Agile Coach Singapore
Agile Coach Description
Job #: 74606
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
Currently we are looking for a Agile Coach to make our team even stronger.
Value the individuals – We encourage and motivate people to grow. We perceive our people as a source of our success;
Strive for excellence – We strive for the highest standards of excellence and continuously learn. We take pride in our engineering and accomplishments;
Act as a team – We treat one another with respect and encourage the best ideas to come from anywhere within the organization. We value our diversity;
Focus on Customers – We build long term customer relationships, as we strive to always understand our customers' business and needs;
Act with integrity – We operate legally, honestly and ethically. We take responsibility for our actions.
DESCRIPTION
Currently we are looking for a Agile Coach to make our team even stronger.
We Value
Value the individuals – We encourage and motivate people to grow. We perceive our people as a source of our success;
Strive for excellence – We strive for the highest standards of excellence and continuously learn. We take pride in our engineering and accomplishments;
Act as a team – We treat one another with respect and encourage the best ideas to come from anywhere within the organization. We value our diversity;
Focus on Customers – We build long term customer relationships, as we strive to always understand our customers' business and needs;
Act with integrity – We operate legally, honestly and ethically. We take responsibility for our actions.
Responsibilities
- Teach teams to create transparency of dependencies and ensure alignment across teams / platforms, looking forward with a 3-6 month view across the roadmap
- Coach the Product Owner to enable shared understanding of the Product Vision & help in Prioritization based on Capacity based Planning
- Coach the teams to work towards getting the solution, dependencies, etc mapped out, working closely with Architect/Software Engineering leads etc
- Ensuring delivery dependencies on other teams / platforms are on their roadmaps and timing and integration environments are aligned for release management
- Ensuring the work other teams need from your team/s are included and prioritised appropriately in your teams backlog
- Highlighting capacity & capability gaps to respective team/platform leads
- Solid understanding and demonstrated experience in using appropriate Agile development support tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
- Coach the scrum master to aggressively address impediments, dependencies, risks and issues, to ensure the continuous flow of work and avoid bottlenecks
- Organize and lead collaboration events such as Scrum of Scrums, Showcases/Review and quarterly planning efforts
- Coach the teams to work with the technical and business leads to ensure the highest risk stories are prioritized early in the feature development, aligning to product roadmap
- Coach the Scrum Master to provide updates to senior stakeholders and relevant governance forums, ensuring all data is fully transparent to reflect a true “as is” picture to aid honest discussion
- Build an agile culture by creating an environment of trust that encourages team members to raise issues and risks
- Support & contribute to internal Community of Practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related
- 6+ years of experience as an Agile Coach, coaching multi-disciplined teams
- A proven track record of successfully implementing software products using Agile way of working & governance/reporting
- Solid understanding of software development lifecycle models and ability to transform the delivery from a traditional project management approach to a more agile product delivery approach
- Proven hands-on delivery experience delivering large scale technology initiatives with cross functional dependencies and geographically distributed teams
- Proven leadership skills and evidence of collaboration with stakeholders to develop strategies and solutions of high business value
- Prior experience working in a Financial Services organisation is desirable
We offer
- Friendly team and enjoyable working environment
- Work-life balance and flexible schedule
- Online training library, mentoring, career development and potential partial grant of certification
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Referral bonuses
- Compensation for sick leave and paid time off
- Opportunities for self-realization
