Agile coach
STEM-XpertDetroit, Michigan, United States
Posted March 15, 2016
Full Time
About the Company
STEM-Xpert is an educational startup with over 7 years of experience, empowering students from K12 to graduates with STEM skills in robotics, coding, AI, IoT, and more. Our hands-on labs equipped with the latest technologies provide experiential learning through projects and internships, preparing students for future demands. We also offer unique courses like the STEM Facilitator program and India's first IoT-enabled STEM Innovation Kit.
Job Description
TEKWISSEN, a technology consulting firm, is seeking an Agile Coach to perform coaching, training, and guidance to newly formed Agile project teams. The Agile Coach will also be responsible for utilizing ideas from project retrospectives to support process improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years experience using Scrum
- Minimum 2 years experience as either Scrum Master or Product Owner
- CSM/CSP or preferred (certified scrum master and certified scrum professional)
- Must have knowledge of the Standard Agile Ceremonies: Release Planning, Grooming, Pre Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Post Stand Up, Sprint Design Session, Demo, Retrospective, Celebration
- Must have knowledge of the Standard Agile Reporting: team performance which may include: Roadmap, Release Plan, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, sprint goal, Task board, team norms, impediments, team calendar
- Experience Conducting Agile Overview Training to all stakeholders impacted
- Experience coaching/mentoring support during project specific evaluations and roadmap execution activities
- Experience in provide oversight, guidance, and feedback for ongoing execution of sprints/iterations
- Must be able to provide continuous process improvement from project retrospectives and refine elements
- Experience validating criteria for project selection, identifying success metrics that should be tracked relative to each project
- Ability to Identify Agile/Scrum transitional requirements for each project and areas within the Agile/Scrum methods
- Ability to collaborate with invested project teams to refine Agile/Scrum framework
- Identify Agile/Scrum tools evaluation criteria for Agile/Scrum tools
- Define Agile software development practices for implementation
- Help to develop and manage the Agile Community of Excellence (Agile CoE)
- Enable cooperation among all roles and functions
- Expert in team dynamics, how to be a leader and create a community
- Hold team members accountable for behavior that is inconsistent with team norms
- Provoke thought process and ask questions
- Inspire engagement within the team