Senior Agile Coach

Los Angeles, California

 VDart
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Role: Senior Agile Coach

Duration: 6 months (possible extension)

Location: It will be mostly remote, with maybe some on-site meetings in Century City, CA

Key Responsibilities

Agile Training & Enablement
  • Develop and implement Agile training models and learning paths for teams and leadership.
  • Facilitate Agile training sessions for Program Managers, Scrum Masters, Kanban Coaches, and teams.
  • Create and enhance training guides, playbooks, and best practice documentation.
  • Establish a coaching framework that supports Agile role development and team autonomy.
  • Drive stakeholder engagement by educating leadership on Agile principles and ways of working.
Hands-On Team Coaching & Agile Maturity Growth
  • Provide individual coaching for teams, helping them adopt Agile best practices.
  • Support and mentor Scrum Masters and Kanban Coaches in their roles.
  • Partner with Product Owners to improve backlog management, prioritization, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Conduct Agile health assessments and maturity evaluations, recommending improvements.
Facilitation of Agile Events & Organizational Agility
  • Lead and facilitate Scrum of Scrums and Product Owner Syncs to drive alignment and collaboration.
  • Support Quarterly Planning events and Agile Release Train (ART) ceremonies.
  • Guide teams through Agile adoption challenges and remove systemic organizational impediments.
  • Work with leadership to identify pain points and recommend solutions for optimizing delivery.
Agile Metrics, Jira & Confluence Expertise
  • Utilize Jira and Confluence to support Agile processes, creating and managing content for Agile teams.
  • Build custom dashboards, reports, and filters in Jira to track team and portfolio performance.
  • Define Agile maturity metrics, enabling data-driven decision-making.
  • Leverage Jira insights to support forecasting, capacity planning, and Agile OKRs.
Agile Frameworks & Continuous Improvement
  • Advocate for Lean-Agile principles, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and other Agile methodologies.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives helping teams establish feedback loops and innovation cycles.
  • Align Agile practices with business and technology objectives to optimize value delivery.
  • Partner with leadership to embed an Agile mindset into the organization's culture.
  • Act as a change agent, guiding teams through Agile transformation roadmaps.
Qualifications
  • Education & Experience:
    • Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, or a related field.
    • 15+ years of experience in Agile Coaching, Agile Transformation, or Enterprise Agile adoption.
    • Extensive hands-on experience coaching teams, leaders, and Agile roles (Scrum Masters, Kanban Coaches, Product Owners, and Program Managers).
    • Strong expertise in Jira and Confluence, including dashboard and filter creation.
    • SAFe SPC, SAFe Program Consultant, ICP-ACC, or similar Agile certification preferred.
  • Skills & Competencies:
    • Deep knowledge of SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), and Agile at scale.
    • Strong training development and facilitation skills, with the ability to tailor learning experiences to different audiences.
    • Proven ability to lead Agile ceremonies such as Scrum of Scrums and Product Owner Syncs.
    • Experience in coaching teams and leadership at various levels of Agile maturity.
    • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Date Posted: 12 May 2025
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