Enterprise Agile Lead

Introduction

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) provides support to state agencies, the Executive Office of the Governor, the Governor’s coordinating offices, and a variety of independent agencies within the Executive Branch.

Striving to provide the highest level of customer service to its internal and external customers, DoIT supports Maryland’s agencies and commissions through its leadership and strategic direction for Information Technology and Telecommunications, establishing a long-range, target technology architecture, encouraging cross-agency collaboration, and advocating best practices for operations and project management.

Grade

STD 0024

Main Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Agile Lead to drive the adoption and integration of scaled agile principles across programs and projects. The ideal candidate will be methodology-agnostic, with deep experience embedding an agile culture, facilitating continuous improvement, and enabling organizations to deliver digital services effectively. This role requires a balance of Enterprise Coaching experience, technical expertise, leadership, facilitation skills, and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment, transparency, and successful delivery.

• **This is a contractual position, with limited benefits***

Position Duties

• Enterprise lead for Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to drive the adoption of scaling patterns, and facilitation of the enterprise-wide agile ceremonies.
• Lead, teach, and embed an agile culture across teams and programs using techniques from a wide range of agile and lean methodologies.
• Create an open and trust-based environment that fosters collaboration, transparency, and delivery focus.
• Assess team agile culture, delivery processes, and workflows to identify areas for improvement and facilitate enhancements with the appropriate support.
• Apply tools and techniques, including coaching, advising, workshops, and mentoring, to drive organizational and team growth.
• Engage stakeholders across all levels of the organization to ensure alignment with business and program objectives.
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams, contractors, and partners across the Office of Security Management.
• Define, monitor, and maintain key metrics, requirements, and agile best practices that support delivery and performance.
• Engage project management teammates with the skills to coach, mentor, and sustain agile practices independently.
• Provide executive coaching on Strategic program planning, and agile best practices.
• Delivery of Agile training for Scrum roles, SAFe practices, Agile teams, Business Owners, and stakeholders.
• Serve as the SME and system owner for OSM’s agile tools (Azure DevOps\JIRA\ServiceNow), with a priority focus on integrating and automating as much of the workflow as possible.
• Define, plan, and lead ceremonies such as program increment planning and retrospectives.
• Provide scrum master support to the hiring organization’s executive.
• Provide SAFe or agile training as part of continuous education of all OSM team members.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Project Management, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience: Five (5) years of Agile Coaching experience or embedding agile practices and culture across a large team of teams for technical public sector programs.
• Additional Experience in: Agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, Lean, etc.). Agile Coaching, Agile ceremony facilitation (PI Planning, Retrospectives, etc.), and mentoring skills.
• Certifications: SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent Project Management certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe expertise in establishing and launching new Agile Release Trains, including training, alignment, governance, and team formation.
• Experience in a coaching role involving information technology or cybersecurity in the public sector.