Description
Agile Coach
Next Ventures are currently searching for an experienced Agile Coach for an exciting project in Copenhagen. Denmark.
The Ideal Coach will provide hand on support to our clients teams, Allowing teams to find ways to self-organize towards high performance and continuously improve and prioritise.
As agile Coach your role will be:
Support the department (and in particular the IT people, change & communication team) to work in an agile way with agile mind-set (eg introducing the relevant practices, visual management, servant leadership)
Support the leaders to have a clear service offering (especially for the IT people, Change & Comm team)
Define the skills that are needed within the IT people, change & communication team to deliver upon the agreed services
Support to balance capacity vs demand from the different IT divisions (prioritise work)
Be a servant leader and a mirror to the clients teams
Hands-on coach teams at different groups dynamics stages, including handling difficult conversations, conflicts resolution and challenging status quo
Lead Agile trainings, workshops, sessions and events, be a natural point of contact for questions around Agile approaches and culture
Facilitate effective teams ceremonies and meetings with stakeholders
Transform impediments into opportunities, lead continuous improvement and support collaboration in your teams
Promote and maintain transparency into the teams' work
Help create and maintain a sustainable Agile mindset within the broader unit/department, ensure continuous knowledge transfer and organizational learning across teams
Actively collaborate and share knowledge, and contribute within a team of Agile Coaches
Encourage healthy, open and positive communication and feedback culture
Values and results driven team player
Curious experimenter with an open and pragmatic mind
Solid knowledge of the software development life cycle
5 + years of hands-on experience as an Agile Team Facilitator or ScrumMaster for several engineering or product teams
Deep knowledge of the variety of Agile approaches and practices (Scrum framework, Kanban method, XP, Design Thinking, etc.) and experience in mixing'n'matching them pragmatically to achieve effective value delivery while ensuring long-term sustainability
Experience in creating educational programs and mentoring Agile Team Facilitators or ScrumMasters
Experience in working in international teams and culturally diverse environments, also in traditional and start-up cultures
Excellent communication skills in English in written and spoken form
Experienced user in tracking software in Agile environment (eg, Atlassian, TargetProcess, Aha!, VersionOne., etc.)
Active member of Agile communities
Experience of Large Agile transformation programmes is a firm requirement.
Knowledge of the following areas are also highly desirable:
.Transformation
.Scrum
.Kanban
.Lean Principles
.SAFe
.LeSS