Agile Coach

Company: Artizen Staffing
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

Duties:

• Supporting Product Manager(s) & Product Owner(s) in developing and refining the Program Backlog (Epics-Features-User-Stories)
• Supporting Scrum Masters in the Servant Leader role
• Guiding & advising client team as they create the program roadmap, forecasting feature delivery by release.
• Facilitating Backlog Refinement and Sprint Planning sessions and obtaining full team commitment to delivering a potentially shippable product increment at the end of each iteration.
• Advice and assistance to team in selecting and implementing tools to support Agile project execution.
• Observing and coaching teams on:
• Improving estimation and iteration planning.
• Effectively running daily SCRUM standups and updating indicators of progress, such as Task Burndown Charts.
• Establishing working agreements, including "Definition of Done."
• Running end of Sprint Retrospectives and ensuring teams are engaging in continuous Agile process improvement within the organization.
  Required Skills & Experience
  • Clear understanding of Lean principles and theory behind SAFe
  • Clear understanding of Agile/Scrum theory and practice
  • Agile Certification required (minimum SA, SPC is preferable but not required)
  • Any experience/knowledge with ServiceNow
  • SAFe Training & experience required
  • Experience working as an Agile coach
  • 1+ years' experience as Scrum Master and/or Product Owner
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse personality types.
  • Exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail.

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