Agile Coach (entry level)
Are you looking for an opportunity to help people continuously improve? Youcould do just that as an Agile Coach at Vertafore! In this role, you'llinfluence individuals and groups to ensure the continuous improvement of oursoftware development teams and processes.
On a daily basis, you'll coach development teamsand individuals to enable effective processes, healthy relationships andinteractions, and sustainable development. You will also provide Agileleadership and guidance to teams and leaders at all levels of the organization.You'll work closely with our team of Release Train Engineers, helpingfacilitate alignment and transparency across the business.
"Must have" skills:
- Excellent written and oral communication, especially enabling visibility and transparency
- Practical team experience with Scrum, Kanban, and/or XP practices
- Continuous improvement mindset and understanding of the core tenants of Agile
- Pragmatic approach to enacting change in individuals and groups
- The ability to approach both problems and successes with open-minded curiosity
"Nice to have" skills:
- Large and small group facilitation experience
- Previous ScrumMaster, Agile Coach, or other coaching experience
- Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), or other scaling strategies
- Experience with cross-functional teams, both within development and across departments (e.g., customer support, sales, marketing, implementations, etc.)
- Project leadership & organization skills, including a little spreadsheet voodoo
- Interest in looking at data (qualitative or quantitative) and discovering the story behind the data
- The ability to engage with a group or individual and facilitate learning without directing them to a specific solution
- A background in Computer Science or related technical experience
Vertafore strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law equal employment.