Job Summary
The Agile Coach is responsible for developing, implementing, and driving adoption of the enterprise Agile playbook. The role focuses on establishing standardized Agile practices, delivery frameworks, metrics, and processes to improve accountability, predictability, backlog management, and continuous improvement. The Agile Coach partners with leadership, Project Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and cross-functional teams to strengthen Agile capabilities and scale consistent delivery practices across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
• Own the development and implementation of the enterprise Agile playbook.
• Define tactical Agile standards, processes, metrics, best practices, and reusable delivery frameworks.
• Establish standards for backlog management, prioritization, accountability, predictability, and Agile delivery.
• Develop strategies for introducing and socializing the Agile playbook across leadership and delivery teams.
• Coach leaders, Project Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and cross-functional teams on Agile principles and practices.
• Translate Agile concepts into practical, repeatable processes that teams can apply in their daily work.
• Develop training, knowledge-sharing, and enablement practices to improve Agile competency across teams.
• Drive Agile adoption beyond documentation by identifying resistance and process gaps and coaching teams through change.
• Establish meaningful Agile delivery metrics to improve visibility, accountability, continuous improvement, and predictability.
• Coach teams on backlog health, refinement, prioritization, planning, and delivery practices.
• Partner with technical and business stakeholders to establish consistency while allowing Agile practices to scale appropriately across teams.
• Work hands-on with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and related tools to support Agile delivery practices.
• Coach teams throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Help establish effective Product Owner practices and strengthen collaboration among product, project management, and delivery teams.
• Assess Agile maturity and identify opportunities to improve processes, behaviors, tooling, and adoption.
• Create reusable practices that enable the organization to scale Agile capabilities beyond the initial teams being coached.
