teams and leadership on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean practices.
• Support cross-team planning, dependency management, and release planning.
• Establish consistent Agile standards, processes, and governance.
• Work closely with product, technology, business, and executive stakeholders.

Required Skills:

• Strong background in Agile delivery, Scrum, Agile Coaching, or related roles.
• Experience as an Agile Coach, Lead Agilist, Scrum Master, or Agile Delivery Lead.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Agile principles.
• Experience coaching multiple Agile teams in an enterprise environment.
• Strong understanding of Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile tools.
• Experience with Agile metrics, team performance, delivery planning, and dependency management.
• Strong facilitation, communication, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• SAFe, SPC, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, or similar certification is a plus.