Job Description:
Vidoori, Inc., a rapidly growing small business that is taking a large federal agency through a SAFE implementation, is seeking a SAFe Program Consultant/Agile Coach who:

• Must currently be a United States citizen
• Must have a bachelor's degree or above
• 8 years experience
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Must have a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) Certification or higher.
• Initially remote support with hybrid support in Suitland, MD in the future

Description:

• Work with organization executive leadership to execute the SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) implementation roadmap in efficient and productive way.
• Teach, lead, and mentor cross-functional business groups to build, sustain, and strengthen Agile values, SAFe, scrum and Kanban concepts and practices, providing them the necessary tools and guidance to successfully implement across high-impact programs throughout the enterprise.
• Identify and coach Agile change agents across the organization who can act as informal mentors/peers and continue increasing the maturity across the organization
• Coach teams in scrum tasks (e.g., iteration planning, user story mapping, estimations, daily stand ups, demos, retrospective discussions, etc.)
• Be an active member of the LACE (Lean-Agile Center of Excellence) team who will support the teams objectives to transform the enterprise to SAFe
• Support creating necessary templates and artifacts to support the implementation roadmap.
• Works with various teams of various sizes - coaching and training personnel on SAFE processes/procedures, managing their progress toward full implementation
• Ensures team adherence to Agile principles by assisting and/or coaching teams on how to execute SAFe to achieve self-organization and high performance.
• Coaches and mentors Release Train Engineers at either the team and/or program levels, including Scrum Masters, Product Managers, Technical Leads and executives to leverage Agile principles, organizational design, engineering practices and frameworks to deliver high value business capabilities.

Required Experience: *
Required Qualifications: *

• 8 or more years of experience in Information Technology environment
• 5 years working in Agile delivery environments where SAFe was applied
• Must have a SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) Certification or higher.
• Experience as an Agile Coach (or equivalent) serving as a change agent, helping organization plan, manage, and implement SAFe to meet strategic objectives, and supporting or leading Agile transformation
• Good knowledge of JIRA in SAFe implementation for enterprise
• Ability to demonstrate practical expertise in leading SAFe transformation for large organizations
• Must have excellent experience with industry leading Agile methodologies and frameworks such as, but not limited to: SAFe, Agile Scrum Methodology, Kanban
• Must have excellent understanding of software development life cycle models, Agile principles and methodologies, as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Must have excellent experience in leading, guiding coaching SAFe Release Trains on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
• Must have experience in working with Scrum Teams, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Must have experience in facilitating and supporting all SAFe and SCRUM events: PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Must have experience in refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Must have experience managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion
• Must have experience with Agile Lifecycle Tools such as JIRA, Version One, Rally
• Demonstrated record of influencing senior leaders, particularly by demonstrating link between corporate strategy and SAFe Release Train objectives
• Able to negotiate solutions to problems, persuades others, and resolves conflicts and challenges within the Portfolio.
• Skilled in presenting information and/or ideas to an audience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand
• Expertise in Facilitation Techniques and Communication with Senior and Executive leadership.
• Able to encourage collaboration across individuals and teams, including those outside of the Portfolio.
• Able to understand and operate within budgetary and organizational guardrails.
• Able to research and implement industry best practices
• Able to identify differences in understanding and issues as they arise and elevate them to the team for resolution, or to management if needed
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Able to help coach the team on product management, design thinking, engineering culture, and DevOps.
• Able to understand and work with projects applying technical concepts, such as DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud, Architecture, Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD), etc.
• Able to participate actively in the development and refinement of internal tools and processes, especially those related to CI/CD
• Able to collect, develop, and analyze data and metrics.

From: Vidoori inc

Job Type: Full-time