Agile Project Consultant

Who is Trace3?

Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to our clients. Equipped with elite engineering and dynamic innovation, we empower IT executives and their organizations to achieve competitive advantage through a process of Integrate, Automate, Innovate.

Our culture at Trace3 embodies the spirit of a startup with the advantage of a scalable business. Employees can grow their career and have fun while doing it!

Trace3 is headquartered in Irvine, California. We employ more than 1,200 people all over the United States. Our major field office locations include Denver, Indianapolis, Grand Rapids, Lexington, Los Angeles, Louisville, Texas, San Francisco.  

Ready to discover the possibilities that live in technology?

 

Come Join Us!

Street-Smart - Thriving in Dynamic Times

We are flexible and resilient in a fast-changing environment. We continuously innovate and drive constructive change while keeping a focus on the “big picture.” We exercise sound business judgment in making high-quality decisions in a timely and cost-effective manner. We are highly creative and can dig deep within ourselves to find positive solutions to different problems.

Juice - The “Stuff” it takes to be a Needle Mover

We get things done and drive results. We lead without a title, empowering others through a can-do attitude. We look forward to the goal, mentally mapping out every checkpoint on the pathway to success, and visualizing what the final destination looks and feels like.

Teamwork - Humble, Hungry and Smart

We are humble individuals who understand how our job impacts the company's mission. We treat others with respect, admit mistakes, give credit where it’s due and demonstrate transparency. We “bring the weather” by exhibiting positive leadership and solution-focused thinking. We hug people in their trials, struggles, and failures – not just their success. We appreciate the individuality of the people around us.

 

About the Role:

Trace3’s Management Consulting practice partners with organizations to drive both operational and cultural transformation for greater business agility and technology-enabled performance. As an Agile Project Consultant (APC), you will champion change across complex, multi-workstream client environments—serving as an expert in agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), agile leadership, and enterprise-scale transformation. You will blend team coaching, hands-on delivery management, technical enablement (including DevOps and toolchain integration), and strategic consulting, acting as a trusted advisor to both business and IT leaders.

This position is a Contract position with the possibility of converting to full-time. 

Lead Agile Transformation & Coaching

• Guide multi-team, multi-workstream agile adoption and transformation to deliver business value.
• Coach cross-functional teams, client stakeholders (including leaders), scrum masters, product owners, and business units on agile mindset, frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, other scaling frameworks), and best practices.
• Facilitate and evolve agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives), championing a culture of continuous improvement and psychological safety.
• Architect, measure, and iterate on organizational agile change roadmaps.

Technical Project Leadership

• Oversee and manage technical agile delivery for multiple teams, ensuring alignment to product vision and business goals.
• Collaborate with technical SMEs, architects, and DevOps engineers to remove impediments, escalate risks, and improve the flow of work.
• Enable backlog creation/maintenance, manage sprint/release planning, and engage in release coordination.
• Drive continuous DevOps process optimization, toolchain integration (Jira/Confluence, Azure DevOps, etc.), automation, and reporting.

Strategic and Organizational Consulting

• Partner with senior client leaders to embed agility in operating models, support process improvement/waste elimination, and align delivery models to corporate strategy.
• Support and facilitate org design efforts: map roles/responsibilities, establish reporting structures, clarify team accountabilities, and build communities of practice.
• Advise on change management best practices, proactively identify/overcome resistance, and drive stakeholder alignment.

Enablement, Metrics, and Training

• Develop and deliver agile training material