Agile Coach

Functie

Agile coach

Locatie

Amsterdam

uren per week

36

Startdatum

12-06-2017

Einddatum

30-12-2017

You are a convincing and energizing Agile Coach who is passionate about communication, group dynamics and coaching. You are not afraid to raise issues and continuously drive behavioral change. You attend and support DevOps ceremonies such as sprint planning and retrospectives and provide coaching for squad members, Product Owners and IT Area Leads. You are broadly recognized as a role model in the DevOps way of working and through your commitment and integrity you are a trusted advisor for everyone around you.You create a work environment with focus on continuous improvement and broad collaboration, where the common goal is twofold: delivering reliable infrastructure services to the consumer, and becoming a high performing agile organization.

What are you going to do?

Facilitate adoption of and improvements in the DevOps way of working within squads and IT Areas: Introduce DevOps way of working and rituals to squads and IT Areas (e.g., through boot camps, workshops, trainings and 1-on-1 coaching)
Support the setup of rituals and tools for squads
Continuously assess the maturity of squads along a standard DevOps maturity model, in order to close critical gaps and drive continuous improvement
Produce and maintain training and workshop materials, and document best practices

Support squads in achieving their mission

Ensure key roles are familiar with their responsibilities and most important concepts – e.g. servant leadership for IT Area Leads, DoD and DoR for Product OwnersHelp squads refine their mission and translate it into implementable epics and user stories
Support the definition of specific roles, responsibilities and deliverables within squads

Drive broad collaboration and alignment between squads and their stakeholders

Facilitate close alignment and ensure regular touchpoints across squads (e.g., PO alignment, marketplace) while coaching POs and Scrum Masters to take over such facilitation tasks
Organize knowledge exchange across squads and IT Areas
Coach squads, and particularly POs to build a regular dialogue with their consumers
Guide problem-solving sessions to help the squads remove impediments

We are looking for a person who has

Deep knowledge in DevOps and agile methodologies
Expertise in DevOps way of working (e.g., continuous delivery, cross-functional team set-ups, development of cross-skilled squad members)
Experience with working in high-performing agile or DevOps teams
Professional and intellectual IT ability at university level - at least Bachelor's degree
Excellent command of spoken and written Dutch and English