Gm - Agile Coach

Job Req ID: 44872- Location: Mumbai, IN- Function: Marketing/Digital- About:

- Vodafone Idea Limited is an Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group partnership. It is India’s leading telecom service provider. The Company provides pan India Voice and Data services across 2G, 3G and 4G platform. With the large spectrum portfolio to support the growing demand for data and voice, the company is committed to deliver delightful customer experiences and contribute towards creating a truly ‘Digital India’ by enabling millions of citizens to connect and build a better tomorrow. The Company is developing infrastructure to introduce newer and smarter technologies, making both retail and enterprise customers future ready with innovative offerings, conveniently accessible through an ecosystem of digital channels as well as extensive on-ground presence. The Company is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.

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Role

Agile Coach

Job Level/ Designation

M3

Function / Department

Digital

Location

Mumbai

Job Purpose
- The Agile Coach is responsible for leading and evangelizing the organization-wide agile transformation, motivating and energizing the organization through employment of agile technique
- This role is responsible for driving and supporting the adoption of an agile mind set, methodologies, and behaviors in all members of the organization
- This role is responsible for working closely with key agile team members, such as the Agile Program Manager, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Product Managers to establish consistent and best-practice agile processes and principles
- This role is responsible for defining agile adoption and performance metrics, monitoring and assessing them regularly, and identifying areas for improvement

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities
- Evangelize the organization-wide agile transformation and guide the organization through its agile journey and maturity
- Define and refine organization’s agile principles, practices, standards and ceremonies, according to both best practice and enterprise goals
- Mentor and coach all levels of the organization on agile principles, practices, roles, artefacts and ceremonies to maintain consistency of adoption and continuously improve performance
- Define agile adoption measurements and evaluate and report the performance and adherence of the organization on a regular basis
- Act as a catalyst to seed emerging practices & knowledge from one team to another

Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience
- Trusted and respected as a thought leader and change agent who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders
- Natural “servant” leader, with the ability to develop and communicate the objectives, inspire, coach, and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business outcome vision
- Ability to continue to monitor, learn, and implement industry best practices from the agile community
- A high degree of apolitical sensitivity, with effective persuasion, negotiation, and
- dependency resolution skills, both within and outside the domain
- Strong business acumen, including with an in-depth understanding of the contribution of the domain or business outcome to the wider digital business strategy and roadmap
- Ability to contextualize the wider business and financial goals to the domain and make decisions, prioritization, and recommendations accordingly
- Excellent collaboration skills
- Strong time-management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple balls
- Agile software development environment and methods such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, TDD and BDD
- Scaled Agile experiences and expertise in frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, DAD or Spotify
- Agile ceremonies, tools, and artefacts e.g. retrospectives, demos, increment planning, information radiators
- User story definition and team backlog management and estimation

Must have technical / professional qualifications
- Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
- Seven or more years of experience as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner with agile teams
- At least three years of agile coaching in large delivery organizations
- Extensive experi