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Agile Coach

India·Bangaloremid

OperationsProject Manager

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Agile Coach – Cigna International Health About CignaLet us tell you a little more about us. Cigna exists to improve lives. Together, with our 74,000 employees worldwide that service Cigna,

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OperationsProject Manager

About the Role

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Provide expert coaching to key agile roles such as Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Agile Product Owners, etc., as required.

Provide counsel and advice to top management on significant matters, often requiring coordination between organizations. Focuses on providing thought leadership and technical expertise across multiple disciplines. Recognized internally as “the go-to person” for the most complex assignments related to agile coaching.

Work with multiple teams to determine their current level of agile maturity and develop plans to improve agile processes and increase the productivity of the agile team accordingly.

Organise and participates in agile events, contributes to communication sites/tools, and delivers presentations to Stakeholders across the organization.

Identify and works to resolve barriers to scaling use of agile.

Help teams create “working agreements” to ensure proper communication and coordination occurs within the taxonomy; where useful, these will be drafted at the time of team formation and updated as needed.

Assist agile teams with:

Creating and maintaining collaborative communication sites and tools;
Chartering boot camps, and other intensive trainings as required;
Refining implementation of agile best practices and tools.

Assist with the identification, collection and reporting of agile practice metrics and measurements.

For absolutely clarity, this is an agile coach role, operating at individual, team, and team of teams level. It is not a scrum master role.

Extensive Agile transition experience, 3-5 years’ experience as RTE, Product Owner, Program Manager or Agile Coach.

Experience managing software delivery; strong IT application development & leadership background preferred.

Proven track record of delivering on large scale or multiple initiatives. Experience with all aspects of the delivery, including planning, features/user stories, design and delivery execution.

Experience applying Lean Thinking and Systems Thinking in large organizations.

Self-directed achiever who identifies opportunities to drive value and takes the lead.

Excellent communication skills with a customer service-oriented approach, and a focus on building relationships with people at all levels of the organization. You will know how to read a situation and respond appropriately and effectively. We meet people where they are.

Experience with Lean Portfolio Management procedures and ceremonies up to the Portfolio level.

Demonstrated excellence in leadership ability to engage and motivate in a high-performance culture.

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.