Agile Coach
New York, NY

Job Description

FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, comprised of FreeWheel Publishers, FreeWheel Markets, and FreeWheel Advertisers empowers all segments of The New TV Ecosystem. We are structured to provide the full breadth of solutions the advertising industry needs to achieve their goals. We power the technology, data enablement, and convergent marketplaces required to ensure buyers and sellers can transact across all screens, across all data types, and all sales channels, in order to ensure the ultimate goal results for marketers. With offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Paris, Beijing, and across the globe, FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, stands to advocate for the entire industry through the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Agile Coach will be the key supporter, teacher, and influencer for multiple production teams. By working closely with Scrum Masters, engineering teams, and product managers you will help to build a software development culture of adaptation and improvement. You will assist production leadership in evolving how their teams collaborate and operate. As the champion for Agile adoption within the teams, your ultimate focus will be to empower engineers and product managers to create software efficiently and in a scalable manor by leveraging Agile principles.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Coach multiple production teams in Lean-Agile practices through various approaches

Be an effective influencer of individuals and groups through both one-on-one and group coaching

Influence the continuous evolution of software development processes

Be a trustworthy peer to teams by being the reliable source for Agile improvement solutions and a champion for improvement experiments

Work closely with Engineering and Product Management to guide the Agile transformation organizationally

Leverage software development metrics to inform coaching strategies and training

Coordinate with international counterparts in Europe and China

Ability to attend off-hour conference calls occasionally to coordinate with counterparts in other time zones

Ability to travel internationally periodically

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

ABOUT YOU:

Required:

5+ years of experience coaching Agile teams at a technology company

2+ years as a software developer in an Agile team

A deep understanding of software engineering practices in a commercial, fast paced, global technology company

Expert understanding of Lean-Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean, etc.)

Have a "Servant Leadership" mentality depending on the day you may need to teach, mentor, coach, or facilitate

Experience navigating a dynamic organization with many moving pieces

Self-starter who can proactively find and drive opportunities to help the teams they work with

Have a mindset of continuous learning and improvement

Be adaptable, diplomatic, and empathetic in your approach and demeanor while engaging teams

Can easily build trust with teams and individuals (both local and remote) through effective interpersonal skills and action-oriented execution

Be able to speak technically with engineers and product managers

Strong working knowledge of JIRA in conjunction with Agile methodologies

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering or similar experience

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Based in New York, NY

Desired:

Scaled-Agile Framework SAFe 4 Program Consultant (SPC) Certification (or similar)

Scaled-Agile Framework SAFe Agilist (SA) Certification (or similar)

Experience as a Scrum Master

Experience training large groups on Lean-Agile methodologies

Experience leading Agile transformations

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, SmartSheet, and Confluence

Knowledge of Jenkins and Github

Working knowledge of Tableau and/or Looker

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer