Agile Coach / Release Train Engineer - Hybrid

Genesis10•Pennington, NJ

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

This senior-level role is responsible for enabling over 20 teams within a large Enterprise Agile Release Train of approximately 250 people to learn, implement, and mature Lean-Agile principles and practices. The ideal candidate will be an expert facilitator and servant leader, responsible for training and coaching teams, optimizing value flow, and driving performance and growth. This position requires a blend of waterfall and Agile methodology knowledge and excellent communication skills to gain the trust of both teams and senior leadership.

Requirements

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certified with 5 – 7 years prior Lean Agile Release Train
Experienced as Agile Coach for 5-7 years in Financial Enterprise
3–5 years of experience coaching software-delivery teams to analyze performance metrics, address delivery constraints, and improve speed and quality
Proficiency in JIRA
Experienced in working with geographically distributed Teams
Proficient knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework and ability to ensure the program and portfolio level stakeholders adopt these practices
Adept at Agile Work Management tools such as JIRA
Experience providing leadership skills for driving an Agile Release Train (ART) using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Expert facilitator – will be responsible for facilitating feature refinement, prioritization, other ART ceremonies and Team level ceremonies
Prior experience in leading all SAFe ceremonies: Program Increment (PI) planning, Scrum of Scrums (SoS), ART Sync meetings, Solution Demos and Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshops
Capability and mindset to be a servant leader of a Release Train and responsible for listening to and removing impediments for geographically distributed scrum teams
Experience as a Coach working with multiple Teams

Responsibilities

Guide and coach the teams on the Agile Release Train on Scrum practices, and develop their understanding of Agile principles
Help define norms/agreements for the ART and enforce the agreements
Coordinate and facilitate ART ceremonies (for example, Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, and Retrospective
In collaboration with the Product Manager, ensure the program has a healthy product/program backlog
Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments
Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities
Drive measurable improvements in software delivery speed and quality by coaching teams to analyze established efficiency metrics, identify root causes, and implement targeted process and engineering improvements
Mentor more junior Scrum Masters
Provide guidance about how to create and manage an intake process, healthy backlog, and how to facilitate valuable Agile ceremonies
Help align teams to enterprise Agile standards and practices, and coach team members through change