Genesis10 is currently seeking an Agile Coach with our client in the financial industry located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX, and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract position.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for optimizing the flow of epics and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART), and is focused on serving the needs of the train to drive performance and growth
- Coordinating and facilitating the ART ceremonies, managing dependencies across teams in the ART, and providing visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment
- Ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery
- Manage financials for the ART and assist with resource planning
- Promote and coach the Agile mindset and principles, empowering individual teams to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential
Requirements:
- Experience working in Scaled Agile (SAFe) environment
- Extensive knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework and Kanban
- Experience working with and coaching business partners, program managers, and product owners
- Experience facilitating ART ceremonies (Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, and Retrospective
- SAFe RTE certification
- Experience for Agile named roles and core Lean-Agile principles
- Excellent communicator
- JIRA knowledge
- Confluence knowledge
- Experience working with teams spread across two continents
- Experience leading one or more Agile Teams as a Scrum Master and/or Kanban Lead
- Agile tools (Jira)
Desired Skills:
- Prior experience as a Release Train Engineer or Coach
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)
- Remote opportunities available
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.