Senior Product AND Enterprise Agile Coach

Job Description

ROLE : Senior Product AND Enterprise Agile Coach LOCATION : Remote, India. Open only for candidates based in India. START DATE : Immediate joiners only. WORK TIMINGS : Flexible (10 AM to 1 PM, then break for 2 to 3 hours, then 4 PM to 9 PM with some flexibility on either side). Key Accountabilities : Drive the transformation of digital portfolios from project/service centric to product centric. Scale agile beyond the team or departmental level and use the right scaling model. Partner with leaders for the identification of value streams/product or platform teams and work closely with the leaders to design their product team structures using organization design principles and team topologies. Drive OKR (Objectives and Key Results) workshops with the Business stakeholders, Product Management Team, IT Leadership, and the Agile Delivery Teams. Directly influence leadership (up to executive level) and their teams throughout infrastructure, applications teams, Strategy/Innovation/Architecture, Cyber Security and Business to drive adoption of Product and Agile ways of working. Directly work with executives (VP and Director levels) in Business and IT to drive Change Management for the Product Transformation. Hands-on coaching to key product roles Product Manager, Product Owner and Scrum Master and Scrum teams. Facilitate and coach Product and Team level events such as PI Planning/Quarterly Planning, Steerco, Quarterly Business/Product Review, Scrum of Scrums, etc. Make recommendations and manage the adoption of tools and technology to drive the transformation (Product Management Tools, Agile Delivery Tools, Maturity Assessment tools, Collaboration tools, etc.) Assess maturity of teams and help them understand their baseline maturity and help them create an improvement plan. Monitor effectiveness of the transformation journey and drive continuous improvement to K-C's product management, Agile framework, and practices. Provide guidance on how the Product teams will measure Outcomes and Value Realization (NOT just Agile or Delivery or DORA metrics). Own the communications and stakeholder management strategy for the product transformation - provide regular updates to leadership on the progress & risks and work together with them to resolve the impediments associated with the transformation. Define avenues to provide ongoing testimonials / success stories of the transformation in terms of outcomes (not outputs or activities). Partner with leadership teams to build talent development journeys for product team roles Product Manager, Product Owner, Engineering, Scrum Masters. Partner with Agile CoE Leader to define annual objectives for executive leadership team to support agile transformation roadmap. Coordinate and facilitate product & agile communities of practice to enable thought leadership, collaboration and drive shared learnings across the enterprise. Develop agile training materials and process guidelines. Deliver hands-on training in classroom and in virtual setting using collaboration tools (like Mural or Miro). Required Qualifications and Experiences: B.S./M.S. or B.E/B.Tech. (Advanced degree preferred) in a relevant field. 14+ years of Professional IT experience. 3+ years of experience in Coaching Digital Product Managers (not just Product Owners) in Business and IT. 5+ years of experience coaching Product Owners, Scrum Masters and entire Delivery Teams distributed globally on Agile Product Delivery. Strategic experience (Enterprise-level) of owning and driving an entire Digital Portfolio (Digital Sales/Marketing/Supply Chain/Data& Analytics) from Project/Service oriented to Product Operating Model. Experience of Full Product Life cycle management from idea to launch. Experience with Value Stream Mapping to come up with the Product Value Streams for the respective Product Lines. Expertise in Organization Design Principles and Team Topologies. Leadership coaching (VP and Director levels) on Product and Agile Mindset. Experience with any Product Management Tool (Aha/ ProductBoard/ Planview/ Craft.io/ Jira Advanced Roadmaps). Experience with Agile Life Cycle Management Tool (AzureDevops) is must. Expertise in collaboration tools like Miro or Mural (one of the 2 is a MUST HAVE). Story Telling - Ability to communicate the commercial story (ROI) of the transformation for each product team you coach. Self-driven and ability to operate in the unknown with limited guidance. Experience driving execution via benchmarking and performance measurement. Expert in leading groups through problem solving. Strong business acumen, interpersonal communication & collaboration, training, negotiation, and presentation skills. Product Management certification Agile Certification (any scaling framework). Preferred Qualifications: Experience in Manufacturing/Industrial Automation/CPG/Retail/Oil and Gas (or any org. that uses SAP or S4 HANA as their core digital system) Experience with DevOps and Platform development Nice to have Certifications: ICP-ACC / ICP-ENT / ICP-CAT Role & responsibilities