Motion Recruitment - Charlotte, NC
posted 2 months ago
The Sr. Agile Transformation Coach plays a pivotal role in establishing disciplined and effective agile teams that embody the agile mindset. This position involves instructing teams in agile principles and practices, ensuring that they not only understand but also embrace these concepts in their daily operations. The coach will leverage various industry-standard scaling concepts tailored to address specific business challenges, aligning these strategies with the scaled agile values and principles, as well as the client's overarching Vision and Values. In this role, the coach is responsible for guiding teams in delivering working software, adhering to the first principle of Agile Coaching. Utilizing domain knowledge, the coach will provide credible guidance to initiate pipeline and team processes, structure work effectively, create value streams, and facilitate the start and growth of scaling activities. Building collaborative relationships with multiple levels of management and steering committees is essential, as the focus will be on scaling agile practices within the organization or specific lines of business. The Sr. Agile Transformation Coach will also help leaders comprehend the implications of continuous delivery and the necessary structures to support software development effectively. By fostering the maturation of the agile mindset, the coach will ask powerful questions that focus on scaled program planning, scrum-of-scrums, identifying cross-program dependencies, scaled release planning, and utilizing empirical data for decision-making models. The ultimate goal is to ensure the successful delivery of work efforts. Additionally, the coach will provide objective insights to leaders, assisting them in understanding the complex and long-term implications of transitioning to self-governing teams. This involves using a systems view to facilitate the removal of impediments at the team, program, and value stream levels. The coach will offer strategic thought leadership during engagements, proposing approaches to overcome obstacles to accelerated delivery and skillfully facilitating conflict resolution among teams. A strong emphasis will be placed on fostering communication and collaboration between teams to align program goals, deliver final products, and maintain transparency regarding impediments and progress to leadership.