Agile Coach Onsite 4 Days / Week in Washington, DC

$81,000 - $130,000/Yr

Cognizant Technology Solutions - Teaneck, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Teaneck, NJ

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Agile Coach Senior Consultant at Cognizant will play a pivotal role in transforming client operations through the adoption of Lean-Agile practices. This position involves coaching leaders and teams, managing risks, and ensuring alignment between strategy and execution. The role requires a deep understanding of agile methodologies and the ability to facilitate collaboration across various stakeholders to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Be onsite at the client location in Washington, DC 4 days/week
• Serve as an Agile Coach on our Consulting Engagement with a client
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in adopting Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
• Support the management of risks and dependencies and identify and track impediments
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
• Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the DevOps and Release on Demand competency
• Help drive the Lean User Experience (UX) innovation cycle
• Work with the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) on program execution and operational excellence
• Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve
• Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings, including the ART sync at the Program Level and the value stream sync for Solution Trains.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer/Agile Coach
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe
• Experience facilitating leading Scrum ceremonies, such as PI planning, PO sync, ART sync, System Demo, I&A sessions
• Experience working in client-facing roles interacting with key stakeholders to lead the engagement and manage the team and all expected outcomes
• Deep understanding of the DevOps philosophy and Agile methods
• Experience in facilitating meetings, workshops, and ceremonies across teams
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment at different client sites
• Consulting experience highly preferred
• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes
• Agile Certifications or equivalent experience - example - SAFe, Scruminc, SPC, Scrum Alliance
• The ability to work onsite 4 days/week at the Washington DC client location

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan