Genesis Consulting
Agile Coach
Genesis Consulting, Columbia, Maryland, United States, 21046
Job DescriptionGenesis Consulting has an immediate opportunity for an experienced, forward thinking Agile Program with a passion for growth and business transformation. Join our team and coach agile enterprise teams to achieve amazing results leveraging concepts of Business Agility, Lean, Agile, Kanban and SAFe. Our clients are some of the world's leading companies and the candidate will be a part of challenging projects to build and support technical solutions for their needs. The Agile Program Coach will lead the implementation of agile and DevOps principles and best practices using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Agile Coach is responsible for the ensuring that the Agile development practices are followed and adjusted as required. The Agile Coach works with the team or organization to establish and adapt to Agile practices that help to ensure high quality results and a high level of customer satisfaction Coaches may be required to work either at the team level, working with teams to ensure that delivery teams within agencies are adopting agile and performing effectively; at the portfolio or program level, to help agencies to establish the appropriate processes for managing a portfolio of work in an agile way; at the organization level, to drive strategic change across the organization and ensure that adoption of agile techniques is embedded from the most senior levels of the organization; or across all levels to ensure that organizations adopt a pragmatic approach to the way in which they govern delivery and continuous improvement of digital services. Responsibility include but may not be limited to the following:
Must demonstrate experience designing, implementing, and leading agile coaching engagements for mid to executive level professionals, and emerging leadersCoach Portfolio, Program, and Team levels with implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Support portfolio and program management processes and stakeholders to improve Lean-Agile product management workflowHelp Epic owners with capability and feature decomposition, developing acceptance criteria and testable specifications, and provide analysis of common vs. unique capabilities and features across services and benefit typesLead release planning activities, including developing capability maps, feature maps, and story maps that support rapid releases of minimum viable products and incremental delivery of enhancementsLead retrospectives and process improvement efforts to improve overall throughput and decrease lead time from prioritization to delivery/releaseSupport senior decision-makers with plans, reports, metrics, analyses, and recommendationsLead the planning for agile transformation and coaching activities, including schedules and coaching implementation plans that incorporate the Coaches' approach of guidance, instruction, and direction provided to ensure implementation and sustainment of the Agile approach, and monthly status reportsDeliver workshops and training as required on topics such as Lean, Agile, DevSecOps, Lean UX, Design Thinking, and related topicsReview current business practices, principles and processes and conduct business gap analysis on programs to define current 'as-is' business practices and outline path toward 'to-be' agile practices to be formulated as recommendations for government implementationAssist program personnel in applying and adapting agile processes throughout the programs, identify and report risks and issues that constrain programs and agile teams from effectively and quickly delivering business value, and lead coaching meetings with branch and division managers to support business improvement practices within the organizationRequirementsMinimum Qualifications/Experience:
10+ years of IT experience and/or complex systems development7+ years' experience using Agile principles, practices, and methodologies such as Scrum, XP, Lean, SAFe on technical projects5+ years implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)5+ years delivering SAFe certification training5+ years of progressive accomplishment managing and implementing large, complex information systems.5+ years in an agile delivery leadership, management, or coaching rolePrevious healthcare experience is preferredExperience managing end-to-end projects in a public sector implementationProven leadership ability in dynamic agile environment working with executive and senior-level stakeholdersImpeccable professionalism and strong communication skillsHumble and results-oriented servant leader with team-first mentality who follows through on commitmentsBackground in process improvement, business process reengineering, andComfortable leading and facilitating backlog refinement, release planning, retrospective, demos, and project status meetingsExperience planning strategic initiatives including developing operating models, plans, associated communications and graphics, and related supporting documentationComfortable consulting with and coaching senior management and executivesMinimum Education:Minimum MS/MBA or 10+ Years of ExperienceRequired Certifications:SAFe SPC Certification RequiresOther SAFe Certifications PreferredScrum-certified by Scrum Alliance or Scrum.orgOther:Must be US Citizen
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Agile Coach is responsible for the ensuring that the Agile development practices are followed and adjusted as required. The Agile Coach works with the team or organization to establish and adapt to Agile practices that help to ensure high quality results and a high level of customer satisfaction Coaches may be required to work either at the team level, working with teams to ensure that delivery teams within agencies are adopting agile and performing effectively; at the portfolio or program level, to help agencies to establish the appropriate processes for managing a portfolio of work in an agile way; at the organization level, to drive strategic change across the organization and ensure that adoption of agile techniques is embedded from the most senior levels of the organization; or across all levels to ensure that organizations adopt a pragmatic approach to the way in which they govern delivery and continuous improvement of digital services. Responsibility include but may not be limited to the following:
Must demonstrate experience designing, implementing, and leading agile coaching engagements for mid to executive level professionals, and emerging leadersCoach Portfolio, Program, and Team levels with implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Support portfolio and program management processes and stakeholders to improve Lean-Agile product management workflowHelp Epic owners with capability and feature decomposition, developing acceptance criteria and testable specifications, and provide analysis of common vs. unique capabilities and features across services and benefit typesLead release planning activities, including developing capability maps, feature maps, and story maps that support rapid releases of minimum viable products and incremental delivery of enhancementsLead retrospectives and process improvement efforts to improve overall throughput and decrease lead time from prioritization to delivery/releaseSupport senior decision-makers with plans, reports, metrics, analyses, and recommendationsLead the planning for agile transformation and coaching activities, including schedules and coaching implementation plans that incorporate the Coaches' approach of guidance, instruction, and direction provided to ensure implementation and sustainment of the Agile approach, and monthly status reportsDeliver workshops and training as required on topics such as Lean, Agile, DevSecOps, Lean UX, Design Thinking, and related topicsReview current business practices, principles and processes and conduct business gap analysis on programs to define current 'as-is' business practices and outline path toward 'to-be' agile practices to be formulated as recommendations for government implementationAssist program personnel in applying and adapting agile processes throughout the programs, identify and report risks and issues that constrain programs and agile teams from effectively and quickly delivering business value, and lead coaching meetings with branch and division managers to support business improvement practices within the organizationRequirementsMinimum Qualifications/Experience:
10+ years of IT experience and/or complex systems development7+ years' experience using Agile principles, practices, and methodologies such as Scrum, XP, Lean, SAFe on technical projects5+ years implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)5+ years delivering SAFe certification training5+ years of progressive accomplishment managing and implementing large, complex information systems.5+ years in an agile delivery leadership, management, or coaching rolePrevious healthcare experience is preferredExperience managing end-to-end projects in a public sector implementationProven leadership ability in dynamic agile environment working with executive and senior-level stakeholdersImpeccable professionalism and strong communication skillsHumble and results-oriented servant leader with team-first mentality who follows through on commitmentsBackground in process improvement, business process reengineering, andComfortable leading and facilitating backlog refinement, release planning, retrospective, demos, and project status meetingsExperience planning strategic initiatives including developing operating models, plans, associated communications and graphics, and related supporting documentationComfortable consulting with and coaching senior management and executivesMinimum Education:Minimum MS/MBA or 10+ Years of ExperienceRequired Certifications:SAFe SPC Certification RequiresOther SAFe Certifications PreferredScrum-certified by Scrum Alliance or Scrum.orgOther:Must be US Citizen