Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Agile Coach, CT/TX/CO

NOTE: W2 or C2C



Job Title: Agile Coach

Location: Bloomfield, CT / Texas / Denver, CO

Duration: 6-12 months +



We are currently seeking an Agile Coach to join agile program that will involve working in an Agile Center of Excellence.

You will be responsible for coaching local and distributed teams at the program level and support internal clients using a variety of Agile approaches in the context of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

You will coach teams of different levels of maturity, across portfolios, programs and development teams.



Critical components of this role include detailed knowledge of the application of Agile practices and principles and experience with metrics to effectively measure: execution, performance, benefits and value. This position requires deep knowledge and experience with Agile and the ability to inspect and adapt thinking/ practices to various situations.



Responsibilities include:

¿ Coaching stakeholders such as Release Train Engineers, Product Management, Epic Owners at the program level

¿ Standing up the program layer of initiatives (i.e., Agile Release Trains) and for providing agile coaching, training, and implementation. Using the Agile CoE assets such as agile training, playbooks, assessments, etc.

¿ Coaching teams on how to set up and leverage Cigna's Agile project management tool (Rally) for epic/feature/stories and inward and outward reporting by actively engaging and contributing to best practices.

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Required Skills/Experience

¿ 8-10+ years of IT experience. 

Prior delivery role (e.g., PM, release manager, developer, tester) experience highly desirable.

¿ 5+ years of Agile coaching experience, including $10MM plus programs with offshore and distributed teams.

¿ Excellent facilitation, written and verbal skills.

¿ One or more Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, CSPO, CSP, PSM, PSPO). SAFe certifications (SA, SP, SPC) highly desirable.

¿ Experience with Agile project management tools (Jira, VersionOne, Rally, etc)



Education



Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. 





Michael C. Buontempo
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MBuontempo@judge.com
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