Agile Coach – Onsite 4 Days / Week in Washington, DC

Agile Coach - Senior ConsultantTechnology Modernization ConsultingWashington, DC - 4 days/week onsiteABOUT USCognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is ranked 195 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.COGNIZANT CONSULTINGWithin Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we’re growing!The RoleCognizant Technology Modernization is changing the game in Data, Cloud and Generative AI based consultancy services. Tech Modernization is almost like a boutique consultancy inside of Cognizant that creates change in how technology is used and fosters an innovative engineering culture.We strategically drive modern engineering practices and ways of working, along with helping clients in all aspects of enterprise technology solution modernization including AI, Cloud, DevOps, Data and more.We’re looking for a Senior Consultant, Cognizant Consulting who can deliver within Cognizant’s Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As the Senior Manager, this means overseeing advisory consulting engagements, being a trusted advisor to clients, establishing oneself as a thought leader in your field, solving complex problems, consultatively working with a client to achieve business goals, driving contributions to offerings and innovations, and serving as a people leader, guiding multiple teams as they work to transform a client and the world. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.Our solutions are in demand and we’re passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!Responsibilities:• Be onsite at the client location in Washington, DC 4 days/week• Serve as an Agile Coach on our Consulting Engagement with a client• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in adopting Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.• Support the management of risks and dependencies and identify and track impediments.• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.• Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering.• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the DevOps and Release on Demand competency.• Help drive the Lean User Experience (UX) innovation cycle Work with the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) on program execution and operational excellence (see Lean Portfolio Management).• Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails.• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve.• Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings, including the ART sync at the Program Level and the value stream sync for Solution Trains.Qualifications• 5+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer/ Agile Coach.• Deep understanding of agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.• Facilitate leading Scrum ceremonies, such as PI planning, PO sync, ART sync, System Demo, I&A sessions.• Experience working in client facing roles interacting with key stakeholders to lead the engagement and manage the team and all expected outcomes.• Deep understanding of the DevOps philosophy and Agile methods• Experience in facilitating meetings, workshops, and ceremonies across teams.• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment at different client sites.• Consulting experience highly preferred.• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes.• Agile Certifications or equivalent experience – example – SAFe, Scruminc, SPC, Scrum Alliance.• The ability to work onsite 4 days/week at the Washington DC client locationWork Authorization• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)Salary and Other Compensation:The annual salary for this position is between $81,000 - 130,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.Benefits:Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off• 401(k) plan and contributions• Long-term/Short-term Disability• Paid Parental Leave• Employee Stock Purchase PlanDisclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. 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