Agile Coach

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client that is seeking an Agile Coach in Minneapolis, MN.

Role Summary:
The Agile Coach serves as a delivery leader responsible for driving planning, execution, and operational excellence across one or more CLM initiative/line-of-business product teams. This role partners closely with Product Management, Engineering, Design, Operations, and business stakeholders to ensure teams deliver commitments predictably, manage dependencies effectively, and continuously improve delivery outcomes.

The Agile Coach is accountable for facilitating quarterly and sprint planning processes, monitoring execution against plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies, ensuring adherence to delivery standards and governance requirements, and establishing consistent ways of working across teams. The role combines delivery management, cross-functional coordination, operational rigor, and continuous improvement to help teams deliver customer and business value.

Essential Functions:
Delivery Planning & Execution:
* Lead quarterly planning, release planning, and sprint planning activities across assigned teams
* Drive alignment between strategy, roadmap, team capacity, and execution plans
* Monitor progress against commitments and proactively identify delivery risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies
* Facilitate timely decision-making and escalation to ensure delivery objectives are achieved
* Establish and maintain delivery transparency through reporting, metrics, forecasts, and stakeholder communications
* Coordinate releases and major milestones across multiple teams, applications, and business initiatives

Dependency & Cross-Team Coordination:
* Own dependency management processes across product, engineering, operations, vendor, and business teams
* Identify upstream and downstream impacts of planned work and coordinate resolution of delivery constraints
* Facilitate cross-team planning forums, Scrum of Scrums, and dependency reviews

REQUIREMENTS:
* To be considered for this position, candidates must have experience in a similar role, or they must possess significant knowledge, experience, and abilities to successfully perform the responsibilities listed
* Relevant education and/or training will be considered a plus

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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