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# Agile Practice Lead

- **Company:** BAYADA Home Health Care
- **Location:** Pennsauken Township, NJ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, IT Management, Scrum Methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.businessworkforce.com/job.asp?id=3362177011&tx=KP8585FFR&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 8+ years of agile delivery experience, including 4+ years in an enterprise agile coaching, practice leadership, or transformation role.
 * Experience implementing agile frameworks across multiple teams and work types, including software, infrastructure, operations, and shared services.
 * Strong Jira expertise, particularly in workflows, boards, project structures, templates, and reporting requirements.
 * Experience driving organizational change and adoption in environments with inconsistent or developing agile practices.
 * Experience in a regulated industry; healthcare or financial services experience strongly preferred.
 * Excellent coaching, facilitation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
 * Ability to effectively engage individual contributors through IT directors and CIO-level leadership.
 * Strong written communication skills, with the ability to create clear playbooks, standards, and executive materials.
 * Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English., * SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC), or comparable certification.
 * Experience transitioning PMO or governance functions toward agile portfolio management.
 * Experience in home health, post-acute care, or other distributed care delivery environments.

The ideal candidate is a strategic agile leader who can establish consistent enterprise standards while helping teams successfully adopt and sustain them.

## Description

* Assess current agile practices across IT and identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improvement.
 * Design and implement an enterprise sprint framework, including sprint structure, ceremonies, backlog standards, definitions of done, and escalation practices.
 * Develop and maintain BAYADA's Agile Practice Playbook and Jira standards, including workflows, board structures, templates, naming conventions, and reporting requirements.
 * Partner with the Jira Administrator to ensure Jira reflects established process and governance standards.
 * Lead agile adoption across infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, data/analytics, digital products, and enterprise platforms.
 * Coach IT leaders and teams on agile practices, including backlog management, sprint planning, capacity planning, retrospectives, and impediment management.
 * Establish and facilitate an Agile Community of Practice and develop internal agile champions across IT.
 * Monitor agile maturity, identify adoption challenges, and recommend improvements to IT leadership.
 * Connect team-level agile execution with portfolio reporting, governance, investment tracking, and delivery risk management.
 * Serve as BAYADA's internal subject matter expert and authority on agile methodology and best practices.


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