Genesis10 is currently seeking an Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer for a hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution located in Pennington, NJ or New York, NY. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. This senior-level role is responsible for enabling over 20 teams within a large Enterprise Agile Release Train of approximately 250 people to learn, implement, and mature Lean-Agile principles and practices. The ideal candidate will be an expert facilitator and servant leader, responsible for training and coaching teams, optimizing value flow, and driving performance and growth. This position requires a blend of waterfall and Agile methodology knowledge and excellent communication skills to gain the trust of both teams and senior leadership.
Responsibilities: - Guide and coach the teams on the Agile Release Train on Scrum practices, and develop their understanding of Agile principles
- Help define norms/agreements for the ART and enforce the agreements
- Coordinate and facilitate ART ceremonies (for example, Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, and Retrospective
- In collaboration with the Product Manager, ensure the program has a healthy product/program backlog
- Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments
- Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities
- Drive measurable improvements in software delivery speed and quality by coaching teams to analyze established efficiency metrics, identify root causes, and implement targeted process and engineering improvements
- Mentor more junior Scrum Masters
- Provide guidance about how to create and manage an intake process, healthy backlog, and how to facilitate valuable Agile ceremonies
- Help align teams to enterprise Agile standards and practices, and coach team members through change
Requirements: - Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certified with 5 - 7 years prior Lean Agile Release Train
- Experienced as Agile Coach for 5-7 years in Financial Enterprise
- 3-5 years of experience coaching software-delivery teams to analyze performance metrics, address delivery constraints, and improve speed and quality
- Proficiency in JIRA
- Experienced in working with geographically distributed Teams
- Proficient knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework and ability to ensure the program and portfolio level stakeholders adopt these practices
- Adept at Agile Work Management tools such as JIRA
- Experience providing leadership skills for driving an Agile Release Train (ART) using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Expert facilitator - will be responsible for facilitating feature refinement, prioritization, other ART ceremonies and Team level ceremonies
- Prior experience in leading all SAFe ceremonies: Program Increment (PI) planning, Scrum of Scrums (SoS), ART Sync meetings, Solution Demos and Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshops
- Capability and mindset to be a servant leader of a Release Train and responsible for listening to and removing impediments for geographically distributed scrum teams
- Experience as a Coach working with multiple Teams
Pay range: $74.51 - $82.51 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position. If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply! Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10: - Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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