Sr Agile Coach

*please send CV in English* Your Job You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In your role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About Us Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark; you just need to log on!

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You You're driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Main Responsibilities: Coaches and facilitates teams in all aspects of Agile mindset and execution, including jump-starting new teams and ongoing coaching for project and product teams (scrum, Kanban or hybrid). Act as primary coaching resource (hands-on coaching) for Scrum Masters, Product Owners and Agile teams. Provide one-on-one coaching to Product Owners related to product backlog management, release planning, backlog refinement, writing quality user stories, story splitting/breakdown, defining acceptance criteria, sprint planning and user acceptance testing. Provide one-on-one coaching to Scrum Masters on how to serve the Scrum team, serve the Product Owner and serve the Organization. Provide coaching to teams in implementing Scrum/Kanban, capacity planning, estimation, backlog refinement, measuring velocity and other metrics, improving quality and effectiveness, and driving continuous improvement of team performance. Develop agile training materials and training modules for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile Teams and Leadership. Deliver hands-on training in classroom and in virtual setting using collaboration tools (like Mural, Miro or others) in support of enterprise-wide initiatives for internal agile development paths. Coordinate and facilitate agile-related community of practice activities to drive shared learnings across the enterprise. Be a part of the Agile Center of Excellence and help roll out best practices like Agile metrics. Provide ideas to IT leadership based upon experience scaling multi-team products and/or projects (scrum of scrums or other scaling approaches). Observe teams to assess the agile maturity and use the outcome as input into improvement roadmaps. Provide guidance to support migration from project-centric organization to product-centric organization. Influence leadership and their teams throughout to drive adoption of Agile methods. Key Qualifications and Experiences: Mandatory Qualifications B.A. or B.S./M.S. (Advanced degree preferred) in a relevant field; 12+ years of Professional experience with a minimum of 4 years of Information Technology experience. Fluent English. 5 - 7 years IT delivery experience. +5 years working in an Agile Software Delivery Environment. +3 years providing coaching to Agile Teams. +1 year acting as a Scrum Master. Experience working with Agile Project Teams, Scrum Teams, Kanban teams, and Product Teams. Experience coaching agile teams that are dispersed globally. Excellent training skills in classroom and in virtual setting using collaboration tools like Mural, Miro or others. Experience with Agile Life Cycle Management Tools (JIRA or AzureDevops). Strong virtual meeting facilitation, interpersonal communication, training, negotiation, and presentation skills. Experience designing and implementing scrum of scrums for global products with regional delivery. Expert problem-solving ability and experience leading groups through problem-solving methodology. Prioritization and time management skills. Preferred Qualifications +2 years Product Management experience. +2 years Product Owner experience. IT application services delivery experience; Scrum-Master Certification; Product Owner Certification. Experience in both developing and implementing new methodologies. Experience working with organizations migrating from project-centric to product-centric. Total Benefits Here are just a few of the benefits you'd enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

To Be Considered Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

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And finally, the fine print…. For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.



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