Iris Software - Agile Coach - Contractual Role

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Train project teams, senior stakeholders and clients on agile principles, values and effective implementation of the methodology

- Act as a change leader, motivate the team to develop an Agile mindset transforming them into high performing units, while being an integrated part of the team

- Actively participate in all agile ceremonies to review effectiveness and drive continuous improvement for implementing SCRUM and (or) KANBAN frameworks

- Establish metrics and maturity/ fluency models for assessing effectiveness of methodology adoption

- Work closely with client stakeholders (across technology, operations and business teams) for ensuring business value realization through the effective implementation of methodology

- Support the identification, implementation and effectiveness of tools to support effective Agile adoption across teams

- Mentor other leads and key team members i.e. SCRUM Masters, Product Owners,

- Kanban leads to develop future Agile change leaders

- Work with the Delivery Excellence team for developing the organisational adoption of Agile and integrating Agile into the organisational process/ metrics framework

- Play a key role in establishing Agile communities/ special interest groups within the organisation and help facilitate industry wide networking

- Work with senior leaders to establish effective Agile delivery governance framework

- Provide hands-on support to people/ teams and share objective feedback for developing Agile competencies in the organisation and for developing high performance Agile teams

- Collaborating with people across widely varying levels and roles

- Act as a thought leader on the methodology and promote a culture of experimentation and innovation.

Experience and competencies required :

- 11 to 16 years of experience in delivery/ consulting roles in the IT services space with 4+ years in leadership role(s)

- Expert level proficiency on Agile Methodology and deep understanding of frameworks like SCRUM, KANBAN and SCRUMBAN supported by 3+ years of hands on Agile coaching experience with demonstrated outcomes in an IT services setup

- Practitioner experience as an Agile lead in delivering IT projects/ programs as a SCRUM Master or a Kanban lead

- Should have led cross functional and geographically distributed teams with 15+ team members

- Extensive experience across the SDLC and with diverse engagement models, pricing models and service offerings

- Prior experience in IT project management and estimation while working with clients based in the US/ UK

- Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: JIRA, TFS, or equivalent, Microsoft Project, VSS, Sonar cube, Fisheye, Jenkins, and all Office Tools

- Ability to proactively call out issues and risks and provide solutions

- Consultative & Solution-oriented - Ability to propose design and development approach.

- Understand and appreciate solution frameworks and architectures

- Strong application development background

- Strong technical background in Java technology stack. Should be abreast with new age technologies

- Support presales initiatives in estimation

- Strong workshop facilitation skills

- Must have managed senior managers and leads as a people manager/ supervisor

- Should have managed senior stakeholders at a Director/ VP level or above

- Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills

Others :

- Ability to work in continuous integration setup

- Demonstrates good analysis, collaboration, and problem solving

- Ability to multi-task and juggle competing priorities

- Quick learner, innovative, proactive, flexible, and adaptable

- Agile certifications like CSM, SAFe, etc. are preferred