Product Development Agile Coach

Summary

The Product Development Agile Coach mentors, provides insights, guides the firm, other technology colleagues, and its teams in the implementation and relentless improvement of agile processes and tools to ensure effective outcomes for the firm using a Lean-Agile mindset. The goal of a Product Development Agile Coach is to be a leader of and helps to innovate and relentlessly improve the Product Development teams and the overall Agile mindset. They will develop teams of teams, partner with leaders on mindset shifts and mentor other technology colleagues across Product Development. They will coach teams and individuals at all levels on gaining and maintaining a Lean-Agile mindset and support building high performing teams and Agile Release Trains. The Product Development Agile Coach works across divisions to not only define Agile processes, tools, and metrics for the organization, but also helps teams and its leaders implement those processes and tools and is aligned with the strategies of the Product Development department and leadership.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop, deliver, and/or coordinate training and workshops on agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework) and practices (e.g., conducting daily stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog management).

• Coach individuals and teams (including scrum masters and product owners) to facilitate adoption and improvement in agile methodologies and principles ensuring alignment of messaging and methodology across the organization.

• Establish and ensure adoption of standards, ceremonies, and best practices for agile ways of working & development best practices.

• Keep up to date with corporate policies, practices, and industry trends concerning agile.

• Understand firm vision and strategy, and ensure program goals, business direction, and technical direction all align to support the vision and strategy.

• Train and develop associates to help them continue to grow to the next level of their career.

• Identify hiring needs and work with technology leadership to recruit, interview, and select candidates.

• Empower employees to engage in self-development. Delegate responsibility and expect accountability and regular feedback.

• Act as a liaison between technology associates and technology leadership for purposes of department policy clarification, career growth, performance, questions and concerns.

• Step in as needed to provide guidance and leadership for large-scale development problems, liaising across teams as needed.

• Be an ambassador for the Agile mindset and a catalyst for change in the organization.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with coaching and developing teams and individuals..

• Ability to influence change and resolve conflict at all levels.

• Deep expertise in Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Agile ways of working (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, etc.).

• Ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders in writing, verbally, or in a presentation.

• Technical experience and credibility within the discipline that the position is focused on (e.g., software development, infrastructure & operations, security).

• Ability to work with multiple approaches to solving a problem and choosing the most appropriate solution.

• Must understand when to escalate decisions to leadership.

• Ability to develop and track metrics with the ability to utilize them to make decisions.

• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify complex problems; review related information and develop options and implement solutions.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, business, engineering or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years' experience in Information Technology or related field with, 5+ years' experience in a leadership or coaching position.

• Experience in key roles in business and agile transformations.

Licenses and Credentials

• SAFe Program Consultants Certification preferred

Systems & Technology

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

• Experience in Agile Development & Planning Tools (i.e. Jira, Visio). Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Work, PowerPoint, Outlook 360.

• Experience in Google Office Products. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook

About Stifel

Stifel is a more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients' money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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