Responsibilities:

• Serve as a leader in defining and implementing scaled agile techniques and practices, facilitating agile adoption through collaborative partnerships, and influencing change during the Agile rollout.
• Assess organizational readiness for agile adoption in business and IT divisions. Develop an implementation strategy aligned with their readiness levels while ensuring consistent adoption of agile methodologies company wide.
• Ensure selecting the right vendors to assist, coach, and implement agile methodologies during the initial stages of agile adoption.
• Build and lead a team of Agile coaches embedded within delivery teams by providing strategic guidance, issue escalation and resolution, and thought leadership.
• Take an active role in directly assisting teams to understand epic, feature and story writing processes, offering hands-on support and guidance whenever necessary.
• Establish and lead the Agile Center for Excellence, setting goals, standards, and practices essential for achieving a successful Agile transformation.
• Establish and oversee key metrics linked to business outcomes, quantitatively and qualitatively measuring the impact and performance of Agile adoption. Develop a baseline and formulate mitigation plans for any metrics showing underperformance.
• Be a trusted advisor at all levels of the enterprise, providing expert guidance on Agile principles, methodologies, and success metrics.

Qualifications:

• 15 years of related experience in Agile transformation, with 5 years of large-scale Agile implementation and mentoring experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Hands-on practical approach with a commitment to achieving excellence in delivery, problem-solving, taking ownership, and delivering business outcome.
• Experience collaborating with cross functional leaders and educating teams on Agile practices.
• Lead by example, challenging command and control behaviors, and demonstrating strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to inspire individuals to reach their full potential and encourage their teams to do the same.
• Excellent written and oral communication, pragmatic data-driven decision-making, and excellent presentation skills.