Agile Coach

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Your work profile:

Job Title:
Agile Coach

Experience Range:
12–15 Years

Location:
Pune

Note: Apply if you can join within 30 Days

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and passionate
Agile Coach
to lead and support our Agile transformation initiatives across multiple portfolios and programs. The ideal candidate will have
hands-on experience launching Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
and a proven track record of
coaching Product Owners (POs), Scrum Masters (SMs), and cross-functional Agile teams
.

We are also open to considering seasoned
Release Train Engineers (RTEs)
who bring strong facilitation, team coaching, and transformation leadership capabilities, with
deep experience in Agile frameworks and Scaled Agile delivery models
.

This role demands not just Agile expertise, but a
strong understanding of DevOps practices
,
CI/CD pipeline integration
, and the ability to bridge gaps between business, development, and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Agile transformation initiatives, with specific focus on
  ART launches, SAFe implementation, and Agile scaling
  .
• Coach and mentor
  Product Owners
  ,
  Scrum Masters
  , and Agile teams to drive maturity in Agile values, principles, and practices.
• Facilitate
  Agile ceremonies
  ,
  Inspect & Adapt workshops
  ,
  PI Planning
  , and
  ART Syncs
  to ensure team and train-level alignment and execution excellence.
• Collaborate with RTEs, Solution Train Engineers, and business stakeholders to implement
  Lean-Agile principles
  across programs.
• Identify organizational impediments to Agile maturity and partner with leadership to address transformation blockers.
• Drive adoption of
  DevOps culture
  , practices, and tools, focusing on
  automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and release-on-demand pipelines
  .
• Advocate and implement
  Agile metrics
  (flow, quality, predictability, velocity) and use data-driven insights for coaching opportunities.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and team empowerment through workshops, mentoring, and Agile best practices.
• Provide
  Agile assessments
  and readiness diagnostics to recommend appropriate Agile frameworks such as
  SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, or Scrumban
  , based on team context.

Required Skills and Experience

• 12–15 years of total experience
  , with
  5+ years in Agile coaching and transformation roles
  .
• Strong experience in
  launching ARTs
  , coaching at all levels of a SAFe implementation.
• Proven ability to coach
  Product Owners, Scrum Masters, RTEs, and Agile teams
  in both foundational and advanced Agile practices.
• Demonstrated experience working in Agile delivery at scale (SAFe preferred).
• Hands-on experience with
  DevOps tools
  ,
  CI/CD pipelines
  , and driving
  built-in quality and continuous delivery
  .
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and change management skills.
• Working knowledge of
  Agile delivery in BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance)
  sector; exposure to other domains like healthcare, retail, or telecom is a plus.
• Familiarity with
  Agile tools
  such as Jira, Rally, VersionOne, Azure DevOps.
• Strong communication, coaching, mentoring, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work in a global, distributed team setup.

Preferred Certifications

• Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)
• Certified Scrum Master, SAFe SM, SASM
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification
• DevOps Foundation/Practitioner Certification (e.g., DASA, SAFe DevOps, etc.)

Your role as a Manager

At Deloitte India, we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society, and make an impact that matters.

In addition to living our purpose, managers across our organisation:

• Develop self by actively seeking opportunities for growth, share knowledge and experiences with others, and act as a strong brand ambassadors
• Understand objectives for clients and Deloitte, align own work to objectives and set personal priorities
• Seek opportunities to challenge self
• Collaborate with others across businesses and borders to deliver and take accountability for own and team results
• Identify and embrace our purpose and values and put these into practice in their professional life
• Build relationships and communicate effectively in order to positively influence peers and other stakeholders

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