Agile Coach

Wellington ManagementBoston, MA
103d$80,000 - $180,000

About The Position

As an Agile Coach on the Technology Strategy team, you will help engineering and product leaders deepen an Agile, outcome driven mindset. You’ll onboard and upskill teams (typically 5-15 engineers), tailor practices to each team’s stage on the Agile journey, and help leaders use OKRs/KPIs to measure and sustain impact. The role spans hands-on team coaching and enterprise enablement (training new coaches, sharing best practices, nurturing the community of practice) to further integrate business and technology. (Grounded in our internal Agile plays and maturity assessment approach embodied in the firm's Agile Playbook)

Requirements

  • Hands-on practice with one or more of: SAFe, Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban
  • Understands how to drive business impact and outcomes
  • Demonstrates collaboration and empathy with development teams
  • Has the ability to be a change agent
  • Comfortable carrying institutional weight, has gravitas and is able to influence

Nice To Haves

  • Certifications: ScrumMaster(r), ICP, SAFe, or equivalent
  • Tooling familiarity with git-based tooling, Atlassian dev tools suite, CI/CD-based deployments

Responsibilities

  • Coach for outcomes, not ceremonies: enable engineer groups and their product owners to define/track OKRs, improve predictability and quality, and reduce lead time.
  • Upskill leaders: train Product Owners and Tech Leads on backlog quality, value slicing, outcome roadmaps, and evidence based planning.
  • Measure and adapt: use an Agile Maturity self assessment and coaching plans; run iterative retros at team and program levels; publish adoption dashboards.
  • Scale the practice: develop reusable training assets, mentor new coaches, and support needs as required.
  • Transition wisely: move teams from high-touch to self-sufficient, establishing guardrails for sustainability.

Benefits

  • Retirement plan
  • Health and wellbeing coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Pharmacy coverage
  • Health savings account
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Commuter program
  • Employee assistance program
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Adoption assistance
  • Back-up childcare
  • Tuition/CFA reimbursement
  • Paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)
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