Job Description

Job Title: Agile Coach / Delivery Lead  

Location: New Jersey (Remote-first) 

Company: Acend – Product & Innovation Consulting 

Client: USA-based (Remote with quarterly travel) 

Salary: Competitive, based on experience 

Start Date: ASAP 

About Acend  

At Acend , we help organizations unlock their potential through better products, better teams, and better thinking. We’re a boutique product and innovation consulting company working with top-tier global clients across pharma, insurance, and technology. We bring fresh thinking, pragmatic agility, and a laser focus on outcomes. 

We're looking for an experienced Agile Coach / Delivery Lead to join our growing team and support one of our long-term clients in Continental Europe. This is a remote-first role with regular collaboration across time zones and cultures. 

The Role  

As an Agile Coach / Delivery Lead , you’ll embed with a cross-functional product team, guiding them to deliver value iteratively while developing agile ways of working that stick. You’ll coach both delivery teams to create an environment where innovation, speed, and quality thrive. 

Responsibilities  

• Act as Agile Coach and Delivery Lead for a distributed European-based product team 
• Support and guide agile cereemonies, Product Owners, and team members to grow agile maturity 
• Lead planning, review, and retrospectives while championing continuous improvement 
• Remove blockers and help the team stay aligned to business outcomes and customer needs 
• Coach client leadership on agile principles, mindset, and ways of working 
• Track delivery health and provide transparent reporting on team progress and risks 
• Collaborate with Acend colleagues to share insights, tools, and practices across clients 
• Contribute to internal IP development and help shape Acend’s consulting playbook 

About You  

• 5+ years experience in Agile Coaching or Delivery Leadership in complex environments 
• Comfortable working with both team-level agile practices and senior stakeholders 
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and influencing skills 
• Hands-on experience with delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS, etc.) 
• Empathetic, adaptable, and curious — a continuous learner 
• Proven ability to build psychological safety and healthy team dynamics 
• Excellent communicator and collaborator across cultures and disciplines 

Nice to Have  

• Experience working in regulated industries (e.g. pharma, finance) 
• Background in product management or UX 
• Multilingual (especially French, German, or Spanish) 
• Agile certifications (ICP-ACC, SAFe, CTC, etc.) 

Working at Acend  

• Remote-first: Work from home most of the time 
• Quarterly travel to collaborate in person with the client 
• 1 day/month in-person with the Acend team inNJ or NYC
• Small, tight-knit team with big impact 
• High autonomy, high trust environment 
• Access to a bench of expert coaches and a growing knowledge community 

How to Apply  

Send your CV and a short note about why you’re interested to [email protected]  

We’ll be in touch for an informal chat to explore if this is a good match. 

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