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Brooksource is looking for an Agile Coach to join our Banking client in the Columbus area, to be an expert in Agile culture, values, and practices. In this role you will work collaboratively with the to support, expand and formalize the company’s Agile coaching and training practices ensuring continuity across the organization while also working to continuously mature those practices.

Responsibilities:

• Establish collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders and team members to aid in the Agile adoption journey
• Collaborate across the department to design and support full Agile transformations within teams
• Coach and guide teams on the mechanics of Lean and Agile methods to achieve optimal team effectiveness
• Work with Experience Owners, Execution Managers, and Scrum Masters to track and report on Agile Metrics & KPIs to understand progress and to leverage data for backlog management and reporting
• Deliver hands-on coaching of individual teams in all aspects of Agile Frameworks (e.g. daily meetings, planning, self-organization, collaboration, iterative development, managing flow, backlog maturity, limiting WIP, etc.)
• Create, build, and deliver customized Agile training meeting branding standards
• Mentor understanding of team of team principles through understanding Program Management (metrics, intake, prioritization, and allocation)
• Embrace servant leadership and display behaviors that come with the key mindset shifts associated with agility
• Collaboratively create, launch, and facilitate Agile groups, Communities of Practice, and Agile Working Groups
• Demonstrate a strong fundamental understanding of business operations (e.g. planning, budgeting, resource management, etc.)
• Collaborate across the department to provide content exposing colleagues to innovative thinking and ideas from the Agile community to increase agility
• Drive continuous improvement ensuring quality delivery and minimization of unnecessary process overhead
• Coach teams to analyze Agile metrics in order to make data and value driven decisions
• Collaborate across the department to help evolve tools processes to ensure data is accurate and accessible
• Coach and mentor functional managers to improve their understanding of and agile capabilities

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience working in an Agile Environment as an Agile Leader and Change Agent.
• Deep agile expertise; has a strong understanding of servant leadership, the Agile Manifesto's values and principles, multiple agile frameworks, and agility at scale
• Extended track record of delivering training in a manner ensuring knowledge transfer
• Excellent interpersonal skills; must excel at team building, one-on-one conversations, and issue resolution
• Strong communication skills; clearly presents complex information verbally and visually to team members, stakeholders, and leadership
• Strong effective listening skills; able to engage in a conversation and show that they hear what is being said and can read the nonverbal cues of their audience
• Possesses the ability to grow others; understands how to train, mentor, and coach individuals and teams, helping them become better agilists, team members, and leaders
• Strong problem-solving skills; able to find creative ways to improve teams across all levels of scale, with a focus on optimizing the overall system

Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.