Agile Coach at Wellington Management Boston, MA

About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long‑term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

As an Agile Coach on the Technology Strategy team, you will help engineering and product leaders deepen an Agile, outcome‑driven mindset. You’ll onboard and upskill teams (typically 5‑15 engineers), tailor practices to each team’s stage on the Agile journey, and help leaders use OKRs/KPIs to measure and sustain impact. The role spans hands‑on team coaching and enterprise enablement (training new coaches, sharing best practices, nurturing the community of practice) to further integrate business and technology.

(Grounded in our internal Agile plays and maturity assessment approach embodied in the firm’s Agile Playbook).

• Coach for outcomes, not ceremonies: enable engineer groups and their product owners to define/track OKRs, improve predictability and quality, and reduce lead time.
• Upskill leaders: train Product Owners and Tech Leads on backlog quality, value slicing, outcome roadmaps, and evidence‑based planning.
• Measure and adapt: use an Agile Maturity self‑assessment and coaching plans; run iterative retros at team and program levels; publish adoption dashboards.
• Scale the practice: develop reusable training assets, mentor new coaches, and support needs as required.
• Transition wisely: move teams from hightouch to self sufficient, establishing guardrails for sustainability.

• Hands‑on practice with one or more of: SAFe, Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban.
• Understand how to drive business impact and outcomes.
• Demonstrates collaboration and empathy with development teams.
• Has the ability to be a change agent.
• Comfortable carrying institutional weight, has gravitas and is able to influence.

• Certifications:
  
  Scrum Master(r), ICP, SAFe, or equivalent.
• Tooling familiarity with git‑based tooling, Atlassian dev tools suite, CI/CD‑based deployments.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTa

Base salary range: USD 80,.

• Retirement plan
• Health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage
• Health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program
• Employee assistance program
• Life and disability insurance
• Adoption assistance, back‑up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement
• Paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)

Employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. This approach supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.