Agile Coach

Job#: 3024620

Job Description:

Agile Coach

Hybrid onsite in Columbus, Minneapolis. Dallas, Charlotte locations

Contract, ideally to hire

Pay rate: 75-80/hr

Job Description

Summary:

The Agile Coach is responsible for working collaboratively with the broader Value Management Office (VMO) team to foster adoption and maturation of agile practices and principles while embedding agile values and mindsets. The Agile Coach is additionally responsible for building credibility with and becoming a trusted advisor to the colleagues, teams, and managers they support while providing consultative mentorship, guidance, and training based upon their assessment of each entity's needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Completes comprehensive Agile Maturity Assessments providing key observations, strengths, challenges with recommended next steps.
• Creates and executes comprehensive Coaching Engagements outlining rationale, benefits, assumptions, and approach.
• Participates in completion of Agile Readiness Assessments as part of organizational Agile Transformations.
• Coaches and guides Product Owners, managers, and Agile teams to understand and shift to an Agile mindset.
• Aids in maturing Agile capabilities and use of Agile principles and frameworks across teams.
• Provides guidance on the appropriate use of metrics and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Collaboratively supports and facilitates opportunities for sharing best practices, challenges, and innovative thinking across the organization.
• Develops expertise in tools used to assist teams mature their usage in an Agile environment and may develop supporting documentation and training content to support colleague understanding of agility.
• Develops an understanding of VMO guidance, policies, and standards surrounding product and project delivery to guide and coach teams to ensure success and compliance where needed.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 8 years' experience working in an Agile environment as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Team member.
• 3+ years of experience with the Scrum framework.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep Agile expertise; with a strong understanding of servant leadership and the Agile Manifesto's values and principles, with the ability to tailor agile practices and guidance based upon context and agile maturity of the audience to create meaningful coaching experiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; must excel at team building, negotiation, critical thinking, and problem resolution.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to guide individuals, teams, and midline managers to adopting agility.
• Highly organized with the ability to work under critical time constraints. Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Thorough knowledge of various software programs including Microsoft Office programs, and the ability to quickly learn new programs/systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills, as well as active listening skills.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.