Humana - Springfield, IL
posted 3 months ago
The Lead Agile Coach at Humana plays a pivotal role in fostering a culture of Agile methodologies across the organization. This position is designed for a seasoned professional who will coach, educate, and mentor organizational leaders and their teams to ensure a successful enterprise-wide adoption of Agile practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). The Lead Agile Coach will tackle problems of diverse scope and complexity, ranging from moderate to substantial, and will be expected to work Eastern time zone hours. In this role, the Lead Agile Coach will enhance team and Agile Release Train (ART) performance, flexibility, and responsiveness to change. Key responsibilities include mentoring and developing Release Train Engineers (RTEs) as coaches, identifying and nurturing internal change champions, and supporting communities of practice (CoP) for major SAFe roles. The Lead Agile Coach will create tools and lead training sessions to demonstrate how business and technology leaders, as well as associates, can apply Agile methodologies in their daily work. This position will guide one or more segments through change transitions and drive adherence to optimal Agile work practices. The Lead Agile Coach will promote a culture of innovation by implementing Agile processes and principles, focusing on techniques that increase collaboration, predictability, transparency, and velocity. Additionally, the role may involve providing ongoing iteration management for high-profile initiatives, offering real-time coaching, and gathering and sharing Agile best practices across the enterprise. The Lead Agile Coach will also advise executives in developing functional strategies on significant matters, exercising independent judgment and decision-making on complex issues while working under minimal supervision. This position requires a practical approach to coaching and the ability to influence appropriate change, understanding that a series of small changes can have a greater impact than one large change.