Description

　　Join us at Leidos, where your most important work is ahead! You will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, unlimited education and training support, parental paid leave and more! You will have the opportunity to work under the best leadership in the industry at all levels; where supporting their employees and what they do….is what matters.

　　Leidos is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to support on a new, large, multi-year contract for systems engineering, integration, software and mobile development, testing, configuration management and training to develop, modernize.

　　In this role, the candidate will train and coach multiple teams and associated stakeholders in Agile principles and best practices within the context of software application development work streams. Applicant will provide guidance and training around the creation and ongoing maintenance of backlogs, artifacts, tracking and reporting metrics as well as facilitating team events as required. This is a strategic position, working across all levels of management and personnel. This position requires working effectively across teams of contractors, subcontractors and Sponsor.

　　Primary Responsibilities

　　Establishes new Agile teams and provides interactive initial and ongoingcoaching to stakeholder and teams

　　Coaches teams & leaders on the mindset change required to transform their existing development practices to follow agile methodologies.

　　Assesses the Agile Maturity of the teams and coaches to higher levels ofmaturity, at a pace that is sustainable.

　　Conducts ongoing evaluations to ensure the effectiveness of Agile programsand recommends complex and/or highly comprehensive training modifications as necessary.

　　Facilitates classroom/workshop training for professional levels through management of Agile frameworks, competencies, and frameworks.

　　Proactively collaborates and communicates with internal/external stakeholders to address Agile knowledge gaps to support Agile effectiveness

　　Works with teams to become effective and efficient in their use of Agile practices

　　Helps teams to adopt and improve agile methods and practices.

　　Applies lean thinking to team specific issues to bring a holistic approach.

　　Demonstrates the ability to collaborate effectively with the teams and individuals that they are coaching/training to build trust.

　　On-boards new teams adopting agile practices such as Scrum, SAFe, etc.

　　Cultivates the capabilities of each team member in their specific roles andenable them to deliver customer value rapidly.

　　Drives the required cultural transformation in adopting the new way ofworking i.e agile development methodologies.

　　Participates and contributes actively to continuously evolve processes toalign to enterprise agile transformation strategy.

　　Former experience as Scrum Master or Product Owner

　　Basic Qualifications

　　Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph to be considered for this role.

　　Bachelor's Degree AND 12-15 years applicable experience. Additional years of experience in lieu of degree

　　Prior experience leading Agile processes with programs of similar complexity

　　Experience with the Sponsor and the Sponsor’s mission

　　Ability to lead others and clearly convey complex concepts

　　Familiar with Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.

　　Experience identifying opportunities for customized coaching then developing and delivering successful Agile coaching.

　　Current experience with common Agile tools, such as Jira, Confluence, etc.

　　Current Scrum Master certification(s) and experience developing and executing Agile projects.

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Experience with system requirements, development, test, release management, and project scheduling- Experience with software development, integration, and maintenance

　　CSP, PMI-ACP, SPC, or other advanced Agile credential

　　Pay Range:

　　Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00

　　The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

　　Original Posting Date:

　　01/16/2024

　　While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

　　REQNUMBER: R-00126683

　　All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.