Agile Coach - Apex Systems : Job Details

Senior Agile Coach

• Location: San Antonio, TX
• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
• Duration: 6+ months

Role Overview

The Senior Agile Coach plays a pivotal role in driving the agile transformation across the organization. This role involves coaching and mentoring multiple development teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring the effective implementation of agile practices. The Senior Agile Coach collaborates with leadership to align agile initiatives with business goals and provides strategic guidance to enhance organizational agility.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead agile activities and ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, planning, backlog refinement).
• Ensure meetings are productive and on-topic.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to manage the backlog.
• Oversee user story estimation and planning.
• Promote agile standards and best practices.
• Coach teams on IT and corporate standards.
• Identify and resolve team impediments.
• Communicate progress and challenges to leadership.
• Use feedback and metrics to improve team performance.
• Enhance team collaboration and self-management.
• Represent teams in broader planning sessions.
• Support teams with agile tools (Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
• Experiment with new practices to improve outcomes.
• Participate in learning opportunities.
• Mentor junior agile coaches and scrum masters.

Skills and Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques.
• Exceptional people and project management skills.
• Strong coaching skills and ability to motivate and develop teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with agile planning and development tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence, Rally).
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
• Strategic thinking and ability to align agile initiatives with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent years of experience).
• 5+ years of experience with agile development.
• 5+ years of scrum master or agile coaching experience.
• Agile, scrum, or project management certification preferred (e.g., CSM, CSP, PMP, SAFe).
• Proven track record of leading agile transformations and coaching at an organizational level.