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Agile Coach

Job Description:

Agile Coach Summary:

Signature Consultants is looking for an Agile Coach for an opportunity in the St. Louis, MO area. Our client is in need of the Agile Coach to grow hyper-performing teams by creating an environment of continuous improvement with the common goal of delivering outstanding software as quickly as possible. Successful candidates should have a passion for agility in software development and for driving change in people and organizations.

Qualifications:

  • Believe in continuously improving yourself, your teams, the platform, and your organization
  • Proven ability to communicate across all levels and can effectively orchestrate across multiple matrixed teams
  • Have the skills to build trust and strong relationships including influencing, negotiating difficult conversations and reconciling different, conflicting points of view
  • Experience with software delivery teams using a variety of agile practices, including, but not limited to stand-ups, pairing, continuous integration / delivery with devops, inspection and adaption techniques, lean practices
  • Bonus points for hands-on experience in the practices of XP, TDD, BDD, aggressive refactoring and continuous integration/delivery using one or more programming languages
  • Familiarity and experience with using games to teach or generate ideas
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • 5+ years of IT experience in Software Development
  • Minimum 2 years of scrum master / agile coach experience
  • Understanding of the Agile mindset through the Manifesto principles
  • Understanding of various Agile frameworks and practices
  • Excellent communication, relationship development and issue diagnostic skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills, conflict resolution and experience in effective team building
  • Demonstrated ability to coach, influence and negotiate with others at all levels in an organization

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the seventh consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 26 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.

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