Agile Coach

Job Description

Morgan McKinley is delighted to be partnering with a key client in the to secure an agile coach for a transformation project.

This organisation is an engineeering, software and technology company with offices in Dublin. As an agile coach, you will be working towards transitioning the business from a waterfall to an agile environment. In addition, the Agile Coach is responsible for spreading the agile mindset, tracking the agile methodology, and facilitating agile events.

Responsibilities:

• Guides software development and IT teams in the adoption of the Agile mindset and facilitates performance of high-performing teams.
• Understands the organisational journey.
• Provides thought leadership to leaders, Agile teams, and the Agile effort by driving continuous improvement and sharing industry trends.
• Provides expertise in Lean and Agile principles, serves as an Agile coach, provides mentorship and training to Agile teams, and facilitates team sessions.
• Fosters an environment of successful delivery and continuous improvement using Agile as a strategic asset for business value generation to create impactful results using analysis, design, development, testing and management in an Agile environment.
• Establish collaborative partnership with key stakeholders to ensure leadership buy-in across both Business and IT.

Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience working as an Agile Coach in a large organisation
• Ideally exposure to 3 + projects/agile transformations in sizable change programs
• Experience working in environments moving from from waterfall to agile will be an advantage
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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