Lead Specialist - Agile Coach

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Coach teams, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners on core Agile principles and frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).

- Facilitate Agile ceremonies (e.g., Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Reviews, Retrospectives; PI Planning where applicable).

- Partner with Product Owners to refine and prioritize backlogs; promote transparency across teams and stakeholders through agreed practices and tooling.

- Mentor Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners; support the development of Communities of Practice.

- Identify and remove impediments; coordinate cross-team issue resolution and system issues per established pathways.

- Advance continuous improvement using flow metrics (e.g., cycle time, throughput, WIP) and actionable insights; encourage consistent use of Jira boards and reporting.

- Support alignment between team execution and program objectives; apply established scaled Agile practices within assigned teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs).

- Deliver workshops and training on Agile practices, roles, and tooling (Jira, Confluence, Rally); contribute content to Agile playbooks.

- Promote Lean-Agile mindset and servant leadership; provide input to practice guidelines and support the Principal Specialist in codifying governance standards.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Per customer requirements, United States Citizenship is required.

- 5-7+ years of experience working in Agile environments with demonstrated application of Scrum, Kanban, and/or SAFe practices.

- Proficiency with Agile management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Rally).

- 3+ years coaching Agile teams, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners in complex environments.

- Hands-on experience facilitating core Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Retrospectives, Reviews; PI Planning where applicable).

- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills a must.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC) certification.

- SAFe certification (e.g., SAFe SPC, SASM, SSM, SA).

- Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, CSPO, PSM, KMP, or equivalent).

- Experience working in or coaching Agile Release Trains (ARTs).

- Prior experience designing and delivering Agile training workshops or Communities of Practice.

- Familiarity with enterprise environments undergoing Agile transformation or modernization.

- Experience leveraging flow metrics (cycle time, throughput, WIP) to drive continuous improvement.

- Ability to identify and resolve team and cross-team impediments and coordinate across organizational pathways.

- Experience aligning team execution to program-level objectives within a scaled Agile environment.

- Knowledge of Lean-Agile and flow-based principles, including value-stream optimization.

- Experience contributing...