Agile Coach
| Company | American Century Investments |
|---|---|
| Location | Kansas City, MO, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or have related work experience.
- Deep knowledge of Agile software engineering practices.
- Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC).
- Certification in Kanban (e.g., Kanban Management Professional, Kanban Coaching Professional) or Lean practices.
- Strong communication, change management, and problem solving skills.
- Skilled in presenting to large groups and have the ability to hold the audience’s attention.
- Deep experience in coaching and training Lean and Agile approaches for medium-sized organizations.
- Adaptive coaching style with the ability to work with individuals at various levels and in across different locations.
- Experience leading or developing solutions for change initiatives.
- Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors: Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.
Responsibilities
- Coach and mentor business and technical collaborators, Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile teams, and team managers to improve value-based prioritization, backlog refinement practices at portfolio and product levels, Flow metrics, software engineering practices, release planning, and Agile ceremonies and practices.
- Mentor Agile teams, Leaders, and Collaborators on Agile values, principles, and practices with an emphasis on Kanban and Lean thinking.
- Develop appropriate improvement and coaching plans to empower technical leadership and managers to build and sustain self-organizing teams.
- Deliver Lean and Agile training to all levels of the organization.
- Facilitate continuous reflection and improvement among teams, growing their efficiency, predictability, collaboration, and quality practices.
- Cultivate Communities of Practice to strengthen skills and encourage knowledge sharing within the organization.
- Train and coach teams on various methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.).
- Establish and implement metrics to optimize team delivery and measure business agility in terms of predictability, reliability, and adaptability.
- Support an enterprise Agile COE with consistent training and coaching available across the organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- A certification in Organizational Change Management (Prosci, Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP)).