About The Role:PanasonicWELL is seeking an Agile Team Coach/JIRA Administrator to join the Agile Center of Excellence (ACoE). The ACoE’s mission is to lead the organization’s Agile Transformation, support and enable Product Teams to focus on delivering customer value, align strategies with outcomes, leverage data to make better decisions, and streamline ways of working. This team is primarily focused on a point programmatic thrust:

1. Product Team enablement which includes product team formation, training, launch and agile/product coaching to aid in continuous improvement. 
2. Agile tooling, metrics, and dashboards; setting lean standards, configurations, and integrations to unlock the potential for automated transparency. 
3. Leading and guiding Agile product governance which includes executive strategy alignment routines such as quarterly business reviews, product showcases and strategic alignment planning events.

The Agile Team Coach/JIRA Administrator plays a critical role in training, coaching and continuously improving product teams value flow, discovery, and delivery practices. Nurturing a customer-centric operating model that places customers at the forefront and unites cross-functional teams to deliver maximum customer value. The Agile Coach/Scrum Master will unlock the potential for product teams to align organizational goals, processes, and product development, while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation and continuous improvement. The Agile Coach/Scrum Master is the means to helping teams continuously improve overall value flow by removing friction and improving processes for the teams. This role requires an accomplished professional with a track record for leading and driving organizational change.

PanasonicWELL is able to employ individuals who reside in (or that are willing to relocate to) the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.

What You’ll Get To Do: 

• Act as a facilitator and coach for individuals, teams on adopting Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.) 
• Bridges communication between the team, product owner, and stakeholders 
• Lead by example as a servant leader to the team, the product owner and the organization
• Facilitate all Agile ceremonies without assigning or dictating work 
• Shields the team to minimize interruptions and distractions to the sprint, keeping them focused on delivering a quality product on time 
• Maintain relevant metrics that help the team see how they’re doing 
• Pose questions, crowd-source ideas, and come to consensus on process solutions that promote self-organization and fill gaps in existing processes 
• Assists the team to smoothly navigate forming, storming and norming team formation stages by addressing team dynamics, decision making, and conflict resolution 
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving 
• Assess the maturity of the team and coaching the team to higher levels of Agile maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization 
• Identifies and removes impediments or obstacles that prevent teams from reaching goals
• Champions continuous improvements in processes and development techniques 
• Actively contribute to the company’s Agile practice 
• Champions an Agile mindset and culture across the organization.
• Manage JIRA project workflows, user roles, and permissions
• Provide thought leadership and guidance on the configuration, optimization, and automation of custom JIRA workflows
• Integrate JIRA with other program management platforms and tools

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 
• At least 5 years of experience working in an agile organization, preferably in a variety of industries and environments
• At least 3 years of JIRA Administration experience
• Startup experience preferred
• Scrum Master certification required (SSM preferred) 
• Scrum@Scale, Scaled agile experience, or SAFe certifications preferred 
• Experience with Kanban required 
• Experience with distributed teams preferred
• Familiarity with ALM tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence
• Familiarity with collaboration tools like Slack, FigJam, Mural, Miro
• Understanding of the Agile software development life cycle 
• Strong communication and social skills 
• Energetic and enthusiastic personality 
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to build, develop, and coach high-performing teams

What We Offer:

The future of work at PanasonicWELL is flexibility. Like many other leading Silicon Valley based businesses, we follow a hybrid workplace model post-pandemic. We believe this model is consistent with our goals of fostering a highly collaborative culture, promoting employee well-being, and developing a workplace that is engaging, equitable, and innovative.

Local (Bay Area) employees are expected to come into the office on Mondays & Wednesdays and optional on the other days of the week. Fully remote (Work From Home) employment may be available for select positions.

This position may be eligible for participation in our employee bonus program. Grade level and salary ranges are determined primarily through the scope and complexity of the role along with a review of the applicant’s experience and skills, as well as alignment with geographic market data and equity with other team members.

Employee benefits include:

• Opportunity to join a hyper-growth startup on a mission to make well-being attainable for modern families
• Competitive compensation 
• Comprehensive benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match 
• Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Medical Coverage
• Unlimited PTO 
• 12 Company Holidays 
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave 
• Employee Assistance Program
• Group and 1-on-1 Career Coaching
• Pet Insurance
• Casual Dress Code
• Catered Lunch & Snacks 
• Discounts on Panasonic products
• Company Social Events

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest.