Agile Coach Lead (Remote available)
Company: USAA
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
Purpose of JobThe Bank at USAA is going through a transformation
and looking for an Agile Coach Lead to join our team. As an Agile
Coach joining our team, you will be working in a business line to
coach and transform their organization.
As a mighty team of 9 coaches we work to bring transparency,
inspection and adaptation as a way of thinking with commitment,
focus, openness respect and courage. You will be a coach at the
portfolio, program and product team level, while interacting with
your other team members to deliver value.
Coaches, trains and mentors at all levels of the organization to
apply agile principles, practices and frameworks in order to
deliver high value business capabilities. Embraces servant
leadership and displays behaviors that come with the key mindset
shifts associated with being agile and the culture shift at USAA.
Identifies opportunities for continuous improvements and influences
change at all organizational levels.
This position can be Remote (work from home).Job RequirementsAbout
USAAUSAA knows what it means to serve. We facilitate the financial
security of millions of U.S. military members and their families.
This singular mission requires a dedication to innovative thinking
at every level.We embrace a robust veteran workforce and encourage
veterans and veteran spouses -to apply.Tasks:
- Identifies and manages existing and emerging risks that stem
from business activities and the job role. -
- Ensures risks associated with business activities are
effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled. -
- Follows written risk and compliance policies, standards, and
procedures for business activities. -
- Delivers hands-on coaching to individuals, programs and
portfolios in all aspects of Scrum, -Kanban, and Scaled Agile
Framework, including but not limited to routines, Lean Portfolio
Management (LPM), iterative development, DevOps, increasing
transparency, improving risk management, managing flow and limiting
work in progress (WIP).
- Drives continuous improvement to create -higher performing
organizations; utilizes feedback and metrics (quality, delivery
rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and partners with
others to coach the program or portfolio to continuously
improve
- Coaches leaders and Executives and may be called on to coach
-Product Managers, Release Train Engineers, and other key roles -as
needed.
- Advances best practices in Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile
Framework
- Contributes to the strategy for training as well as developing
and delivering training for business and IT resources.
- Serves as a thought leader in improving and applying agility
practices.
- Coaches and mentors other coaches in their area of specialty
(DevOps, LPM, business compliance, etc.)
- Develops and maintains stakeholder relationships supporting
agile product development.
- Remains informed about corporate practices, industry trends and
best practices concerning Agile.
- Works with individual programs/organizations and portfolios to
align strategy and discover their needs.
- Plans and delivers coaching while ensuring alignment with the
organizational strategy.
- Guides and influences enterprise metrics to increase
organizational agility.
- Develops and delivers presentations to various levels of
stakeholders and facilitates working sessions to identify
resolutions to impediments to continuous Agile improvement.
- Adheres and coaches to Enterprise, CoSA and Department
processes, procedures, controls, standards, tools and
templates.
- Understands existing change management routines and coaches to
the change management as needed.Minimum Education:
- Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in
addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be
substituted in lieu of degree.Minimum Experience:
- 8 years of experience performing in multiple Agile roles, to
include 6 years of experience as an Agile Coach or working in a
similar role in a lean or scrum environment and 2 years of
performing on a program at scale.
- Strong business acumen and expert knowledge of the software
development lifecycle and methodologies.
- Expert understanding of Agile risk management practices and
Lean-Agile methods and practices and ability to apply Agile
principles and practices on a case-by-case basis, customized to
specific client needs.
- Demonstrated ability to influence change at the executive level
and team level.
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Professional Scrum Master
(PSM), Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner
(PMI ACP), or other leading Agile certification.
- Previous experience in Product Ownership, as a Scrum Master or
with the agile methodology, enabling enterprise-wide Agile
transformation.
- Previous experience in business strategy, enterprise strategic
planning, organizational behavior or having held a leadership role
at the program or portfolio level. -
- Previous experience with transformational activities at the
portfolio level. -
- Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban.Preferred:
- Scaled Agile Practitioner 5.0 or 5.1
- Experience with training delivery in SAFe, Agile, and to
Leaders
- C-Suite experience coachingCompensation:USAA has an effective
process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure
we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based
on your experience and market position. The salary range for this
position is: $117,600 - $211,700* (this does not include
geographical differential, it may be applied based on your work
location)Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on
overall corporate and individual performance or at the discretion
of the USAA Board of Directors.*Geographical Differential:
Geographic pay differential is additional pay provided to eligible
employees working in locations where market pay levels are above
the national average. -Shift premium will be addressed on an
individual basis for applicable roles that are consistently
scheduled for non-core hours. - - -Benefits:At USAA our employees
enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial,
and emotional wellness. - These benefits include comprehensive
medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance,
parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with
paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness
programs. - Additionally, our career path planning and continuing
education assists employees with their professional goals.Please
click on the link below for more details. -Relocation assistance is
not available for this position.#fsb
Keywords: USAA, San Antonio , Agile Coach Lead (Remote available), IT / Software / Systems , San Antonio, Texas
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