Agility Associate

Agility Associate

As an Agility Associate in Connected Commerce Lifestyle, you will play a crucial role in supporting teams through the product development lifecycle. You will work primarily with developers and product analysts, facilitating group discussions and decision-making processes. Ensure a collaborative and inclusive environment that fosters continuous improvement and adaptability. Your contribution will be key to drive Team-level ways of working to enable the team to work in a more productive & efficient manner.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence by guiding development teams in adopting agile practices and ensuring priority work is refined and ready for upcoming sprints.
• Ensure the team always has enough priority work that is refined and ready to work on over the next 2-3 sprints (avoids team building un-defined/under-defined work, leading to rework)
• Track and manage team-level dependencies for the current and upcoming sprints so the team can stay focused on delivery
• Sustain team tools and standards by ensuring data hygiene, proper processes, and controls; prepare end-of-sprint demo materials for review with Product leaders; and measure and enable agility outcomes using CCB-defined metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Capture and drive team improvement actions each sprint to promote speed, efficiency, and collaboration by streamlining workflows and removing obstacles.
• Enhance team collaboration and development by facilitating retrospectives, planning sessions, and creating plans for learning and delivery practice training.
• Drive and enable key scrum cadences—including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective—tailored to team maturity, while also leading preparation, collaboration, and follow-up actions for Product-wide quarterly planning in partnership with the PAL to enhance team practices, efficiency, and alignment.
• Guide and support teams through the product development lifecycle by applying agile principles and practices, providing training and mentorship, and fostering a positive, inclusive environment through group discussions and collaborative activities.
• Ensure team delivery data is maintained at high quality in Jira and that core agility metrics (Backlog Health, Churn, Velocity, Say vs. Do) are continuously targeted and improved.
• Prioritize tasks, manage resources, and maintain open communication channels to achieve project goals and departmental objectives, collaborating with experienced professionals and managers to ensure alignment with established policies and standards.

• 2+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in a relevant domain, with a focus on coaching teams and individuals on agile methodologies and project management
• Experience managing and developing individual contributors
• Possess advanced knowledge of multiple product development lifecycle stages, methodologies, and best practices, enabling effective guidance and support
• Display advanced knowledge of agile delivery and multiple agile approaches, including Scrum, Kanban, monitoring agility metrics; with the ability to guide teams through complex projects, emphasizing iterative progress and adaptability
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a focus on team collaboration

• Formal training on Agile coaching, such as recognized coaching certifications
• Recommended skills include but are not limited to: agile delivery, business acumen, change management, continuous improvement, coaching, internal stakeholder management, strategic thinking, self-study, verbal communication, adaptability, and decision making