Lead Agile Coach
Atlanta, Georgia
Job Description:
About the Company
Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Consumer Technology experience team is delivering innovative and reliable technology solutions to power differentiated, simplified customer experiences. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.
About the Job:
This career step requires senior level experience. Agile Coaches focus on driving transformation for the program which they are assigned and fully engaged. They are experts in helping teams mature in the use of agile methodology and explaining how the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is used and implemented at AT&T.
They will promote consistent behaviors and provide guidance to drive maturity. Agile Coaches guide and help teams on both the product and delivery side. An Agile Coach may function at varying levels depending on individual skill and experience combined with need of the engagement. A coach may work with team members at the Solution level, Program level or team level. The Agile Coach will use their broad Agile experiences and understanding of best practices to develop multiple agile teams within an organization or a release train.
The Agile Coach may serve as an advisor for Scrum Masters and Scrum Teams and will help in the execution of an Agile Release Train. Afterwards, the Agile Coach can periodically check on teams, help them stay on track with Agile techniques, and fine- tune behavior as needed.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
In order to lead teams of developers in Agile methodology, an Agile Coach performs many different tasks. The Agile Coach must educate employees at all levels, on Agile principles, providing them with tools for implementing the process in their own work.
They provide training sessions and teach valuable skills that lead toward the organization-wide adoption of Agile methodologies.
They will be responsible for Mentor Teams. As a mentor, the Agile Coach is responsible for guiding teams into the Agile methodology, providing employees with feedback and means of improvement, catalyzing organizational growth and answering questions.
They provide hands-on support to all employees, collaborating with people across widely varying levels and roles, leading teams toward further understanding and adoption of Agile as well as overall company growth and improvement. This task entails implementing Agile process, principles and practices across all levels and departments in an organization.
The Agile Coach must use techniques that increase collaboration, predictability, transparency and promote a culture of experimentation and innovation. In order to do this, the Agile Coach must also embody the Agile principles and lead by example.
Experience:
5 years of Technical Agile coaching experience
CICD and DevOps experience.
Experience with Digital Transformations (waterfall -? Agile)
Experience w/ Lean Agile (including SAFe)
Experience supporting many teams at once
Strong verbal & written communication skills
Ability to form a coaching strategy specific to each teams' needs
SAFe SPC 6.0 and the entablements and ability to train for SAFe certifications
Agile Coach Skills:
Both strong leaders and advocates for the adoption of Agile, Agile Coaches must be assertive about adherence to Agile processes and enthusiastic about Agile practices and their benefits. They are both educators and coaches, and thus possess great interpersonal skills, teaching abilities, and a capacity to inspire and motivate. In order to stay ahead, Agile Coaches must be self-taught, and they must constantly be updating their information, attending conferences, and continuously learning.
Demonstrating strong knowledge of and background with Agile concepts
Possessing prior experience coaching teams in Agile adoption or as a Scrum Master
Experience with CI/CD Pipeline
TDD/BDD Coaching experience
Tools Experience:
-Jira
-ADO
-PowerBI
Our Lead Agile Coach, earns between $143,800.00-$215,800.00 USD Annual, Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
· Medical/Dental/Vision coverage.
· 401(k) plan
· Tuition reimbursement program.
· Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
· Paid Parental Leave.
· Paid Caregiver Leave.
· Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected.
· Adoption Reimbursement.
· Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
· Life and Accidental Death Insurance.
· Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal.
· Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
· Extensive employee wellness programs.
· Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
AT&T is leading the way to the future – for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we’ve built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined. Ready to #transformdigital with us?
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Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
Dallas, TexasSalary Range:
$128,400.00 - $215,800.00It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Job ID R-43563-1 Date posted 11/04/2024
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