Agile Coach

Agile Coach – 12 Months Freelance Contract – Central Paris, France

CV’S HAVE TO BE IN ENGLISH
Hybrid working 3 days on site, 2 days remote
Must be able to speak fluent French and Fluent Professional English

Essential: - Senior Agile Team Coaching.  Senior Scrum. Kanban. ScrumBan. Agile@scale (Nexus, Spotify) nice to have. Senior Facilitation.  Jira, Confluence, Miro Senior.  KPI DORA / Accelerate. LEAN. Culture Product by Value. Jira Admin nice to have.   Bac+3 training, with less than 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach.

Objectives and deliverables

My client is looking for 2 Agile Coaches.  As an Agile Coach, you will be responsible for helping a Squad or an individual to adopt and improve agile methods and practices.
The Agile Coach accompanies the Squad in its journey towards agility, in its autonomy, its self-organization. You support the transformation of both the organization and People levels.

The Agile Coach must in particular:

• Teach squads agile methods and new, more collaborative professional practices.
• Develop the Squad and make it aware of new working methods.
• Help Squads apply agile and lean thinking to their specific environments and problems.
•  Support Squads to adapt the methodology to their environment and to question the existing environment. 
• The Agile Coach is part trainer embedded in the Squads and part consultant (consulting dimension). 
• Share knowledge and skills and encourage the personal and professional development of Squads. 
• Initiate and support change in people and Squads.
• Create a healthy space to facilitate exchanges and allow the emergence of ideas, innovations and discussions between collaborators.
• Challenge the vision of the Agile Coach team and the organization
• Participate in the OKR approach of the Delivery & Performance team.
• Support squads in monitoring performance
• Participate in the Agile Cop

Required skills

• • The Agile Coach is able to adapt his posture according to the context (Coach, Mentor, Advisor, Trainer, Facilitator)
  • Knowledge of the main agile frameworks in particular Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban (Nexus, Scrum of Scrum and other frameworks is a plus)
  • Appetite for delivery and a product culture oriented towards value creation.
  • The Agile Coach demonstrates a capacity for adaptation, a constant desire to learn and share his skills.
  • Understanding of performance indicators (Dora, Lean, Scrum)
  • The Agile Coach is a force for proposals on continuous improvement issues.
  • The Agile Coach knows the issues as well as the challenges (ambiguity, constraints) that may be encountered.
  • The Agile Coach is recognized for his strategic vision and his servant leadership.
  • Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Miro, Mural – Jira Administration is a plus.

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