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Sr. Agile Coach

Sr. Agile Coach

CompanyHuntington Bancshares
LocationColumbus, OH, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Minimum of 10 years’ experience working in an Agile environment as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Team member
  • 7+ years of experience with the Scrum framework at least 4 as an Agile Coach

Responsibilities

  • Completes comprehensive Agile Maturity Assessments providing key observations, strengths, challenges with recommended next steps.
  • Creates and executes comprehensive Coaching Engagements outlining rationale, benefits, assumptions, and approach.
  • Participates in completion of Agile Readiness Assessments as part of organizational Agile Transformations.
  • Coaches and guides Product Owners, managers, and Agile teams to understand and shift to an Agile mindset.
  • Aids in maturing Agile capabilities and use of Agile principles and frameworks across teams to forward the Agile transformation at the organizational level.
  • Provides guidance on the appropriate use of metrics and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
  • Collaboratively supports and facilitates opportunities for sharing best practices, challenges, and innovative thinking across the organization.
  • Develops expertise in tools used at Huntington to assist teams mature their usage in an Agile environment and may develop supporting documentation and training content to support colleague understanding of agility.
  • Performs and leads other duties and projects as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Deep Agile expertise; with a strong understanding of servant leadership and the Agile Manifesto’s values and principles, with the ability to tailor agile practices and guidance based upon context and agile maturity of the audience to create meaningful coaching experiences.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills; must excel at team building, negotiation, critical thinking, and problem resolution.
  • Strong coaching and mentoring skills with the ability to guide individuals, teams, and midline managers to adopting agility.
  • Highly organized with the ability to work under critical time constraints. Strong time management and organizational skills.
  • Thorough knowledge of various software programs including Microsoft Office programs, and the ability to quickly learn new programs/systems.
  • Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills, as well as active listening skills.
  • Experience with Kanban
  • Experience working with Agile Place and Azure DevOp
  • Experience working as an Agile Coach in the financial industry