Agile Coach 2 - AGC2

Agile Coaches in our organization are trusted advisors and thought leaders who partner with senior leadership, Technology, Business, and internal PMO to build high-performing, outcome-focused Agile teams and programs. The Agile Coach works closely with Agile Delivery Manager, and PMO partners to mature and optimize Agile execution across the enterprise, ensuring transparency, alignment, and measurable business outcomes.

Job Title:         Agile Coach 2
Location:       Atlanta, GA 30308
Duration:       36 months
Pay rate:        $ 53hr on W2 (All Inclusive)
 
JOB SUMMARY:  
We are looking for a passionate Agile Coach, who is experienced in enabling Agile delivery through the application of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, SoCo Agile Delivery Framework and alignment with SoCo Agile Playbook. Agile Coaches in our organization are trusted advisors and thought leaders who partner with senior leadership, Technology, Business, and internal PMO to build high-performing, outcome-focused Agile teams and programs.
 
A successful Agile Coach must adeptly navigate complex organizations and adapt coaching approaches to teams at varying levels of Agile maturity. This role requires deep expertise in Agile metrics, flow-based measurements, and value realization, combining with strong organizational change management capabilities. Agile Coaches proactively identify systemic challenges and guide teams and leaders in adopting Agile ways of working that align with enterprise governance and delivery standards.
 
The Agile Coach works closely with Agile Delivery Manager, and PMO partners to mature and optimize Agile execution across the enterprise, ensuring transparency, alignment, and measurable business outcomes. This role interacts extensively with Technology and Business stakeholders to embed Agile practices, reinforce consistent delivery expectations, and ensure outcomes align with strategic priorities.
 
MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the setup and optimization of Agile teams, Agile programs, and SAFe Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in alignment with the SoCo Agile Playbook and enterprise delivery standards.
• Coach senior business, technology, and PMO leaders on the Agile mindset, Agile delivery frameworks, and the use of metrics to drive transparency, predictability, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate enterprise and portfolio level alignment discussions across Agile delivery, PMO practices, strategic vision, funding models, and desired business outcomes.
• Conduct Agile maturity, readiness, and health assessments to support onboarding of new teams and to identify opportunities for improving existing team and program performance.
• Define, design, and operationalize Agile metrics and dashboards, including flow metrics, delivery predictability, value realization, and team health indicators.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure Agile metrics align with PMO reporting, Clarity investment data, and enterprise governance requirements.
• Prepare organizations for Agile delivery through formal training and hands on coaching of Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineers, and Development Teams.
• Create and execute collaborative coaching and improvement plans to optimize team and program performance using data driven insights.
• Actively support and contribute to the Agile Community of Practice as a thought leader by creating content, facilitating workshops, hosting lean coffees, and sharing best practices.
• Assist stakeholders in defining outcome based Agile metrics that clearly demonstrate business value and support executive decision making.
• Identify, escalate, and help resolve organizational and systemic impediments that limit Agile team effectiveness or flow.
• Serve in a hands on Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer capacity, when needed, to establish new teams or stabilize and optimize existing teams.
• Administer, configure, and maintain Jira, including workflows, boards, backlogs, reporting, dashboards, and integrations to support enterprise Agile delivery and metrics.
• Support alignment between Jira, Clarity, and PMO processes to ensure consistency across planning, funding, execution, and reporting.

 
REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 10+ years of overall experience in technology delivery
• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach
• SAFe SPC certification
• Demonstrated experience with scaled Agile delivery frameworks, particularly SAFe
• Deep understanding of Agile delivery frameworks, practices, and enterprise governance models
• Strong expertise in Agile metrics, flow based measurement, delivery predictability, and value realization
• Experience aligning Agile delivery with PMO practices, portfolio management, and financial governance
• Executive presence with exceptional verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with senior leaders, team members, PMO partners, and customers
• Ability to influence and guide teams and leaders without direct authority
• Passion for and demonstrated success driving continuous improvement across Technology and Business teams
• Knowledge of Agile success patterns, common failure modes, and effective techniques for course correction
• Strong grounding in organizational change management principles
• Understanding of modern engineering practices (TDD, CI/CD, DevOps, etc.)
• Flexibility to coach teams across diverse contexts, sizes, maturity levels, and distributed environments
• Experience with SDLC, release management, and dependency management
• Experience launching new Agile teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs) using SAFe
• Solid understanding of project and portfolio management fundamentals, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and risk management
• Experience supporting hybrid delivery models (Agile interfacing with Waterfall)
• Advanced experience with Agile Lifecycle Management tools, particularly Jira
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Project, SharePoint)
• Advanced Jira administration experience, including configuration, reporting, and dashboards

 
PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Certified Agile Coach (CAC)
• PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma certifications
• Expertise in Product Development and/or Customer Experience

Previous experience in Utility industry