Job Description

The Agile Coach is responsible for fostering and promoting agile values, principles, and best practices across the organization. This role supports various teams in developing a continuous improvement mindset and delivering high-value outcomes, playing a critical role in scaling agility at the tribe or enterprise level by embedding within teams, providing actionable feedback, and enabling sustainable agile maturity.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Engage with teams through regular participation in ceremonies and day-to-day collaboration to provide coaching and support.
2. Deliver individual and team coaching to enhance agile mindset, practices, and performance.
3. Facilitate regular performance reviews with team leads and scrum masters to address challenges and align on improvements.
4. Review team practices and backlogs to ensure alignment with agile principles.
5. Collaborate with leaders to share insights and guide team development.
6. Present key metrics and observations to inform leadership decisions.
7. Lead retrospectives to reflect on progress and identify improvement opportunities.
8. Conduct learning sessions on agile topics—such as Value Stream Mapping—to build capability and promote continuous learning.
9. Support ongoing agile transformation efforts across teams and the organization.

Required Qualifications

1. Proven experience as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, or Delivery Lead
2. Deep knowledge of agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.
3. Strong facilitation, mentoring, and coaching skills
4. Experience working in scaled agile environments or with tribes/squads
5. Familiarity with agile performance metrics and tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence)

Nice-to-Haves

1. Certifications such as ICP-ACC, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), or equivalent
2. Background in enterprise transformation or change management