Senior Agile Coach

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Delivery: Plan, schedule, and lead Agile ceremonies while fostering team self-organization, transparency, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and Enable Agile Teams: Coach teams on Agile values, practices, and artifacts using a lean mindset to improve delivery effectiveness and adaptability.
• Drive Value with Product and Stakeholders: Partner with the Product Owner/service request manager and stakeholders to prioritize work and ensure continuous delivery of business value.
• Remove Impediments and Accelerate Decisions: Actively identify and remove blockers, reduce decision latency, and enable progress through clear communication and effective influencing.
• Enable Data-Driven Improvement and Reporting: Help teams capture and analyze performance data, provide actionable insights, and support management decision-making through relevant metrics and reporting.

Team Collaboration

This role spans five focus areas — Cloud, DevOps, Security, Identity, and Risk — and drives collaboration across five global, cross-functional portfolio teams, an architecture team, and an automation engineering team. The Senior Agile Coach will interact with a wide range of teams, operating as an overall program manager and Agile coach across the portfolio.

Work Environment

This is a hybrid position based out of the Peoria, IL, Chicago, IL, or Dallas, TX office (candidate's choice), with onsite work required as needed.

Requirements

• Candidate Requirements: Bachelor's degree required, with 10+ years of relevant experience. Master's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Required Technical Skills: Experience working in an Agile delivery environment (Scrum, Kanban, or similar frameworks). Experience supporting continuous improvement initiatives using metrics and data.
• Soft Skills: Demonstrated experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and cross-functional team collaboration. Experience partnering with Product Owners, engineering managers, and business stakeholders.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays

Salary Expectations

$134,000 - $142,000 per annual

Additional Information

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