Description:
Provide consulting, coaching and training on Agile & DevOps to Client customers
• Contribute to the growth of our client's Process Consulting Business and promote Client Global Consulting Brand
• Contribute to Client thought leadership in Agile & DevOps space
Responsibilities:
• Delivery
o Develop and deliver Agile & DevOps consulting solutions to Client clients
o Provide strategic transformation mentoring to client executives and become a trusted advisor
o Provide coaching, training, mentoring to CLient client organizations on Agile and related methodologies
o Supervise a team of
culturally diverse and distributed team of 2 to 10 consultants (senior,
middle, and junior level) depending on the engagement
• Offering Development
o Contribute to the development and maturity of Client overall Agile offering suite
o Provide thought leadership in offering development through strategic thinking, innovation, and methodology improvement
• Presales
o Support Client bid teams in presales activity related to Agile including taking the lead in preparing and writing proposals
o Grow consulting revenue through existing and new client accounts
o Leverage consulting opportunities to drive downstream revenues for Client
o Create and present case studies to potential clients
• Thought Leadership
o Contribute to Client market
presence and consulting brand in Agile space through participation in
conferences, seminars, writing articles in industry forums and other
social media interactions in compliance with Client social media policy
Qualifications:
Minimum 10 to 12 years’ experience in Agile and Lean based process
improvements in a large organization acting in a leadership role
/Managing Consultant /Client Program Manager.
o Minimum 3-5 years of
industry experience (IT, Manufacturing, Production, BFS, etc.) as an
Agile Coach (resume should clearly articulate the coaching experience in
a large scale enterprise agile transformation).
o Experience in training teams
on Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, RAD etc.) along with
the capability to conduct role based Agile training such as Scrum Master
Training, Product Owner Training, etc.
o Experience in managing or leading Agile engagements in a distributed agile environment such as on-site / off-shore model
o Experience in enterprise
Agile frameworks such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large Scale
Scrum (LeSS), Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) with ability to guide the
customer organization on the right path for Scaled Agile adoption and
maturity
o Experience in creating and
tailoring Agile processes based on customer need, keeping the processes
always aligned to the Agile Manifesto
o Experience in consulting or implementing Agile processes in legacy application environment such as mainframe
o Experience in customer facing roles
• Knowledge and Skills
o In-depth knowledge of end to
end software development lifecycle, with sound knowledge of various
Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, RAD etc.)
o Hands-on knowledge and experience in relevant Agile tools such as Rally, Version One, AgileCraft, LeanKit, JIRA-Agile, etc.
o Knowledge of TDD, ATDD and
BDD practices with relevant tools/frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG,
Selenium, SoapUI, Appium, Cucumber, RSpec, etc..
o Knowledge of DevOps capabilities such as Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD), Automated Testing, etc.
o Strong leadership, communication and presentation skills
• Certifications (should have industry recognized certifications related to Agile) such as:
o Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
o Certified Scrum Coach (CSC)
o SAFe Program Consultant (SPC4)
o Certified LeSS Professional (CLP)
• Additional Qualifications (that will be a big plus):
o Experience in regularly interacting, training and coaching “C” level executives at the client end
o Deep understanding of scaled agile principles and practices
o Practical understanding, experience and knowledge of DevOps capabilities
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