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Cross casual Agile Coach

Description

Playtika Holding Corp. is a leading mobile gaming company and monetization platform with over 35 million monthly active users across a portfolio of games titles. Founded in 2010, Playtika was among the first to offer free-to-play social games on social networks and, shortly after, on mobile platforms. Headquartered in Herzliya, Israel, and guided by a mission to entertain the world through infinite ways to play, Playtika has over 3,700 employees in 19 offices worldwide including Tel-Aviv, London, Berlin, Vienna, Helsinki, Montreal, Chicago, Las Vegas, Santa Monica, Newport Beach, Sydney, Kiev, Bucharest, Minsk, Dnepr, and Vinnitsa.

We are looking for an experienced Agile Coach to help transition our business from its existing work practices to infusing a real agile understanding from the top-down.

You will coach, mentor, and guide our people to figure out the best solutions for their specific department challenges. You will analyze the organization's existing infrastructure and implement improvements to help streamline processes and create efficiencies. Ultimately, you will play a key role in the long-term strategy across the entire organization, helping our teams to deliver better products in a faster, more efficient manner.

Objectives of this Role:

• Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for the adoption of agile best practices;
• Guide teams to help them stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure the overall strategy is being met;
• Lead agile workshops for both development and functional teams, as well as key stakeholders;
• Promote and advocate a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and being accountable for them;
• Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensure the organization is at the forefront of industry best practices.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities:

• Facilitate learning and development through individual and team coaching;
• Coach senior management in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from top-down;
• Effectively communicate agile principles, Scrum practices and overall operating model across the organization;
• Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures across teams;
• Undertake daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met;
• Keep an objective perspective on issues and troubleshoots by applying agile principles;
• Hold stand-up meetings with cross-functional teams to review project status;
• Support teams in determining the resource allocation to maintain agile practices and ensure smooth project delivery".

Skills and Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Coach \ R&D manager working with Agile methodologies;
• Experience in Scrum, Kanban, and Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe);
• Can showcase examples of implementing agile techniques in different cultures and environments;
• Experience running agile projects of varying size and complexity;
• Strong leader, educator, and coach;
• An excellent communicator and motivator.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scrum Coach certification;
• Scrum Master certification;
• Experience coaching at large organizations or Fortune 500 companies;
• Computer Science background.

What are we offering

• Competitive salary, performance-based bonuses and flexible working hours
• Social package, including gym membership compensation, medical insurance with dental coverage
• Paid vacation and sick leaves
• Training programs, certifications, conferences including international events
• Corporate English classes
• Referral program
• Corporate celebrations, team buildings, and fun activities
• Free meals twice a day, refreshments, happy hours
• Technical library with option to order books
• Coaching and reviews to support your career development
• Working for one of the top social gaming companies in the world

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