Agile Coach

Marsh McLennan • Louisville, KY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our vision is to empower our Marsh McLennan Partners to drive leaner, more transformational change that delivers greater impact through innovative, sustainable solutions aligned with strategic business outcomes. Agile Services is a central team of agility experts offering guidance, coaching and resources for business agility across our businesses in MMC. We support groups new to Agility as well as established groups that want to elevate and improve existing practices The Agile Coach will report to the head of Agile Services and will be responsible for coaching, consulting, training and facilitating Agile & Lean practices. Agile Coach We will count on you to: Facilitate Agile Adoption: Guide teams in the adoption and implementation of training, coaching, consulting to ensure best practice is established. Develop and Deliver Training & Workshops: Develop and deliver practical and high impact trainings and workshops in topics like Value Streams, Product, Lean Portfolio, Leadership, Agility Foundations and Role based learnings. Mentor and Develop Teams: Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance their Agile capabilities, fostering a culture of collaboration, self-organization, and continuous improvement. Assess and Improve Processes: Evaluate existing workstreams, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to optimize team performance and delivery. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with product management, leadership, and other stakeholders to align Agile practices with business strategy, ensuring that teams deliver maximum value. Measure and Report Progress: Establish Objective and Key Results(OKRs) to track the effectiveness of Agility Coaching engagements, providing regular feedback and insights to teams and leadership to drive ongoing improvement.

Requirements

• Two years minimum experience as an Agile Coach with strong skills in facilitation, coaching, consulting and training
• Relevant Agile certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC), SAFe.
• Proven experience working in Agile environments, ideally with a background as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or in a similar role, with a strong understanding of Agile principles and practices and strong stakeholder engagement
• Ability to adapt to changing environments and work with diverse teams and leadership, demonstrating resilience and a proactive approach to challenges.
• Experience with Product and Agile tooling e.g Jira, Azure Dev Ops, AHA, Mural.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Enterprise Agile Coaching, Consulting & Training
• Experience, as an Agile Coach in Product, Scaling, Portfolio and Leadership transformations
• Enthusiastic, supportive and driven

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Adoption: Guide teams in the adoption and implementation of training, coaching, consulting to ensure best practice is established.
• Develop and Deliver Training & Workshops: Develop and deliver practical and high impact trainings and workshops in topics like Value Streams, Product, Lean Portfolio, Leadership, Agility Foundations and Role based learnings.
• Mentor and Develop Teams: Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance their Agile capabilities, fostering a culture of collaboration, self-organization, and continuous improvement.
• Assess and Improve Processes: Evaluate existing workstreams, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to optimize team performance and delivery.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with product management, leadership, and other stakeholders to align Agile practices with business strategy, ensuring that teams deliver maximum value.
• Measure and Report Progress: Establish Objective and Key Results(OKRs) to track the effectiveness of Agility Coaching engagements, providing regular feedback and insights to teams and leadership to drive ongoing improvement.

Benefits

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed