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The Lead Agile Coach helps teams and leaders apply Agile principles, structures, roles, and practices to improve delivery flow, predictability, collaboration, and outcomes. This role supports Agile adoption by identifying and helping remove impediments, strengthening team practices, facilitating Agile learning, and improving the use of Agile reporting and tools. At the senior technical level, the role may own a complex Agile workstream or technical delivery area and provide peer coaching while operating with limited guidance.
Key responsibilities
- Coach Agile teams and leaders on Agile principles, roles, practices, and team structures to improve flow, predictability, and outcomes.
- Help identify and remove systemic impediments that limit team effectiveness, delivery flow, or adoption of consistent Agile ways of working.
- Facilitate Agile workshops, training, and coaching sessions tailored to team roles and Agile maturity needs.
- Support Agile reporting and tooling practices to improve transparency, delivery visibility, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with Scrum Masters, product owners, delivery teams, technical project leaders, and stakeholders to improve delivery practices across technical initiatives.
- Communicate Agile adoption progress, delivery risks, improvement opportunities, and recommended actions to project and functional leaders.
- Mentor peers and team members on practical Agile behaviors, team facilitation, continuous improvement, and effective use of Agile ceremonies.
This job profile description is a standardized, non-contractual reference description and global reference tool provided for organizational consistency and talent architecture purposes across Cencora. It does not alter actual job duties, responsibilities, reporting lines, working conditions, grading, compensation, or other essential terms and conditions of employment.
Actual duties and responsibilities may vary based on business needs, local requirements, and operational practices. Where a team member's role is governed by an employment agreement, local terms and conditions, prior job description or collective bargaining agreement, those documents shall prevail in case of any inconsistency. Mandatory local laws shall also prevail.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
- Experince supporting large scale enterprise Agile transformations
- Master's degree in business administration, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in Agile coaching, enterprise Agile transformation, technical project management, program management, Scrum Master, Product Manager or a related field required.
- Certification in SAFe SPC, CSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, agile methodologies, or equivalent preferred.
What Cencora offers
We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora
Full time
Equal Employment Opportunity
Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.
The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.
Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [email protected]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned
Affiliated Companies
Affiliated Companies: AmerisourceBergen Services Corporation
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise Agile transformations
- 10+ years of experience in Agile coaching, enterprise Agile transformation, technical project management, program management, Scrum Master, Product Manager, or a related field
- Master's degree in business administration, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Certification in SAFe SPC, CSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, Agile methodologies, or equivalent
Cencora Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Day‑one eligibility for medical, dental, and vision is paired with mental‑health resources, wellness programs that can reduce premiums, and HSA/FSA options. The breadth includes prescription coverage, virtual musculoskeletal physical therapy, and care navigation support.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of 12 weeks for birth, adoption, or surrogacy is offered, plus two weeks of paid caregiver leave. Backup child care and family‑building coverage for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy further bolster support.
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Retirement Support — A structured 401(k) match of 100% on the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% can also be directed to student‑loan payments. Additional financial programs include a discounted ESPP, tuition reimbursement, and scholarships for dependents.
Cencora Insights
What We Do
Cencora is a leading pharmaceutical solutions organization centered on improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. With 46,000+ global team members, we have the opportunity to make a positive impact on healthcare in communities everywhere. Our team members are empowered to activate their careers through a collective of tools and resources designed to support individual career interests and aspirations. We value our listening culture that actions real outcomes and our team members appreciate and recognize one another for contributions that are making a meaningful global impact. No matter what your role is here, the work we do together has meaning. When you join our team, you become a crucial part of a greater purpose. We’re committed to supporting you personally and professionally, so we can achieve more together at the center of health. Protect yourself from job scams: Recruitment scams are on the rise. To protect yourself, we urge you to be vigilant and follow these guidelines > https://careers.cencora.com/us/en/job-scams
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