Solid experience as a dedicated, hands-on Agile coach
Strong background in Agile coaching and developing people and teams
Personality is important. Be pragmatic and realize that Agile & Waterfall both exist & are critical to their Center for Delivery Excellence.
Strong understanding and implementation of Agile practices
Strong influencing skills without having control/authority
Excellent communication/people skills
Full commitment to Agile practice, including terminology & mindset as well as flexibility to enable Kohler's Agile way of working (Initiate, Activate, Execute, Close)
Be able to provide guidance on framework such as logging, exceptions, refactoring - goal is to reduce technical debt
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business or related field required
7+ years professional experience or demonstrated Business acumen
Align with Centre for Delivery Excellence (CDeX) strategy that encompasses all delivery modes in one organization and understand how it would co-exist at a strategy level to successfully & tactically implement
Understand metrics (Kohler is a metrics-driven organization) and be able to put those learnings into action for tangible outcomes
Must be local to Wisconsin so can be onsite in Hybrid position. 2-3 days per week
Prior hands-on experience working as a product owner and or scrum master
Understand Test Driven Development (TDD) and Continuous Integration Continuous Development (CICD)
Assess & enhance Agile maturity of teams
Attend & assess team during Agile events
Ensure Agile dashboards are completed at the end of each Sprint (SCRUM)
Facilitate additional metrics collection in partnership with Scrum Master
Work with Agile Enterprise Coaches to complete metrics roll-up
Identify ongoing training needs for teams
Share findings with Agile center of excellence
* CI Tools Experience - Jenkins, Github, SonarQube/Crucible etc
* Continuous Deployment with a focus on push-button releases (any tool)
* Test Driven Development (TDD)
* User Story Writing - Guiding the product owners to write Vision statements, OKRs, Translate OKRs into Epics, Slice Epics into user stories, Acceptance criteria, BDD (optional)