Lead Agile Coach - AI PDLC Specialist Job at Purple Hires Inc, Atlanta, GA

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  • Purple Hires Inc
  • Atlanta, GA

Job Description

Role: Lead Agile Coach AI PDLC Specialist

Location: United States or Canada (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time

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Job Description:

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Agile Coach AI PDLC Specialist to lead enterprise-scale Agile transformations while driving the adoption of AI-enabled Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC) practices.

This is a strategic leadership role requiring deep expertise in Scaled Agile (SAFe), Agile coaching, AI governance, AI operating models, and enterprise AI transformation. The ideal candidate has successfully implemented Agile frameworks across large organizations and has hands-on experience designing AI governance frameworks, AI PDLC playbooks, and AI-powered delivery models.

Candidates must demonstrate practical implementation experience-not just certifications or advisory experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise Agile transformations across Team, ART, and Portfolio levels.

  • Implement and coach Agile frameworks including:

    • SAFe 5/6

    • Scrum

    • Kanban

    • Lean

    • Nexus

    • Scrum@Scale

    • Spotify Model

  • Design and launch Agile Release Trains (ARTs), conduct Value Stream Mapping, and facilitate PI Planning.

  • Drive Agile maturity through coaching, continuous improvement, Lean Portfolio Management, and delivery metrics.

  • Independently manage complex AI PDLC programs, risks, dependencies, governance, and executive reporting.

  • Develop AI Governance Frameworks, Responsible AI policies, AI Operating Models, and AI Governance Playbooks.

  • Partner with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Security, and Data Governance teams to ensure responsible AI adoption.

  • Design and enable enterprise AI Agents supporting:

    • Product Discovery

    • Backlog Management

    • Story Decomposition

    • Sprint & PI Planning

    • Dependency Management

    • Flow Metrics & OKRs

    • Continuous Improvement

  • Coach Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, RTEs, and executive leadership on AI-enabled Agile delivery.

  • Deliver Agile and AI training programs, workshops, Communities of Practice (CoPs), and executive coaching sessions.

  • Act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leadership.

Required Technical Skills

Agile & Scaled Agile

  • 10+ years in Technology

  • 7+ years as a Senior/Lead Agile Coach

  • Strong hands-on SAFe implementation experience

  • SAFe Roadmap implementation

  • Value Stream Mapping

  • ART Design & Launch

  • PI Planning

  • Lean Portfolio Management

  • Business Agility

  • Agile Metrics & Continuous Improvement

AI PDLC & Governance

  • AI Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC)

  • AI Governance Frameworks

  • Responsible AI

  • AI Operating Models

  • AI Governance Playbooks

  • AI Risk Management

  • Human-in-the-Loop (HITL)

  • Model Risk Registers

  • AI Ethics & Compliance

  • Business Agility Dashboards

AI Agent Technologies

Experience working with:

  • LangChain

  • LangGraph

  • CrewAI

  • AutoGen

  • Azure OpenAI

  • AWS Bedrock

  • Google Vertex AI

  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

  • Multi-Agent Architectures

  • Prompt Engineering

  • AI Observability

  • AI Guardrails

Agile Tooling

  • Jira

  • Azure DevOps

  • Big Picture

  • Agile Central

  • Confluence

  • ProductBoard

Preferred Certifications

  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC 6.0 Preferred)

  • SAFe SPC 5.0

  • PMI-ACP

  • PSM I / PSM II

Certifications are preferred; however, demonstrated hands-on implementation experience is significantly more important.

Required Experience

  • 10+ years in software delivery or technology.

  • 7+ years leading Agile transformations.

  • Proven experience implementing SAFe at enterprise scale.

  • Hands-on experience leading AI PDLC initiatives.

  • Experience developing AI Governance Frameworks and AI Operating Models.

  • Experience coaching executive leadership.

  • Strong background managing enterprise AI transformation programs.

  • Demonstrated success leading multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs).

  • Experience building scalable AI-enabled delivery practices.

Leadership & Soft Skills

  • Executive stakeholder management

  • Servant leadership

  • Strong facilitation and coaching skills

  • Excellent communication and presentation abilities

  • Strategic thinking and decision-making

  • Design Thinking mindset

  • Organizational change management

  • Conflict resolution

  • Self-directed leadership

  • Analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Ability to influence senior leadership and drive enterprise-wide adoption

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work

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