Agile Coach

About the Role

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 handson 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)

What you’ll do

• 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 hightouch to selfsufficient, establishing guardrails for sustainability.

Qualifications

• 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

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at .

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:

USD 80,000 - 180,000

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFAreimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.