Job Description

REF21157E Program Lead - Agile Coach - Chennai, India As an Agile coach at Nielsen, Make a difference by joining a work place where your passion, novelty and teamwork meet to support the most exciting assignments in the Agile world. We are looking for an energetic, experienced and a dynamic agile expert skilled in coaching teams of all s using a variety of agile approaches, practices, and semantics. In this role, you should be able to establish great team dynamics, create collaborative culture, and help individuals grow within an organization. Inculcate agile mindset within the team as well as organization through interactions and Coaching Responsibilities : Assess the progress level, identify impediments, organize coaching sessions at team and organizational level Act as a change agent in bringing agility in thought process thereby improving agile practices and delivering Quality Product Increment Ability to lead Organizational Release Trains, Assist / perform role of RTE / Ability of leading PI planning Support implementation of Scrum ceremonies ensuring full teams engagement. Support Product Owner on creating the vision for the product. Establish a Constructive working relationship with the Product Owner, Development team, Stakeholders and Sponsors Identify people within the organization who could actively contribute to the execution of the new processes and practices Facilitates the efforts of multiple teams and the greater organization to employ Agile practices that maximize product delivery and value. Train and coaches all scrum team members, clarifying roles and responsibilities and offering motivation and support, as necessary. Supports Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) within the organization to promote the Agile best practices Engage the Leadership team for Agile Adoption Qualifications Bachelor\'s degree in business, computer science, or related field Minimum 15 years of IT experience of working on software development projects in any capacity Qualified SPC - 4.0 or above Should have good understanding of the major agile frameworks (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP) Worked as Scrum Master for at least 3 years Worked as an Agile Coach for at least 2 years Led at least 2 Agile Release Trains using SAFe 4.0 and above Worked in at least 2-3 different Agile environment/organizations Worked in Distributed Agile environments Knowledge of TDD, BDD, DevOps Knowledge of Tools like JIRA / TFS / Rally / Version One Additional Information Enjoy a flexible and rewarding work environment with peer-to-peer recognition platforms. Recharge and revitalize with help of wellness plans made for you and your family. Plan your future with financial wellness tools. Stay relevant and upskill yourself with career development opportunities. About NIQ NIQ, the world\'s leading consumer intelligence company, reveals new pathways to growth for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers. With operations in more than 100 countries, NIQ delivers the most complete and clear understanding of consumer buying behavior through an advanced business intelligence platform with integrated predictive analytics. NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ was founded in 1923 and is an Advent International portfolio company. For more information, visit NIQ.com Want to keep up with the latest updates on our business and #LifeAtNIQ Follow us on: | | | Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NielsenIQ News Center: NIQ or any of our subsidiaries will never ask you for money at any point of the recruitment or onboarding process.

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