Agile Coach
We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?
Ford is transforming the transportation industry, delivering higher levels of automation, continuously upgradeable performance, and seamless connected experiences. Software, connectivity, and data are the cornerstones of this evolution, delivering the foundational elements by which Ford will drive this evolution. The Agile Coach sits within the Agile Center of Excellence (CoE) and leads engineering teams to adopt the Connected Vehicle Software (CVS) organization agile framework and modern ways of working. This role will be central to enabling the engineering organization responsible for all software and electronics in all Ford vehicles as we build truly software defined vehicles.
In this role you will listen to understand the needs of the organization and then marry together what you hear, your knowledge, expert guidance and agile best practices to conduct timeboxed, outcomes-obsessed coaching engagement that increase organizational collaboration, velocity, and trust.
You'll have...
Bachelor’s Degree 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, or similar roles leading agile transformations in complex enterprise environments Up-to-date certifications for agile methodologies (eg scrum, kanban, and SAFe)Even better, you may have...
Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering and MBA Certification and experience implementing Lean Six Sigma Exceptional communication (oral & written), facilitation, team building, conflict resolution and collaboration skills in cross-functional, diverse environments Demonstrated history of driving agile transformation in an industrial or combined hardware and software environment Demonstrated history of nurturing stakeholder relationships and maintaining a pipeline of coaching engagement opportunities to ensure maximum impact from your limited time Experience implementing advanced agile approaches such as extreme programming (XP), paired programming, and the use of AI agents, copilots, and tools in software development Persuasive storytelling abilities enabling you to promote your ideas at the highest levels, gain alignment, generate excitement, and instigate momentum in complex matrixed environments A hyper collaborative mindset and ability to partner with teams and leaders regardless of level Tenacity, grit, and a persistent sense of urgency with a bias for action (even in ambiguous and fluid situations)
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD
This position is a range of salary grades Salary grade 6 - Salary grade 8 .
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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What you'll do...
Contribute your extensive agile expertise to the CoE as we continuously refine our chosen agile framework and modern ways of working Work collaboratively across the CoE to design a portfolio of coaching engagement service offerings that can be repeatedly and consistently deployed to drive adoption of the framework and best practices Build strong relationships with the CVS engineering teams to ideate and identify where and how CoE services can add value Craft timeboxed, outcomes-obsessed coaching engagements that will increase organizational collaboration, velocity, and trust Define, track and report measurable outcomes for each coaching engagement aligned to our success measures of collaboration, velocity, trust, and CSAT Coach and mentor the CVS engineering community (as teams and as individuals) to increase agile acumen and adoption of an agile mindset and agile practices Streamline, implement and support continuous improvement of processes and best practices to ensure successful adoption of agile principles, techniques, and mindset Evangelize good agile hygiene in processes, systems, tools, organizational design, and ways of working Earn and maintain your status as the agile and modern ways of working subject matter expert through continuous learning and application of your knowledge to solve tough, complex issues Be a trusted advisor to senior engineering leaders as they continuously refine their organizations for the present and future