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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Agile Coach - **Company:** synapse business systems - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, JIRA, Capability Maturity Model, Scrum Methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC) - **Published:** September 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/3e9854e5-0815-4fd1-a188-b79e5caf595a ## About the Role * Seven or more years of direct, hands-on experience coaching Agile teams in complex enterprise environments. * Demonstrated experience leading or materially supporting Agile transformation, operating-model improvement, or enterprise Agile adoption efforts. * Proven ability to assess team maturity and delivery challenges, develop tailored coaching plans, and demonstrate measurable improvement. * Strong practical coaching experience with Scrum, Kanban, and/or Scrumban; experience must extend beyond facilitating ceremonies. * Experience coaching Scrum Masters, Product Owners, delivery managers, and stakeholders in complex, cross-functional delivery environments. * Experience resolving Agile adoption barriers, stakeholder resistance, role ambiguity, dependency challenges, or conflicting delivery expectations. * Experience working in a regulated or control-oriented environment, preferably federal government, financial services, banking, payments, insurance, cybersecurity, or another environment with significant governance and compliance expectations. * Strong Jira experience, including boards, workflows, dashboards, delivery metrics, reporting, and traceability. * At least one recognized Agile coaching or advanced Agile credential, such as ICP-Client, CSP, SPC, or a comparable certification. * Strong written, verbal, facilitation, stakeholder-management, and executive communication skills. ## Description * Evaluate Agile maturity, delivery practices, role clarity, team dynamics, work flow, and barriers affecting team performance. * Create targeted coaching strategies for teams at different stages of Agile adoption, from early-stage teams to mature teams needing to improve outcomes, flow, or predictability. * Coach delivery teams on practical Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban practices, including planning, backlog refinement, Sprint Goals, prioritization, WIP management, retrospectives, metrics, and continuous improvement. * Partner with Scrum Masters and Product Owners to strengthen facilitation, stakeholder engagement, backlog quality, value prioritization, dependency management, and delivery accountability. * Help teams incorporate security, risk, controls, governance, architecture, compliance, and operational-readiness needs into day-to-day Agile planning and execution. * Work constructively with stakeholders who may be resistant to Agile adoption or concerned that Agile practices could weaken oversight, documentation, or control requirements. * Promote consistent use of organizational delivery standards and the enterprise Agile playbook while bringing practical industry coaching methods. * Use Jira to improve work visibility, reporting, traceability, workflow management, delivery metrics, and team improvement discussions. * Help establish sustainable practices so teams and internal Agile leaders can continue improving after direct coaching support decreases. * Work in partnership with the Agile Program Manager and cross-functional program stakeholders. ## Related Videos - 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