Agile Coach

Accountabilities

• Facilitate core Scrum events, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring productive communication, alignment, and collaboration.
• Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, ceremonies, and continuous improvement techniques to strengthen delivery effectiveness.
• Facilitate collaboration and communication between cross-functional team members, Product Owners, technical stakeholders, and other business partners.
• Apply functional and technical knowledge to support Scrum goals and contribute to solutions for moderately scoped and complex delivery challenges.
• Partner with Product Owners to refine, organize, and prioritize product backlogs, ensuring work is clearly defined and ready for upcoming sprints.
• Identify impediments, dependencies, risks, and roadblocks that may affect team progress and work with stakeholders to resolve them efficiently.
• Continuously assess team processes and introduce Agile practices, adaptations, and improvements that increase efficiency and delivery quality.
• Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, collaboration, open communication, and continuous learning.
• Help teams and stakeholders adapt to changing priorities while maintaining focus on delivery objectives and customer outcomes.
• Manage stakeholder expectations effectively, identifying misalignment early and recalibrating expectations when necessary.
• Support technical product portfolio management and contribute to client briefings, project updates, and status reporting.
• Apply strong organizational discipline and attention to detail to ensure projects, processes, and deliverables remain aligned with expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Project Manager, or in a closely related role managing projects, processes, and technical teams delivering web-based solutions.
• Demonstrated experience managing technical product portfolios and leading technical teams through complex delivery initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum principles, practices, ceremonies, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional teams and working effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to identify and remove impediments, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery challenges.
• Experience creating and delivering client briefings, project updates, and executive or stakeholder status reports.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to communicate clearly, influence effectively, and recalibrate expectations when priorities or circumstances change.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Exceptional organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards for quality and delivery.
• Strong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
• Must have reliable internet service suitable for effective remote work.
• Willingness to work occasional extended or weekend hours when operational requirements demand it.

Benefits

• Base salary of $130,000–$140,000 per year, depending on geographic location, relevant experience, skills, education, internal equity, security clearance, and contract requirements.
• Fully remote work within the United States.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account with company contribution when enrolled in an eligible plan.
• Company-paid life insurance and accidental death coverage.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Voluntary accident, hospital indemnity, and critical care insurance.
• Voluntary medical and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Accrued paid time off.
• Company-paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• Mission-driven environment focused on technology, innovation, secure digital solutions, and measurable impact.
• Opportunities to work on complex digital transformation initiatives supporting government and public-sector outcomes.