Job Description
Title: Agile Coach- 5248
Client: NYC Agency
Location: Broadway, NY (Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months
Work Hours: 37.5 hrs/week
Job Description:
Client is seeking experienced Enterprise Agile Coaches to support the Agile Product Transformation within the MTA-IT Agile Center of Excellence (CoE). This consulting role focuses on hands-on coaching, mentoring, and guiding product teams, leaders, and stakeholders toward Agile maturity. The Agile Coach will drive adoption of Agile and product-centric practices while aligning with organizational transformation goals. This role has no direct people management responsibility and reports to CoE leadership.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Coach large-scale Agile product transformation initiatives across complex enterprise environments
- Partner with CoE leadership to design and execute Agile transformation roadmaps
- Coach Product Teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and stakeholders on Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
- Design and deliver Agile training, workshops, and hands-on coaching sessions
- Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and metrics-driven insights
- Guide teams on technical best practices including DevOps, CI/CD, and XP practices
- Drive alignment and collaboration across cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Standardize Agile ceremonies, practices, metrics, and tooling (Jira, Confluence, Jira Align)
- Act as a trusted Agile advisor to teams and mid-level leadership
Mandatory Skills:
- 8+ years of experience in Agile coaching roles
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Hands-on expertise with Agile frameworks: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Strong knowledge of Agile product transformations in large, complex organizations
- Experience with Agile metrics, team health, velocity, and transformation reporting
- Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills
Certifications (Mandatory / Strongly Preferred)
- Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC, ICP-ATF)
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
- Or equivalent Agile certifications
Desirable skills:
- Experience transitioning organizations from Waterfall to Agile
- Knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM)
- Product-centric and outcome-driven delivery experience
- Strong background in organizational change management
- Metrics-driven coaching and data-informed decision making
- Passion for mentoring teams on technical excellence (TDD, pairing, CI/CD)
- Proven ability to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement
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