ABOUT US

Bestow is the leading digital platform for life insurance. As both a direct-to-consumer destination and an infrastructure provider, Bestow is on a mission to make life insurance accessible to millions of underserved families. 

We ideate fast, embrace change, and take risks. As a rapidly growing tech startup, we look for the best talent out there and try to stay out of their way. From scaling our business model to expanding our offerings, the day-to-day at Bestow offers endless professional growth opportunities. The people who succeed here look for problems and solutions. They are both passionate about their ideas and open to having their mind changed. 

In the end, we value the same things our customers do: family. So we strive for work-life balance and believe happy employees make for better experiences and happier customers. It’s a model that helped us land the #2 spot on Forbes’ Best Startup Employers 2021 list. Boom!

As an Agile Coach reporting to our head of Program Management, you will partner directly with software development teams and team leads consisting of Technical Program Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Managers, and Engineering Managers to improve agile best practices.

This role will lead organization-wide adoption and improvement of agile methods, including:

Agile leadership coaching and training to ScrumMasters, Product Managers, business stakeholders, and leaders;

Collaborating directly with software development teams to coach and guide them on the mechanics of Agile methods to achieve optimal team effectiveness;

Coaching individual teams in all aspects of Scrum, including daily meetings, planning, self-organization, collaboration, iterative development, and project execution. 

You seek to understand the details, have a strong sense of ownership and urgency, and are a natural at coaching teams to deliver incrementally. You’re an organized thinker, and don’t hesitate to roll up your sleeves and work alongside teams. You have a deep understanding of Agile best practices and the ability to drive org-wide adoption.

Do you love working alongside great teams who work on projects that deliver amazing results? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

YOUR DAY TO DAY

• Reinforce the latest innovative thinking and ideas from the Agile community to increase agility
• Coach teams to develop agile best practices such as the definition of done, story estimations, and user story development
• Lead train-the-trainer activities to ensure all team leads well understand agile best practices
• Partner with team leads in the development of metrics and reporting to optimize team performance
• Coach teams and management towards improving Agile process and metrics, evaluate and mentor existing Scrum teams, and deliver training classes for product managers, developers, and testers
• Assess optimal organizational value streams and influence up, down, and across the org to encourage collaboration on complex projects
• Develop and deliver ongoing Agile onboarding training for new hires

ABOUT YOU

• 5+ years experience in technology organizations, preferably in a software development environment
• 3+ years of Agile coaching experience with methods such as Scrum, Lean, or Kanban
• Hands-on experience applying Agile methodologies within infrastructure, hardware, and operational environments
• Deep knowledge of Agile principles and practices and the ability to transfer that understanding at all levels of the organization
• Consulting and facilitation skills in leading technical teams in the adoption and improvement of Agile methodologies
• Excellent presentation and training skills
• Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner

TOTAL REWARDS

• Competitive salary
• Performance bonus
• Generous PTO
• Flexible schedule and work/life balance
• 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
• Choose your own computer setup (Mac or PC)
• Office snacks and weekly team lunches
• Team building events and activities

We value diversity at Bestow. We hire, recruit, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We understand the importance of creating a safe and comfortable work environment and encourage individualism and authenticity in every member of our team. 

Bestow does not sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.