Agile CoachDescription -HP is looking for a highly capable Agile Coach to help enable more effective ways of working across our Print Software Platform organization. It is an exciting time to be at HP, as our services and solutions businesses are growing fast! The Print software organization has grown significantly, and we need to evolve the way we work to keep up. This role will be a part of the newly formed Agile Coaching Office that will help to define the approach and roll out the transformation across a very large software organization, covering multiple geographies and technologies. The Senior Agile Coach at HP will help define and implement our agile strategy and business agility roadmap to help our internal customers achieve their desired outcomes. The coach will train and educate on agile principles and tools and provide coaching toward improved ways of working. The overall goal is to enable and equip individuals and teams to use agile ways of working to achieve better business outcomes across the organization. The coach will collaborate with various teams and departments, including software development, testing, program and product management, support, etc. to improve portfolio management, coordination at scale and foster other new ways of working. He or she will also promote a culture of continuous improvement to facilitate the delivery of valuable technology solutions rapidly, collaboratively, and reliably to the organization. Responsibilities: Work closely with the Technical Program Management Organization and Print Print Hadware, Firmware and Software teams to assess current state while also defining, implementing, and operationalizing an agile roadmap and ways of working Coach and mentor business units within the organization to adopt and grow agile mindsets, practices, and ways of working to deliver customer value Assist in the development of training and leading workshops to educate individuals and teams on agile principles, values, and practices Help teams realize product goals through modern product-management techniques Define, implement, and enable internal customers to use agile flow metrics in areas that generate value and indicate potential problems/risks. Assist teams with implementing solutions to remediate those problems as well as proactive solutions Help implement Portfolio Management and scale agility to enable product teams to effectively plan, manage dependencies and risks, while successfully delivering strategic goals Support and enable teams to effectively use tools to enable iterative and incremental delivery Ensure a balance of autonomy and consistency across the teams and business units, where needed, to ensure successful scaling and portfolio management Knowledge & Skills: Knowledge and experience of lean-agile practices from serving as program level coach, transformation office coach or lean-agile champion. Extensive experience in agile frameworks such as XP, Kanban, Scrum and Modern Agile Experience coaching in large-scale agile transformations from pilot through full-scale implementation. Lean mindset, agile coaching, and mentoring expertise to facilitate product intake and refinement, story mapping, development, and delivery best practices. Ability to facilitate discussion at all levels of the organization to resolve conflicts. Excellent analytical, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills. Experience in Jira administration and workflows preferred. Understands software development processes and procedures, particularly in a cloud platform environment. Has familiarity with Firmware and hardware SDLC processes as well. People and Leadership Skills Passionate about communication, group dynamics and coaching others. Strong collaboration and influencing skills; Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships. Effectively navigates all levels of the organization to influence the necessary culture shift to help the organization realize its goals. Ability to coach leaders and team members on overcoming organizational impediments. Brings the right questions and challenges people in their thinking. Deploys strong communication and problem-solving skills at all levels of the organization. Exhibits patience and resilience in the absence of clear signs of success and progression. Awareness of and ability to foster psychological safety. Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree preferred. 10+ years technology experience, with at least 5+ years direct experience in Agile Transformation. 5+ years working as an Agile coach SAFe Agile Transformation Lead Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or related field preferred Led a SAFe transformation for at least a medium sized SW organization 8+ years of project management or related experience including at least 1-year leading Release Train efforts and multiple Scrum teams 3 years practical experience in Scaled Agile ® methodology and principles, including Value Streams Experience using JIRA for work management to include backlog grooming, assigning sprint work, etc. Experience using Jira Align for portfolio management. Track record of continued and recent education in Scrum, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc. Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team. Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (ex.: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.). Previous experience as a collaborative leader. Must have excellent analytical, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills. Must be detail-oriented and results-oriented with strong problem solving and time management skills. Must have proven experience in working and communicating effectively in cross-functional teams. Must have skills to conduct structured walkthroughs of requirements with business and project team members. Must have strong teamwork qualities with the ability to establish and maintain solid working relationships with peers, vendors, senior management, and other departments #LI - Post Job -SoftwareSchedule -Full timeShift -No shift premium (India)Travel -Relocation -EEO Tagline - HP Inc. is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.
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