Agile Transformation Coach

Key Responsibilities

• Coach teams and leaders through the transition from project-centric to product-oriented delivery
• Support the shift from waterfall delivery models to agile and hybrid agile practices
• Provide hands-on coaching to:
• Product Managers / Product Owners
• Delivery Managers / Scrum Masters
• Cross-functional technical teams
• Help teams establish and refine:
• Product vision, pipelines, and roadmaps
• Outcome-based planning and metrics
• Backlog management and prioritization practices
• Audit current delivery practices and recommend pragmatic improvement approaches
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions (e.g., agile fundamentals, product mindset, team charters)
• Partner with leadership to align:
• Governance and funding models
• Intake and prioritization processes
• Delivery metrics and reporting
• Support teams in adapting agile practices to enterprise or public-sector constraints
• Model servant leadership, continuous improvement, and psychological safety
• Provide feedback, observations, and recommendations to leadership throughout the engagement

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as an Agile Coach, Product Coach, or Delivery Transformation Coach
• Proven success coaching teams through project → product and waterfall → agile transitions
• Experience working with cross-functional technical teams (engineering, business analysts, QA, operations, security, data)
• Strong understanding of:
• Agile and lean principles
• Product management practices
• Incremental and iterative delivery models
• Ability to coach at multiple levels (team, product, leadership)
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and communication skills
• Comfortable working in complex, matrixed, or highly regulated environments

Preferred Experience

• Experience in public sector, government, or large enterprise transformations
• Familiarity with frameworks such as: Scrum, Kanban, XPSAFe, LeSS, or other scaling approaches (used pragmatically, not dogmatically)
• Experience evolving governance and funding models to support product delivery
• Change management or organizational design experience
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Agile Coach, SAFe SPC, ICP-ACC/ATF, PMP transitioning to agile)