Agile Coach (Charlotte, NC)

Experis is part of the ManpowerGroup family of brands. Manpower Group has partnered with a leading Financial Services organization in Charlotte, NC (Initially Remote) for a contract Agile Coach to assist their team. Future onsite work is required as per CDC and client guidelines for safe return, local candidates or able to relocate are encouraged to apply!

Title: Agile Coach

Location: Charlotte, NC (Initially Remote)

Duration: 18-24 months

Position Summary

• Agile coach position to support existing and new agile teams across Enterprise Risk and Finance Technology. The Agile Coach is the person who is responsible for creating and improving these agile processes by:
  
  
  
  • Working with project, program, and portfolio teams to analyze current processes and provide guidance on the adoption of agile best practices
  
  
  • Guide teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met
  
  
  • Lead agile workshops, and assessments for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders
  
  
  • Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and being accountable for them
  
  
  • Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensure the organization is at the forefront of industry best practices
  
  
  
  


• Facilitate learning and development through individual and team coaching
  
  
  
  • Coach senior management in agile practices to ensure the adoption of best practices from top-down.
  
  
  • Effectively communicate agile principles, scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization
  
  
  • Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures across teams
  
  
  • Experience in building and executing Agile transformation. Should have performed at least one end-to-end transformation.
  
  
  
  

Primary Skill

• Agile Coach

Required Skills

• Product Lifecycle Management


• 5 years of experience as an Agile Coach


• -Experience in Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe)
  
  
  
  • Experience in sustaining and scaling Agile Communities of Practices and participates in the Agile Center of Excellence.
  
  
  
  


• Can showcase examples of implementing agile techniques in different cultures and environments
  
  
  
  • Experience in creating and delivering training content in a simple interactive manner for various roles in Scrum, XP, and SAFe.
  
  
  • Should be a hands passionate team player that can work at all levels across the organization.
  
  
  • Experienced in launching ARTS, Training teams, Coach ART execution.
  
  
  • Experience running agile projects of varying size and complexity
  
  
  • Strong leader, educator, coach, and problem solver.
  
  
  • An excellent communicator and motivator
  
  
  • Excellent time management and prioritization skills
  
  
  • Horizon tooling experience (JIRA, CICD Tooling, etc.)
  
  
  • Scrum Coach certification
  
  
  • Scrum Master certification
  
  
  • Experience coaching at large organizations (preferably Banking) or Fortune 500 companies
  
  
  
  

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Benefits?Yes, you can enroll in our corporate discount benefits package


• Remote Workers?Start out remote and expected to go into the office on a hybrid schedule so local or willing to relocate at your own expense. NO 100% REMOTE


• Visa Sponsorship?Not offered


• Corp-to-Corp?Not eligible

How to Apply:

For immediate action please send an email

About Experis ;/strong>

Experis is part of the ManpowerGroup family of brands. ManpowerGroup is the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, connecting human potential to the power of business. ManpowerGroup serves both large and small organizations across all industry sectors through our brands and offerings: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.