Agile Coach

The Controls and Automation group is going through a Lean and Agile transformation. We are looking for a coach to help teams make a transition. We have teams that are pure software, hardware interfacing and project delivery based. The Agile Coach’s is responsible for working together with teams to understand and adopt the Lean/Agile concepts and standards we are implementing. 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

•   Understand current Standards and Roadmap to future state

•   Produce documentation to ensure the Standards are well understood

•   Communicate Agile/Lean standards to teams

•   Work with the teams to learn and understand the standards and methodologies

•   Help teams overcome challenges specific to their use case

•   Evaluate and communicate current state of transformation

•   Work with other Standardization groups such as DevOps, Quality and Compliance to ensure Standards work with each other

•   Other related tasks as assigned.

Minimum qualifications

•   Certification in Agile or Lean methodologies, especially Scrum

•   10+ years of applying Agile in a professional environment

•   5+ years of hands-on agile coaching and/or implementation

•   Agile tool administration and configuration experience with Jira

•   Strong problem solving, particularly in navigating team challenges in transitioning from Waterfall to Agile

•   Ability to identify and remove waste in the SDLC

•   Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting 

•   Highly self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision

•   Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment, to meet deadlines, and to complete time-sensitive projects as assigned

•   Proficient in English

Additional Skills

•   Lean and Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) experience

•   Familiar with online collaboration tools such as Confluence and Miro