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# Lead Agile Coach - Azure DevOps

- **Company:** The Stafford
- **Location:** Lansing, MI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Microsoft Azure, Capability Maturity Model, DevOps, Scrum Methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/use6a84d80084dfa1940dcb10855f8740b

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience working in Agile delivery environments
 * 5+ years of Agile coaching, Agile leadership, Scrum Master, Product Owner coaching, or Agile transformation experience
 * Demonstrated experience coaching multiple teams simultaneously
 * Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, specifically ADO Boards
 * Experience establishing and managing Agile backlogs within Azure DevOps
 * Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Agile product management, backlog management, user story development, estimation and planning, Agile metrics, and continuous improvement
 * Experience coaching Product Owners, Scrum Masters, managers, and senior leaders
 * Demonstrated ability to assess team maturity and create practical improvement plans
 * Strong facilitation skills and experience leading workshops with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
 * Able to work on-site in Lansing, Michigan two days per week, * Agile coaching engagements within large enterprises or government and public-sector organizations
 * Experience implementing Agile practices with teams that are not traditional software-development teams - business, operations, security, compliance, asset management, or shared services
 * Enterprise Agile transformations or Agile Centers of Excellence
 * Experience developing Agile maturity assessments and multi-year adoption roadmaps
 * Familiarity with DevOps concepts and the relationship between Agile delivery and DevOps practices
 * Certifications such as Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP, or an Agile Coaching certification

## Description

This is a hands-on coaching role. You will work directly with management, Product and Service Owners, Scrum Masters, and team members - coaching leaders on Agile and product ownership while working shoulder-to-shoulder with teams on their day-to-day execution and their ADO boards. Teams range widely in Agile maturity, and several are not traditional software-development teams.
On-site in Lansing two days per week; remainder remote.
AGILE LEADERSHIP AND COACHING

 * Serve as the lead Agile Coach across multiple teams with varying Agile and Azure DevOps maturity
 * Assess current Agile practices and identify opportunities to improve team maturity, consistency, and adoption
 * Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum and Kanban practices, backlog management, prioritization, estimation, planning, and continuous improvement
 * Facilitate or coach teams through sprint and iteration planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and demos, and retrospectives
 * Help teams move from using Agile terminology to consistently applying Agile practices in their daily work
 * Identify impediments to Agile adoption and work with leadership on practical solutions

PRODUCT OWNER AND LEADERSHIP COACHING

 * Coach managers and Product/Service Owners on effectively performing the Product Owner role
 * Improve how work is defined and prioritized, how backlogs are built and maintained, and how epics, features, user stories, tasks, and acceptance criteria are written
 * Help establish clear business priorities, manage stakeholder expectations, and measure outcomes and team performance
 * Provide leadership with recommendations for improving Agile maturity and sustaining long-term adoption

AZURE DEVOPS ADOPTION

 * Partner with Azure DevOps specialists and client teams to establish and mature ADO boards
 * Coach teams on effective use of Boards, Backlogs, epics/features/stories/tasks, Queries, Dashboards, work-item management, and sprint and iteration planning
 * Ensure ADO configuration and processes support each team's Agile operating model
 * Establish consistent standards and best practices across multiple ADO teams

BACKLOG DEVELOPMENT AND TEAM EXECUTION

 * Facilitate working sessions to build, organize, and refine team backlogs
 * Help teams translate business objectives into actionable work items
 * Improve story quality, acceptance criteria, estimation, prioritization, and definition of done
 * Establish practical processes teams can continue using independently after the coaching engagement
 * Help teams use metrics and dashboards to improve transparency, predictability, and decision-making

AGILE MATURITY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

 * Evaluate the Agile maturity of individual teams and leadership groups
 * Develop actionable recommendations based on each team's maturity level
 * Identify training and coaching needs for managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, champions, and team members
 * Establish measurable Agile maturity goals and track progress
 * Help develop longer-term coaching, training, and adoption roadmaps
 * Build internal Agile champions capable of sustaining the practices after the engagement


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