Paramount Tech in Warsaw plays a crucial role in Paramount`s global engineering organization. We build highly efficient,
advanced systems which are used by millions of users all over the world.
Currently, we are looking for a rock solid Agile Team Coach. The Agile Team Coach at Paramount works with both employees and teams in product, engineering, development, and design groups, by advising on best practices in various disciplines (e.g., Agile, team effectiveness, business deliverables) and removing impediments to success. The Coach fosters an environment with continuous development and efficient delivery of outstanding products and code.
Job ID: ATC
Location: Warsaw
Job type: Full time, regular
Responsibilities:
Coach and mentor individuals and teams to discover and implement improved ways of collaborating and developing into high-performing, self-organizing, Agile units
Provide balance of guidance where teams greatly benefit and take ownership of best practices, but are not dependent on the Coach
Drive adoption of Agile best practices in teams, in cooperation with leadership
Proactively pinpoint and work with teams to remove areas of inefficiencies and waste
Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and sprint demos
Perform ongoing assessment of team and organizational Agile maturity, while coaching towards higher levels of advancement
Use and recommend various tools to advance the Agile practices in the organization
Advise the Paramount leadership team of best practices and communicate updates
Frequently interact with a diverse group of executives, release managers, technology, and business sponsors
Your profile:
5+ years of experience working in an Agile environment, in a variety of situations and 3+ years coaching, mentoring, and training as a Coach, Scrum Master, or Product Owner in a well-established, high-performing Agile software development environment with at least some dedicated teams
Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience combined with a Bachelor’s degree
Superior knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, other Agile frameworks and software engineering practices, as well as traditional project management approaches
Certified Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Professional
Innate drive to increase one’s own growth and that of others
Superb written and verbal English language skills and presentation skills
Skills in prioritizing and ability to accommodate various point of views
Nice to have:
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Experience in Media Technologies including: mobile applications, video delivery, ad delivery, streaming live events, and how they all integrate into existing technologies
Experience in working with and managing cross-functional resources and vendors
Familiarity with test-driven development (TDD) and/or continuous integration (CI)
We offer:
Challenging projects targeting large international communities, using modern development and deployment technologies
An Agile and growing team of software engineers creating products accessible everywhere
Great benefits package: private health care, fitness card, and lots of team building events
Competitive salary tailored to your skills and experience and plenty of opportunities for personal and career development
Brand new office located in the strict city center (2 mins walk from Metro Politechnika) with cool fun zones
Last, but not least, we do great stuff for the global brands, such as Comedy Central, MTV, CBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime and Paramount!