What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Coach(Product Team Coach) position at Marvica Technologies?
Position Title : Agile Coach(Product Team Coach)
Type of hire : Contract
How many days a week : 3 days from office and 2 days remote. (No exceptions)
Duration of the project : 2 Years
Location : Downtown (Houston, TX)
Skills
No. of years of experience
Detailed Experience
Total no. of years of experience
No. of years of experience as an Agile Product Coach
No. of years of experience as an agile coach, ideally activating and coaching multiple teams.
Strong background in Agile methodologies and continuous improvement.
Excellent facilitation and coaching skills, and problem-solving mindset.
Knowledge of and ability to apply agile frameworks with emphasis on Scrum and Kanban.
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Experience in a similar coaching role within a large organization.
Certification in Agile methodologies (e.g., CSM, SAFe).
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Job Responsibility : The Product Team Coach will provide organized and purposeful coaching and training to product team members, managers, and leaders as they navigate Agile transformations and continuous improvement journeys, adopting a growth mindset. The focus of this coaching role is on product teams with an emphasis on implementing best-fit agile team principles, practices and mindset. This role will upskill Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Tech Leads, and other individuals identified to support the product teams. The Product Team Coach will be able to coach multiple product groups.
- Team Coaching : Coach product teams to adopt successful agile practices aligned to the teams' work. Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Tech Leads, and product teams to coach them to high performance. Work with Platform Coach and Triad to ensure product teams can fully participate in platform level ceremonies
- Facilitation : Demonstrate and coach teams on best practices for facilitating team events such as Daily Stand Ups, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospectives. Enable the scrum master to manage the team's capacity and provide visibility to the team's commitment to deliver ratio.
- Continuous Improvement : Develop team member awareness of the value of continuous improvement and innovation. Provide coaching to the teams during Quarterly Planning, maintaining their focus on value delivery and alignment to the platform OKR's. Support the team as they build their capabilities, introducing opportunities for continuous improvement to add to their backlog.
- Team Maturity Assessments : Conducting regular team maturity assessments to determine the baseline maturity level of teams, describe opportunities for improvement, and track their progress over time.
- Collaboration : Collaborate with Scrum Masters and work with the team to ensure the selected agile framework and associated practices are being maintained, the health of the team is intact, and that they are striving to get better sprint over sprint.
- Training : Provide training and upskilling for team members, including new team members, to ensure they understand the agile processes and are self-sufficient.
