Position: Agile Couch
Company: Cprime Studios
Category: Scrum Master
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Cprime is looking for a Team Coach to help further our Agile transformation and to coach executives and teams at the Program level. An ideal Coach will be a strong practitioner with skills to educate and help Agile teams at differing levels of maturity. The coach will also work with senior coaches to increase team effectiveness and implement Agile. As the coach, you will have an extensive track record of introducing best practices, overcoming issues and ensuring that the team has all the necessary skills to make them successful.

Responsibilities:
- Train and Coach Agile teams on Agile practices, techniques, and semantics ensuring that all team-related ceremonies take place and those who attend see their purposes while teaching all to keep within the time boxes.
- Provide assistance for the development of a sustainable Agile Framework.
- Identify and coach internal Agile experts, to remove reliance on external mentors.
- Ensure Agile metrics are being tracked, monitor them for indications of potential problems, and assist teams to implement solutions to those problems.
- Assist in resolving impediments that prevent Agile teams from completing sprint goals.
- Assist in Agile Iteration and Release Planning
- Provide guidance on creating Agile artefacts
- Facilitate team breakout sessions with an eye on the process and related best practices
- Can address business drivers for a transformation
- Identify appropriate processes, strategies, org designs for the organisation’s needs
- Guide and drive executives, managers and teams to implement Agile development approaches
- Work well with other coaches and consultants
- Identify other areas of expertise that need to be brought in to accomplish the client’s goal
- Work to help all levels of the organisation see the benefits of working with Agile

Qualifications & Skills:
- Experience executing Agile projects in large, complex environments
- 3+ years of Agile coaching experience with teams that are new to Agile practices
- 5+ years delivering Agile projects utilizing a variety of methods including, LEAN, Scrum, XP, and Kanban using collocated and offshore distributed delivery models
- Experience executing Agile projects in large, complex environments
- Deep knowledge of Agile practices
- World-class facilitation and communication skills
- Candidates need to be able to take a pragmatic approach in coaching the teams with the ability to adapt based on the agile `readiness` of the team they are working with.
- Strong conflict resolution skills
- Successfully coach and mentor teams on the organisational value to drive implementation success and overall adoption of the Agile framework
- Deep knowledge of Agile practices and the ability to transfer that knowledge at all levels of the organisation
- Senior Agile Coach skills with an ability to manage by example and work on command and control behaviours
- Able to work with minimal guidance in a rapidly changing environment
- Ability to manage clients and deliverables at any given time through effective time management and planning
- Good work ethic and the ability to work with diverse teams across different time zones
- Demonstrate good communication skills, both written and spoken
- Reactive to internal and external requests
- Strong executive presence, facilitation skills, drive for results, attention to quality and detail, and a team-oriented attitude

Travel Requirement: 
Must have the willingness and ability to travel domestically approximately up to 80% of the time to meet client needs.

Education and Certifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
- Master Degree, a plus
- Agile certifications – Scaled Agile Program Consultant (SPC) preferred
Proficiency with multiple Agile Lifecycle Management tools (e.g. JIRA, Rally, VersionOne)
- Background as a software developer, tester, or BA preferred
- Experience developing training materials and conducting training