Position Title: Sr. Project Manager (Digital Agility Coach) Skillset
SUMMARY OF DUTIES
The Digital Agility Coach is a servant leader and coach for an Agile Team and supports the team and ART in delivering value. They help mature the Agile Team through Agile values, principles, and success patterns. They facilitate impediment removal and foster an environment for high-performing teams.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Coach teams in self-organization and guide teams towards higher maturity
Expert knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts including definition of done, user story refinement, automated testing, backlog refinement, and PI Planning
Supports team members in resolving conflicts, problem-solving, and decision-making
Persuades rather than uses authority as servant leader
Support team member development, helping them gain a continuous learning mindset
Help the team provide transparency by ensuring information radiators are updated
Coach and train the team on methods beyond Scrum, such as SAFe, Kanban, Flow, Built-in Quality, BDD, and more
Prepare for the team for PI Planning
Facilitate Iteration events to plan, sync, review, inspect work, and retrospect
Work within the ART s cadence and synchronization to ensure alignment, dependency management, Release on Demand, and fast integrated learning cycles
Collaborate with the PO to help maximize the solution s value
Establish the team Kanban board to visualize their work and enhance flow
Measure and optimize flow, competency, and outcomes (OKR) metrics to assess and improve overall performance
Coach Built-in Quality practices to enable fast, reliable execution
Foster and support Agile Team attributes of self-management and collective; Alignment and collaboration focused on clear goals and purpose; transparent communication and trust; foster fun
Encourage high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement
Actively work to become a more effective Scrum Master/Team Coach
Serve the team and the larger organization supporting the overall adoption of SAFe across the enterprise by coaching stakeholders and non-agile teams on effective interactions with Agile Teams
Participate in CoPs, and support SAFe Practice Consultants (SPC)
Serve as Lean-Agile Leader modeling the mindset, values, and principles for others
Help the team acquire T-shaped skills
Facilitate cross-team collaboration to bring whole product solutions to market
Represent the team in all ART events and attend other team s events as necessary
Build trust between team and stakeholders for improved alignment and reliable, predictable forecasting
Coach the IP Iteration to ensure the team does not schedule any work for the IP Iteration and foster time for innovation, continuing education, PI planning, and the Inspect and Adapt (I&A) events
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum of 5+ years as a Scrum Master/Team Coach in large enterprise
Bachelor s degree or equivalent combination of related work experience/schooling
Expert in Jira Software, Confluence, FigJam, Jira Align, AgilityInsights
SAFe 6.0 Scrum Master Certification (Required)
Must have excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
SAFe SASM 6.0, SAFe SPC 6.0, SAFe SA 6.0, SAFe RTE 6.0, CSM, SAFe Studio Experience, ICAgile (preferred)
***Lumen and / or its clients will not provide equipment (Laptop, monitor, etc.) to the selected contractor. The contractor must have their own equipment. Access to a virtual desktop set up (software) will be provided by Lumen s client, allowing the user access to the required systems and technology.***
Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Washington, DC
Skills
Agile Modelingunmatched
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Cadenceunmatched
Certified ScrumMasterunmatched
Coachingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Desktop Administrationunmatched
Desktop Virtualizationunmatched
Diversityunmatched
Forecastingunmatched
IP (Internet Protocol)unmatched
Kanbanunmatched
Laptop PCunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Performance Managementunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Reliability Engineeringunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
ScrumMasterunmatched
Servant leadershipunmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Team Buildingunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Test Automationunmatched
Training/Teachingunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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