Agile Coach

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Agile Portfolio Management professional with strong expertise in MS Azure DevOps and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The ideal candidate will manage portfolio-level planning, prioritization, governance, dependencies, and delivery across multiple Agile teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs).

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate enterprise Agile portfolios across multiple programs and teams.
• Apply SAFe principles and practices for portfolio planning, prioritization, governance, and delivery.
• Lead Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) activities, including strategic alignment, funding, prioritization, and value delivery.
• Manage epics, capabilities, features, dependencies, risks, and milestones across the portfolio.
• Configure and maintain MS Azure DevOps boards, backlogs, dashboards, queries, and reporting.
• Track portfolio progress, delivery metrics, budgets, risks, and dependencies using Azure DevOps.
• Facilitate PI Planning, Inspect & Adapt, portfolio reviews, and cross-team planning sessions.
• Partner with Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, RTEs, Engineering, Architecture, and business stakeholders.
• Establish portfolio-level KPIs, metrics, dashboards, and reporting to monitor business and delivery outcomes.
• Identify and resolve cross-team and cross-program dependencies and impediments.
• Support continuous improvement and ensure Agile practices are consistently applied across the portfolio.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio health, delivery status, risks, and business value.

Required Skills

• Agile Portfolio Management – Advanced
• MS Azure DevOps – Advanced
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) – Advanced
• Strong knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
• Experience with PI Planning and Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
• Portfolio backlog, epic, feature, and dependency management
• Agile metrics, reporting, and dashboards
• Risk, issue, dependency, and governance management
• Strong stakeholder and executive communication skills

Preferred Experience

• Experience working in large enterprise Agile / SAFe environments
• SAFe certification such as SAFe Agilist, SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), or SAFe Lean Portfolio Management
• Experience with Azure DevOps Boards, Backlogs, Dashboards, Queries, and Analytics
• Experience managing multiple programs or ARTs simultaneously