Agile Coach - spectraforce : Job Details

Agile Coach Transformation Expert

12 Months

Oakland, CA 94612 - Onsite twice a week(Specially Wednesdays)

Prefers local within the bay area.

Top things:

• Lean/Agile achievements
• Tenure in roles
• Certifications

Role & Responsibilities:

• Transformation Expert (Lean and Agile)
• Identify areas of opportunities for Lean and Agile transformation. Lead, define, develop strategies and documentation to support IT transformation towards a more lean and agile mindset promoting flexibility, adaptability and a focus on customer value.
• Evaluate current lean and agile practices, maturity levels, identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. Make recommendations based on observations and evaluations for improving Lean and Agile maturity across IT.
• Improvement strategies, plans and roadmaps: Create actionable plans outlining steps and milestones for process improvements and lean/agile adoption.
• Coaching plans: Tailored plans for coaching sessions with teams and leaders, focusing on personal and professional development within the lean and agile context to improve maturity across IT.
• Strategic Alignment: Ensure that Lean and Agile initiatives align with the organization's strategic objectives, helping leadership to prioritize and allocate resources effectively.
• Best practices and standards: Documentation of successful practices, case studies, standards and lessons learned that provide practical guidance for Lean and Agile implementation.
• Education and Training: Educate teams and leadership on Lean and Agile principles, frameworks (like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe), and practices. This includes conducting workshops, training sessions, and ongoing coaching.
• Framework implementation: Evaluate current state, select the most appropriate lean practices/ agile framework and develop recommendations tailored to IT needs.
• Skill Development: Mentor team members on specific Lean and Agile roles (e.g., Scrum Master, Product Owner) and help them develop the necessary skills for success.
• Leadership Coaching: Work with executives and leaders to help them understand their role in an Lean/Agile organization. This includes fostering Agile leadership styles and supporting decision-making that aligns with Lean/Agile principles.
• Feedback Loops: Establish and maintain effective feedback loops, helping teams to continuously improve through regular retrospectives and data-driven insights.
• Measuring Success: Define and document key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success of the Lean and Agile transformation, making necessary adjustments based on these insights.
• Scaling Frameworks: Assess and develop strategies to scale Agile practices across multiple teams or departments. This could involve implementing frameworks like SAFe, LeSS, or Disciplined Agile.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Facilitate collaboration across teams, breaking down silos and ensuring that Agile practices are consistent and integrated throughout the organization.

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at:

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

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