Title : Agile Development Mentor
Location : Seattle Area
Openings : Multiple
Type : Contract or Contract-to-Hire
- Serve as a senior team member, responsible for facilitating the adoption, implementation and sustainability of Agile processes, principles, and practices
Provide high-touch and hands-on team guidance, support, and coaching in close cooperation and collaboration across all roles and functions, to facilitate increasing maturity at a sustainable pace.
Change ManagementScaling Agile; release planning and dependency managementSprint events : planning, stand-ups, refinement, reviews / demos, retrospectivesImpediment identification and removalPersona developmentStory mapping; road mapping and planningBacklog management : definition, grooming, and prioritizationStory sizing and task estimationTeam building and communicationTracking and using velocity, burndown and burnupAssist team members in identifying, prioritizing and either clearing or escalating impedimentsProvide training to Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Teams (i.e., individual and workshops)Serve as an advisor to teams; leading by example and challenging the status quoPerform ongoing assessments of the teams' Scrum maturity to inform ongoing support decisionsCultivate Communities of PracticePartner with Scrum Masters to identify and support opportunities to increase team maturityPartner with Product Owners to ensure vision, roadmap and personas are well-defined and understoodGuide scrum masters on becoming better at facilitation and focusing teams on completing tasksHelp teams continuously reflect and improve, becoming more effective in their roles and increasing their predictability, collaboration, and quality practicesPromote environment and culture of experimentation and innovationFoster a trusting environment focused on servant leadership and continuous improvementDraft and maintain training materials, collect and collate feedback from training sessionsEnsure Agile adherence and consistency while maintaining teams' abilities to be self- directedQualifications
BA / BS or equivalent work experience requiredExpert practitioner of Scrum and Lean Start UpExcellent communication, facilitation and relationship building skillsProven success coaching teams to adopt Agile methodologiesMinimum of two (2) years of real-world Scrum coaching experience, guiding at least two (2) organizations through varied challenges of Scrum adoption (5 years ideal)Minimum of two (2) years as a practicing Scrum MasterDiverse change management experience across multiple organizations, teams, products, environments and technologiesAbility to facilitate discussion at all levels of the organization to resolve conflictsExperience with approaches for scaling Agile (e.g., SAFe, LeSS)Stays current in the Agile space as exemplified by ongoing education in Agile frameworks training, conference attendance, user group participation and self-studyAvailability for some travelWorking knowledge of Agile tools (e.g., Rally, Atlassian tools JIRA, Confluence)Working knowledge of the fundamentals of software development processes and proceduresCoaching experience at a Fortune 500 (large size) organization highly desirableScrum Coach Certification (CSC) preferred