Agile Coach

Location: New York, NY
Duration: 12 Months
Work Hours: 37.5 Hours per Week
Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Agile Coach to lead Agile adoption and enterprise transformation initiatives across large, complex organizations. This role is responsible for coaching, mentoring, and guiding product teams, leadership, and stakeholders in adopting Agile principles, improving delivery practices, and building a culture of continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading enterprise Agile transformations, coaching cross-functional teams, implementing Agile best practices, and driving organizational change. This is a consultative role focused on enabling Agile maturity, fostering collaboration, and aligning delivery outcomes with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor Agile teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, leadership, and stakeholders on Agile principles and best practices.
• Lead and support enterprise-wide Agile transformation initiatives.
• Guide teams in adopting and improving Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, workshops, training sessions, and coaching engagements.
• Promote Agile values, collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement across teams.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align Agile delivery with organizational objectives.
• Assess Agile maturity and develop improvement strategies for teams and programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, team effectiveness, and operational excellence.
• Implement Agile tools, frameworks, standards, and best practices across multiple teams.
• Track and analyze Agile metrics to measure team performance and support data-driven decision-making.
• Coach leaders on Agile leadership, servant leadership, and organizational change management.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration between product, business, engineering, and operations teams.
• Support continuous delivery, iterative development, and value-driven product delivery.
• Influence organizational culture by promoting Agile mindset and Lean principles.
• Provide recommendations for improving Agile governance, planning, estimation, and execution.
• Support enterprise planning, roadmap alignment, dependency management, and risk mitigation.
• Develop coaching materials, playbooks, and training content to strengthen Agile capabilities across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 8+ years of Agile coaching experience.
• Proven experience coaching Agile product teams in large, complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide Agile transformation initiatives.
• Strong background in:
  • Agile coaching
  • Organizational change management
  • Organizational design
  • Cultural transformation
• Experience coaching multiple Agile teams simultaneously.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies including:
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Lean Agile
• Excellent facilitation, communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities.

Preferred Certifications

• ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
• ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF)
• Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
• Equivalent Agile coaching certifications

Technical & Functional Skills

• Agile Coaching
• Agile Transformation
• Enterprise Agile
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Lean Agile
• Agile Delivery
• Product Development
• Agile Metrics
• Agile Maturity Assessment
• Change Management
• Organizational Design
• Cultural Transformation
• Continuous Improvement
• Agile Training & Facilitation
• Stakeholder Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Delivery
• Agile Governance
• Risk Management
• Roadmap Planning
• Value Stream Improvement

Core Competencies

• Enterprise Agile Transformation
• Agile Coaching & Mentoring
• Organizational Change Leadership
• Agile Framework Implementation
• Team Enablement
• Leadership Coaching
• Continuous Delivery
• Process Improvement
• Collaboration & Facilitation
• Strategic Planning
• Performance Measurement
• Executive Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Servant Leadership
• Continuous Learning