European Agile Coach
Categories: Information TechnologySalary: 400 GBP / day
Location: UK-West Sussex-Crawley
Details:
We are looking for an experienced Agile Coach with proven expertise in Scrum, Kanban and ideally the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). A pursuit of excellence within agile practices and evidence of a leadership style that empowers and develops others is essential.
Responsibilities:
You would be working at a programme level across a number of teams. Some examples of your day to day responsibilities would include:
- facilitating programme level ceremonies such as backlog refinement/readiness, impediment removal, and planning preparation
- leading effective programme level inspect and adapt workshops for continuous improvement
- taking on a scrum master role where necessary
- coaching team(s) and scrum masters on the effective execution of ceremonies/events (within Scrum and Kanban)
- promoting transparency and alignment through radiating information for teams and stakeholders
- supporting product owners with the communication of updates as well as with backlog maintenance
- improving engineering quality practices by encouraging TDD, pair programming, test automation, continuous integration, and collective ownership
- supporting global alignment in agile practices at the team and programme levels
Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent – computer science, math, physics or related area
- Experience in project management/team leadership in software development
- Agile experience
- Significant contribution as a change agent in an agile transformation
- Certifications/education in Agile, Lean, SAFE a plus