Project Manager – Agile coach

TechDigital
  • Jersey City, NJ
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    • Extremely good at communications as they have to work with senior executives.
    • Have at least experience over 2 Years of coaching teams in SAFe methodology (NOT looking for Scrum Master)
    • Certifications (SPC) are good to have but working experience is a must.
    • Able to articulate their role clearly in Enterprise level agile transformation journey

    Detailed Role Description

    Objectives of this role
    • Work with agile champions and product managers in various lines of businesses to identify key areas of improvement in agile maturity in the front office
    • Guide product managers adopting agile techniques and improving their agile maturity.
    • Coaching product managers to define clear, concise and measurable objectives and adopt data driven decision making
    • Promote a culture of continuous improvement
    • Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset, and ensure the organization is adhering to industry best practices

    Responsibilities
    • Provide coaching, training and guidance to product managers and product owners fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
    • Demonstrate deep knowledge of and expertise in Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), assisting product managers and teams in defining clear, measurable objectives aligned with organizational goals
    • Leverage agile methodologies and coach Product managers and agile release trains in techniques such as storymapping, creating MVPs to validate ideas and gather feedback, prioritization techniques and agile estimation techniques
    • Communicate agile principles, scrum practices, and overall operating model across the organization
    • Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by product managers and agile release trains

    Required experience.

    • 5+ years working in an agile environment as a coach
    • 5+ years working in an agile environment as a Product Owner/ Product manager
    • Currently or just completed Agile transformation for top bank
    • Exposure to a large-scale enterprise agile transformation with demonstrated experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or other scaling frameworks and deep understanding of agile values and principles.
    • Demonstrated experience facilitating collaborative sessions, managing customer expectations, and ensuring work is aligned with the enterprise goals and objectives.
    • Familiarity with agile tools & suites including JIRA, Atlassian, or similar agile management tooling.
    • Education, Qualifications, Skills
    • Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Master's degree
    • Scaled Agile (SAFe) SPC Certification, SAFe PO/PM certification, CSPO, PSPO or similar certification
    • Expertise with making presentations using PowerPoint, Excel, Visio
    • Strong skills for leading, educating, and coaching
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationJersey City, NJ
    IndustryOther/Not Classified
    Company Size100 to 499 employees

    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Coachingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
    • Microsoft Visiounmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Product Documentationunmatched
    • Product Managementunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
    • ScrumMasterunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Training/Teachingunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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