Key Facts

Remote From:

Full time

English

Hard Skills

Product Management Scrum (Software Development) Agile Software Development Scaled Agile Framework Backlogs Product Lifecycle Management Stakeholder Communications Meeting Facilitation Risk Prevention Product Strategy +9 more

Other Skills

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Training And Development
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Mentorship
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Problem Solving
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Composure
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Collaboration
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Leadership
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Teaching
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Teamwork
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Patience
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Analytical Thinking
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Team Oriented
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Verbal Communication Skills
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Relationship Building
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Empathy

Roles & Responsibilities

US Citizenship or Green Card with ability to pass a Public Trust clearance for US Government clients
Minimum 3 years of Agile Coaching experience, including leading agile transformations
Strong facilitation and communication skills with experience coaching Scrum Masters, Product Owners/PMs, and teams; experience leading trainings and workshops
Certifications and education: SPC 5.0; Bachelor's degree or equivalent; strongly preferred: RTE and Scrum Master certifications, knowledge of BDD and TDD

Requirements:

Help clients build and lead a product culture focused on delivering valuable and viable solutions
Advise on agile, SAFe, and Scrum @ Scale strategies to implement across the organization
Mentor Scrum Masters, leadership, PO/PMs, and other ART members on agile and SAFe best practices
Facilitate identification of objectives and key results (OKRs) that align with product-team and organizational goals

Job description

hatch I.T. is partnering with Packaged Agile to find an Agile Coach. See details below:

About the Role:

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about helping organizations transform their ways of working to an agile state and who wants to help other teams implement an agile mindset and culture. You will learn about your client's products, processes, and tools, and help identify areas for improvement that enable them to meet their goals. Leveraging your expertise, you will help guide your clients toward good agile and SAFe practices and recommend processes and tools to support their journey.

We are proud to be a United States Small Business Administration (SBA) HUBZone-certified company. We prefer candidates who reside in an SBA HUBZone or be willing to relocate.

About the Company:

Packaged Agile is a boutique agile and digital services-focused coaching and consulting company. They help their clients deliver measurable value to their customers and aspire to bring "good agile" to clients across the public and private sectors. They hire passionate people who believe in agility, understand how to meet people where they are, and treat them with respect while helping them succeed. And they want to hire people that see their continuous growth and improvement as a way of life. They are proud to be a United States Small Business Administration (SBA) HUBZone-certified company. We prefer candidates who reside in an SBA HUBZone or are willing to relocate.

Responsibilities:

As a Product Coach at Packaged Agile, you'll be responsible for helping your client understand how to build and lead a product culture that focuses on creating valuable and viable solutions.

Solve complex problems using sound logic and compelling narratives

Advise on agile, SAFe, and Scrum @ Scale strategies to implement across the organization

Build trust and collaborative relationships among all stakeholders across the ART

Mentor Scrum Masters, leadership, PO/PMs, and other ART team members on agile and SAFe best practices

Facilitate the identification of objectives and key results (OKRs) that are product-team specific, but roll up to organizational goals

Coach clients on agile principles and processes and on building compelling Product Vision and Product Strategy descriptions and how to orient Product Roadmaps around the delivery of customer value as opposed to output

Partner with teams and stakeholders to help improve their agile practices

Identify practical ways to keep team members engaged and motivated in a remote environment

Escalate impediments and risks, and clearly explain their impact in plain language

Requirements:

To be considered for this role, you must meet the following requirements.

US Citizenship or Green Card status with the ability to pass a Public Trust clearance process with a US Government client

At least three years of experience as an Agile Coach

Experience leading agile transformations

Eﬀective coach - excellent communicator , exudes patience and loves to teach others

Understanding of software development methodologies like Scrum or Kanban

Excellent facilitation skills, experience leading training, backlog development and refinement sessions, and problem-solving workshops

Experience with all facets of the product management life cycle

Certifications: SPC 5.0

Strongly preferred: RTE and Scrum Master certifications

Strongly preferred: lives in a US SBA HUBZone ( )

Strongly preferred: Knowledge of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test Driven Automation

Passionate about product management and continuous learning

Ability to maintain composure in the face of challenges

Propose logical approaches to address issues

Good written and oral communication skills

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Benefits:

Packaged Agile is a small, growing business using a Lean Start-Up mentality. They want to be a place where their employees feel challenged and rewarded. So, in addition to your competitive salary, and medical/dental/vision plan, they oﬀer these additional benefits:

Flexibility: They are a remote-first company and will advocate with their clients to remain so whenever possible. If you want to be on-site full-time or part-time, they will work with you to make this happen.

Growth: Career growth looks diﬀerent for everyone. You choose your path and how you want to contribute based on your goals, and they support you.

Bonus: They oﬀer competitive annual performance-based bonuses.

Professional Development: They want their people to be active in the agile and product communities. They reimburse all reasonable expenses not covered by the hosts if you are selected to speak at an event or conference.

Culture: They care about your views. You will help them shape their culture and how they support their employees, clients, and communities.