Agile Coach - IT Project Delivery

: - Coach product teams on agile practices to drive delivery discipline and predictability. - Provide 1:1 role-based coaching for Product Owners and other team members to strengthen agile maturity. - Apply coaching methodologies to support cross-functional product teams in improving collaboration, enhancing delivery cadence, and achieving outcomes aligned with product goals. - Facilitate team-level ceremonies (e.g., planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) to ensure effective collaboration, alignment, and dependency management. - Coordinate with other teams to manage cross-team dependencies and maintain alignment. - Escalate blockers to senior coaches or leadership as needed to ensure timely resolution. - Support teams in improving performance through ongoing inspection of team practices and adoption of new approaches. - Work with teams to define and develop objectives and key results (OKRs) aligned with enterprise and value stream priorities; assist in tracking progress through performance dashboards. - Guide teams to leverage flow and outcome metrics effectively to inform improvement; support development of targeted coaching plans to enhance team performance and maturity. - Contribute as a member of the Center of Excellence by adopting standards, sharing learnings, and supporting continuous evolution of the operating model. - Partner with Product Owners to build and maintain a strong backlog aligned with product strategy and priorities. - Collaborate with stakeholders to support team needs and maintain alignment with product goals. - Reinforce team understanding of how their work contributes to product and value stream OKRs. Must have: - 8 to 14 years of experience in roles such as Agile Coach, working with agile teams in a scaled environment. - Good knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.) with experience in agile delivery practices and ability to reinforce strong team habits. - Ability to coach teams using supportive and adaptive techniques to drive continuous improvement. - Experience with agile tooling (e.g., Jira, SPM) and applying best practices for team-level adoption. - Exposure to OKR development and outcome-based performance tracking. - Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and technology delivery. - Familiarity with product platform constructs preferred. - Working knowledge of engineering practices such as test automation, CI/CD, and DevOps. - Good facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills. - Ability to maintain alignment and transparency across teams and stakeholders. Good to have skills: - Developing enterprise mindset beyond team-level execution - Ownership and accountability for team-level outcomes - Inclination towards action, experimentation, and continuous improvement