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Wolters Kluwer N.V.

Lead Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Wolters Kluwer N.V., Coppell, Texas, United States, 75019


Lead Scrum Master / Agile Coach

Location - Hybrid - Coppell, TX; Kennesaw GA; Wichita, KSAre you passionate about team and organizational agility? Do you prefer to foster a culture of self-organizing teams who are passionate about continuous improvement? Are you eager to understand and solve organizational agility problems? Are you someone who values coaching and mentoring as your primary means of influencing change? Do you like to use data to measure and track organizational performance and drive improvements? Do you like to aim high and deliver big positive impact?If so, this is the role for you.Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US is looking for a passionate, motivated, and skilled

Agile Coach

to join our team. This is an important role to help identify key measures of organizational and team agility and use that data to help influence positive change to improve business outcomes. The

Agile Coach

seeks to educate, coach, and mentor engineering, product management, and leadership staff on adopting an Agile mindset, practicing optimal Agile practices, becoming self-organizing, working across teams-of-teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and optimizing planning and decision making in ways that are most advantageous to the business.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesWork with leadership and team members to help identify organizational impediments and opportunities for improvement, and define measurable objectives for their teams.Educate, coach, and mentor, team members, and leaders at various levels to improve organizational outcomes thru the application and adaptation of Lean/Agile practices to meet their business needs.Utilize Power BI to create extensible and reusable metrics dashboards that help unify the understanding of team and ART level metrics beyond what is available from the ALM tools (e.g., ADO, Jira).Leverage metrics dashboard to assess organizational agility and foster a culture of continuous improvement within individuals, teams, and teams-of-teams.Foster a culture of continuous learning through the ongoing and as-needed creation and delivery of custom training/workshops, delivery of SAFe certification classes (on-site and virtual), regular publication of topical content.Facilitate, teach, and/or mentor conflict resolution discussions and alternative approaches to achieve desired business outcomes.Participate as a member of the TAA-NA Lean Agile Center of Excellence to define and drive agile transformation strategy.Work in a variety of styles (hands-on, consultant, or coaching) with new and existing teams of various sizes and locations, depending on need.Partner with Scrum Masters, RTEs, and Agile Coaches across the organization to align on driving the intended agile transformation outcomes.Required Experience:Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience8+ years of experience working in software product development organizations using Agile practices in one or more of the following roles: Scrum Master, Release/Solution Train Engineer, Agile Coach/SPC.2+ years of experience as an Agile Coach for multiple teams in a software product development organization.2+ years of hands-on experience developing reports and dashboards in Power BI, including experience sourcing data from Azure DevOps and/or Jira preferred.Proficiency in DAX (data analysis expressions) and Power Query.First-hand practical experience implementing Lean/Agile practices and frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) in large software product development organizations.Demonstrated experience in fostering an Agile mindset across large software product development organizations (business, tech, operations) and coach teams through the transition to Agile practices that resulted in improvements to organizational outcomes.Presentation, facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills, including coaching and mentoring.Experience influencing peers and stakeholders and leading change.Passionate about fostering the continued growth of peers, managers, and team members.Driven, curious, continuous learner who strives to understand the business impact of work.Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM), SAFe Agilist (SA), SAFe Practitioner (SP), or other Scrum Alliance certifications, Scrum.org, or SAFe certifications.SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) certification or equivalent.Be the Difference

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide.Our customers work in industries which impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the information, software solutions, and services they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and save time.Our expert solutions combine deep domain knowledge with technology to deliver both content and workflow automation to drive improved outcomes and productivity for our customers.We are committed to helping professionals improve the way they do business and solve complex problems with our range of digital solutions and services, which we continuously evolve to meet their changing needs. Our 188-year legacy and portfolio represent thousands of customers worldwide.Building Diverse Teams

As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. We know that bringing our best to our customers, communities, and other key stakeholders requires a highly engaged and talented workforce – one that represents the diversity of those we serve and the communities where we live and work.We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us. Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous.In 2024 we were awarded Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization, in recognition of our commitment to maintaining and enhancing the well-being of our colleagues through our ‘Together we thrive’ well-being program.Equal Opportunity Employer

Wolters Kluwer and all its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected status.

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