Agile Leader

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Date: Sep 22, 2025

Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 90907

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

This position plans, manages team budget, executes, and finalizes projects, according to schedule and within budget. Employees in this role acquire resources and coordinate and help lead the efforts of team members--including third-party contractors or consultants, in order to deliver projects according to plan. Successful candidates define project objectives and oversee quality control throughout the project life cycle.

Guide agile teams across FPL Solutions in executing transformation initiatives and delivering customer value. Provide comprehensive agile coaching for all team members including Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Developers, and Testers. Lead key focus areas including Agile4U, NEAT, Jira Optimization, Wellness Checks, workshop facilitation, and SAFe training coordination. Serve as a hands-on change agent fostering collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement across distributed delivery teams.

Comprehensive Agile Coaching: Train and coach all agile team members including Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Management, Developers, and Testers in Lean-Agile practices, mindset, and SAFe framework implementation
Key Initiative Leadership: Lead and coordinate key focus areas including AGILE4U implementation, NEAT program support, Jira optimization and administration, team wellness checks, and workshop facilitation across multiple delivery teams
SAFe Training Coordination: Plan, coordinate, and deliver SAFe training programs, ensuring proper certification paths and continuous learning opportunities for team members at all levels
Team Facilitation & Synchronization: Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings across onsite and distributed delivery teams, promoting collaboration and building trust between business, delivery, and support organizations ·
Program Support & Execution: Prepare program and release backlogs, establish team objectives, track and publish completed features, and support program-level execution and delivery
Risk & Dependency Management: Identify, manage, and escalate risks, dependencies, and impediments across delivery teams, ensuring transparency and removing organizational bottlenecks
Communities of Practice Leadership: Contribute to and facilitate Communities of Practice within the agile network, driving knowledge sharing and standardization of best practices
Continuous Improvement: Drive adoption of agile engineering best practices, innovation initiatives, and organizational learning to enhance team capabilities and delivery outcomes
Metrics & Reporting: Report on standardized program-level metrics, track team performance, and support budget oversight and financial transparency
Change Agent Activities: Act as change agent promoting agile transformation, demonstrating strong leadership skills with positive and collaborative attitude across FPL Solutions
Responsible for end-to-end IT business process, from idea generation through delivery
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Preferred Experience

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
8+ years of progressive experience in agile coaching, program management, or delivery leadership · 2+ years of supervisory/management/leadership experience
SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification
Experience with Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, and scaled agile framework practices
Proven track record coaching cross-functional teams and facilitating agile ceremonies
Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to influence at multiple organizational levels
Experience with Jira administration and agile project management tools

Preferred Qualifications

SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification
SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification
SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Agile Coaching certification or formal coaching training
PowerBI report creation and dashboard development experience
Experience facilitating workshops and training programs
Six Sigma Green Belt certification

Job Overview

This position guides teams in the execution of agile initiatives to deliver customer value. Employees in this role train and coach in the use of Scrum, Lean, Kanban, XP, and scale agile framework practices.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Trains and coaches leaders, teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindset
Contributes in Communities of Practice (CoP), within the agile network
Promotes and encourages collaboration and transparency and builds trusting relationships between business, delivery, and other entities within the organization
Facilitates periodic synchronization meetings across several different onsite and distributed delivery teams
Prepares program and release backlogs, as well as team and program objectives
Tracks, promotes, and publishes completed program features and program and team objectives
Manages risk and dependencies, communicates and escalates impediments to facilitate transparency, and reduces bottlenecks
Embraces a continuous improvement mindset, and drives the use of agile engineering best practices and innovation
Reports on standardized program-level metrics, and understands, tracks, and operates within the program budget
Plays an instrumental role in the organization's Agile transformation, acts as a change agent, and shows strong leadership skills with a positive and collaborative attitude
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

High School Grad / GED
Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

Supervisor/Management/Leadership Experience: 2+ years

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Information Technology
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Nearest Major Market: Palm Beach
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami

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