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Senior Consultant-Team CoachGuardian Life Insurance Company • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Senior Consultant-Team Coach

Senior Consultant-Team Coach

Guardian Life Insurance Company • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
30+ days ago
Job description

Job Description:

Guardians Digital and Technology (D&T) organization is undergoing a transformation to drive the growth and future strategy of the Team Coach willparticipatein these efforts by guiding the adoption and execution of a productoperatingmodelfostering a culture of continuousimprovement and collaborative problem-solving. The Team Coach willestablishand driveteam best practicesfacilitatestandard ceremonies provide training mentoring and practicalassistanceto improve team performance and supporttimelydelivery aligning with product vision and customerobjectives.

You Are:

A change agent and facilitator driving team focus on product delivery and business outcomes. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborativeinfluentialandpassionate about creating impactful change for the organization.

You Will:

  • Coach product teams on agile practices to drive delivery discipline and 1:1 role-based coaching for Product Owners and other team members to strengthen agile maturity.
  • Leverage coaching methodologies to actively support cross-functional product teams in improving collaboration accelerating delivery cadence and achieving measurable outcomes aligned with product goals.
  • Facilitate team-level ceremonies (e.g. planning stand-ups retrospectives) to ensure effective collaborationalignmentand dependency management.
  • Activelycoordinateinteractionwith other teams to manage cross-team dependencies blockers to leadership promptly to ensuretimelyresolution.
  • Foster and coachmultiple teams inimproving team performance throughcontinued inspection of team practicesandtestingnew approaches.
  • Work with teams to define and developobjectivesand key results (OKRs) and ensure strategic alignment to enterpriseandvalue stream levelprioritiestrackprogressand achievement of goals through performance dashboards.
  • Guide teamstoleverageflow and outcomemetricsresponsibly to informtheirimprovement without driving unhealthy behaviors;assistteams withtailored coaching plans and targeted initiatives to drive team performance and maturity.
  • Act as an active member of the Center of Excellence contributing to standards bestpracticesand continuous evolution of the operating model.
  • Partner with Product Owners to build andfacilitatea strong backlog aligned with product strategy andpriorities.
  • Work withstakeholders to support the teams needs andmaintainalignment with product goals
  • Ensurethe team understands how their workties back to the product / valuestreamOKRs.

You Have:

  • 10 years ofproven experiencein roles such as ScrummasterandAgilecoachcoaching multiple agile teams in a scaled environment.
  • Strongknowledgeof agile frameworks (Scrum KanbanSAFe etc.)withexperience in Agile project management practicesandability to lead and reinforcestrong teamhabits
  • Ability to stronglycoach and drive improvements for the teamthrough supportive and adaptive techniques.
  • Experience with agile tooling (e.g. Jira SPM) and providing best practices for use and adoption across an organization
  • Experience with OKRdevelopment andrefinementand outcome-based performance tracking.
  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and technology deliverables.
  • Familiarity with product platform construct preferred.
  • Familiarity with engineering practices such as test automation CI/CD and DevOps.
  • Excellent facilitation communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ensure alignment and transparency across teams and stakeholders.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday


Required Experience:

Senior IC


Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
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Senior Consultant-Team Coach • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India