What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Coach & Champion – NYC (Onsite Hybrid)/ Sunrise, FL (Onsite Hybrid) position at Galactic Minds Inc.?
Location – NYC (Onsite Hybrid), Sunrise/FL (Onsite Hybrid)
Duration: Long term
Job Type: Contract
Skills – JIRA, Agile Champion and Project Management
Note: "Amex Experience is good to have"
Years of experience: 6 to 9 years
Job Description:
- Drives continuous improvement across teams by coaching leaders and teams in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets. Leads technology projects by strategically planning, allocating resources, managing risks, tracking progress, and ensuring effective stakeholder communication to achieve organizational objectives.
- Oversees the strategic planning, coordination, and execution of technology-focused projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
- Leads and orchestrates Program Increment (PI) Planning meetings and technical alignment discussions with leadership, product management, and delivery teams to ensure strategic alignment and readiness
- Facilitates Agile Ceremonies across multiple Delivery Teams
- Drives project quality by improving process gaps and increase efficiency and productivity
- Ensures compliance with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards across the Scrum Teams and Agile Release Train (ART)
- Interprets relevant portfolio, Release Train, and team-level metrics
- Tracks and reports financial spend across all funding lines
- Live the Agile and SAFe Values and Principles
- Encourage diversity of thought and demonstrate an open mindset.
- Foster a culture of trust and leadership in others.
- Champion a learning culture to drive continuous improvements and standardization.
- Respectfully and purposefully challenge the status quo.
- Detailed Knowledge of Agile/Scrum/SAFe/Lean methodologies
- Proven track record in Technical Project Delivery across all disciplines including Agile Scrum & Kanban