About your future team

Nexient is on a mission: To rid the world of crappy software, one sprint at a time. 

Every day, our 1000+ Agile developers, designers, and strategists empower each other to find passion in our work while we innovate the world. This culture of teamwork and curiosity is fueled by a product-minded approach to our work, crafting extraordinary custom software solutions and growing careers along the way.

Our clients range from some of America’s favorite brands in retail, healthcare, financial services to fast-emerging disruptors – You might have read about us in the NY Times. We’re also recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, HFS Hot Vendor, and America’s leading 100% U.S. Agile software services partner. 

If you’re looking to change the trajectory of your career, make an impact on Day One, develop custom software on the best technology around – and maybe even make people’s lives easier -- then you belong here, with us. 

Role & Responsibilities:

· Mentor & educate colleagues including Agile practitioners, software team members, product owners, business stakeholders, etc.

· Base mentoring on best practices as well as what will work best for the organization

· Coach teams which may be at different levels of Agile maturity

· Run workshops as needed on topics such as specific ceremonies, story decomposition, road mapping, etc.

· Facilitate team process (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)

· Identify opportunities for improvement and transparency based on practices that are pragmatically align with the organizations specific constraints and opportunities while remaining true to the Agile Manifesto.

· As a mentor, the Agile Coach is responsible for guiding teams into the Agile methodology, providing employees with feedback and means of improvement, catalyzing organizational growth and answering questions. They provide hands-on support to all employees, collaborating with people across widely varying levels and roles, leading teams toward further understanding and adoption of Agile as well as overall company growth and improvement.

· Working with the key stakeholders, participate and possibly facilitate organizational adoption strategy design and implementation, from the introduction of Agile and employee education, to fostering teams and cultures that practice Agile, to sustaining Agile methodologies and continually offering strategies for improvement.

Required Experience:

• 5-10 years of experience as a Program/Project Manager in all phases of the software development life cycle
• PMP or PMI-ACP certification
• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach
• Certification preferred
• Enterprise coaching experience (e.g. large, multi-site organizations)
• Transformation experience
• Practical experience executing agile projects in any of the roles (Developer, Scrum Master, Product Owner) and across multiple agile methodologies. We are looking for people with practical experience and not just theoretical knowledge or classroom teaching.
• Leadership skills and excellent communication skills
• Ability to facilitate and lead meetings to reach conclusions, identify tasks, record actions, and achieve results
• Ability to lead, train, and provide feedback to staff and corresponding managers
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to present to multiple levels of management
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience leading effective collaboration across a team of project managers focusing on different functional areas for the same project
• Change management or large-scale transformation experience

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Why Nexient

As a vital member of our Product Experience Practice, you will be part of one of our 100+ small cross-functional teams working side by side with some of the most talented developers, UX designers, analysts, quality engineers, and product managers out there. 

From Silicon Valley to Ann Arbor, Columbus, and beyond – a career with Nexient will offer you:

Remote, hybrid, or onsite opportunities: Here, you decide the work arrangement that best suits your needs and preferences.

Fulfilling and challenging projects: You will be exposed to different scenarios, multiple types of clients, and the most complex business and technology initiatives.

Access to the most cutting-edge technologies: You’re always going to be advancing your skillset by learning and working with the newest and most relevant technologies available out there.

A positive and passionate culture: Boring and divided aren’t in our vocabulary. In fact, it’s amazing to see how, despite our exponential growth, the Nexient culture and community stay as warm, diverse, and close as ever.

Plenty of opportunities for you to explore and grow: We will empower you to dream as big as you want and support you to make your career what YOU want it to be.

Creative runway: We take pride in encouraging our people to question the status quo.

Our benefits program includes:

· Medical, dental, and vision coverage

· Generous PTO, plus holidays

· 401(k) plan

· Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability

· Maternity leave

· Employee Assistance Program

· Flexible spending accounts

· Health savings account

Nexient is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer. At Nexient, your uniqueness makes us better. Your uniqueness is why you are valued, you are heard, you add to our culture, and you belong. Diversity & Inclusion is hardcoded into our DNA and at the core of everything we do. Together, not separately, we strive to become even more diverse to help fuel our innovation and connect us closer with the clients and communities we serve.