Agile Coach (Hybrid, Atlanta) - SPC 6

MUST HAVE SPC

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to serve as the primary day-to-day practitioner embedded at Client’s Atlanta headquarters. This onsite (3 days a week) role is central to the execution of Client’s Phase II Agile Maturity Rollout — a multi-workstream initiative spanning multiple business units, plus a Train the Trainer program to build lasting internal capability.

The Agile Coach will operate at the team level and the program-level dynamics, facilitating ceremonies, delivering training, conducting maturity assessments, and coaching Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Executives, and delivery teams toward measurable improvements in value delivery and agile maturity.

$95 - $100 per hour W2.

3 days onsite required in Atlanta, GA.

• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and cross-functional delivery teams across multiple business unit workstreams simultaneously.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Reviews, and Retrospectives and drive continuous improvement cadences.
• Support program-level coordination where workstreams intersect using SAFe constructs such as PI Planning and ART synchronization.
• Guide the Fuel/Gulf workstream through a structured 30/60/90-day Agile Onboarding Program with inspect-and-adapt checkpoints.
• Support the stand-up of an Agile Release Train aligned to a Portfolio SAFe configuration.
• Deliver role-specific SAFe training including SAFe for Teams, Product Owner/Product Manager, and Lean Portfolio Management.
• Help establish portfolio governance and Lean Portfolio Management practices.
• Administer and facilitate AgilityInsights maturity assessments across business unit workstreams.
• Track and report maturity progression and synthesize results into actionable coaching plans.
• Facilitate OKR development at Enterprise, Portfolio, and Agile Tactical layers and connect strategy to delivery.
• Lead Value Stream Mapping sessions and provide prioritized improvement recommendations.
• Conduct Team Structure Workshops and Role Assessments across PO, BA, Dev, QA, and Delivery Manager functions.
• Design and deliver tailored Agile training curricula and build internal coaching capability through Train the Trainer.
• Develop structured onboarding materials for internal practitioners.
• Contribute to monthly progress reports and executive updates and maintain the living Implementation Plan.
• Proactively flag impediments, risks, and escalation needs to engagement leadership.
• Apply AI tools to accelerate training materials, summaries, status reports, and coaching artifacts and guide teams on AI usage in delivery workflows.

• Proven team-level Agile coaching experience with exposure to program-level or scaled agile environments.
• Current SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC 6) certification with experience delivering SAFe training, ART stand-up, and PI Planning.
• Experience with AgilityInsights or comparable maturity assessment platforms and the ability to translate results into coaching priorities.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps including boards, backlogs, sprint tracking, reporting, and SAFe-aligned best practices.
• Proficiency with collaboration platforms such as Confluence, SharePoint, and Miro.
• Strong facilitation skills for ceremonies and workshops with technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience developing OKRs and connecting strategic objectives to team delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to synthesize complex information for executives.
• Ability to work onsite in Atlanta, GA three days per week.
• Preferred experience in multi-workstream or enterprise agile transformations.
• Background in Value Stream Mapping and Lean practices.
• Experience building or delivering Train the Trainer programs.
• Exposure to retail, fuel or convenience, or consumer-facing industries.
• AI fluency with practical application to agile practices including backlog refinement, dependency mapping, and sprint planning.
• Core competencies including servant leadership, adaptive coaching, pattern recognition, comfort with ambiguity, stakeholder influence without authority, and a data-driven mindset.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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