Agile Coach

Annual releases gave way to two-week sprints years ago, and the platform now handles over 200 million API calls a day. We started in 1992 and have grown to about 4,100 people. We keep recurring meetings to Tuesdays and Thursdays where we can.

The position

Canopycast needs another Agile Coach to run sprint ceremonies, remove blockers and help teams improve how they work. Our Delivery teams are in their second year of SAFe, and this role will support the release train and PI planning. This is a fully remote position open to candidates anywhere in the UK.

Day to day

• Track velocity, cycle time and burndown in Jira and explain what the numbers mean
• Configure Jira boards, workflows and dashboards
• Support PI planning and Scrum of Scrums for multi-team work
• Shield the team from mid-sprint scope changes
• Coach teams on Scrum and Kanban practices and adjust them to what works
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews and retrospectives
• Follow up on retrospective action items so they actually get done

Qualifications

• 8-10 years as a Scrum Master on software development teams
• Clear written and spoken communication
• Solid working knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Ability to coach without formal authority

Preferred qualifications

• Azure DevOps Boards
• Prior role as a developer, QA engineer or business analyst
• Distributed teams across time zones

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Death in service benefit
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Successful applicants will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Canopycast.