Agile Coach
Highland Homes
Contract Downers Grove, Illinois, United States Posted 3 years ago
About Position
Agile Coach (Contract)
$80.00 / Hourly
Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
Agile Coach
Contract Downers Grove, Illinois, United States Posted 3 years ago
Skills
10+ Total years of IT experience 8+ years' experience implementing Scrum or Kanban from the ground up for multiple teams 5+ years Agile Coaching (ability to coach multiple teams in the principles of Agile and the practices of Scrum / Kanban) A track record of leadership in Agile transformation in large organizations Proven knowledge of the application of Agile at scale and demonstrated ability to coach and lead the cultural and organizational change to make it workDescription
Agile Coach to help transition teams from its existing work practices to infusing a real agile understanding from the top-down. The Agile coach will mentor and guide our people to figure out the best solutions for their specific department challenges. The Agile Coach will analyze their assigned program's existing infrastructure and implement improvements to help streamline processes and create efficiencies.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for the adoption of Lennar agile best practices
Guide teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met
Lead agile workshops for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders
Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and being accountable for them
Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensure the organization is at the forefront of industry best practices.
Ability to make people quickly comfortable in your presence
Ability to influence leaders towards new actions and behaviors that produce culture change.
Be the champion of the Agile Mindset
Partner with Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Product Managers to help them develop within their agile roles
Technical Skills
Proficiency in Jira and Confluence strongly preferred
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
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