Agile Coach

Meritis is an IT consulting, management and development firm founded in 2007, with offices in Paris, Sophia-Antipolis, Aix-en-Provence, Montpellier, Toulouse, Nantes, Lille, ... And now Lisbon! Our mission? To connect the best talents with companies, and give them a head start.

We support our customers in all their digital transformation needs through a wide range of areas of expertise: Software Engineering, Finance, Project Management, Devops, Data, Cloud, Cybersecurity and Agility.

We are active in the banking, insurance, telecommunications, industry and transport sectors, and today 40% of CAC40 companies are Meritis customers.

Backed by our values of high standards, humility, benevolence and proximity, we now employ over 900 people.

We make it a point of honor to be close to our employees and to provide them with individualized support, whatever their position within the company.

Certified Great Place To Work since 2013, our concept of well-being at work goes far beyond a simple label, and it's our employees who speak best of it: https://www.glassdoor.fr/Avis/Meritis-Avis-E1163008.htm.

Objectives of this role

• Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for adopting agile best practices;

• Guide teams in how to stay on track with agile techniques, fine-tuning their approach to ensure that overall strategy is being met;

• Lead agile workshops for business analysts, developers and other IT teams, as well as for key stakeholders;

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, setting goals and milestones and assigning responsibility

• Drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset, and ensure the organization is adhering to industry best practices

Responsibilities

• Facilitate learning and development among employees through individual and team coaching

• Coach senior managers in agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from the top down

• Communicate agile principles, scrum practices, and overall operating model across the organization

• Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by teams

• Undertake daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met

• Maintain objectivity regarding issues and how to troubleshoot them by applying agile principles

• Hold stand-up meetings with cross-functional teams to review project status

• Support teams in determining resource allocations to maintain agile practices and ensure smooth project delivery

Required skills and qualifications

• Three or more years of experience as agile coach

• Experience in using scrum, kanban, and scaled agile framework (SAFe)

• Track record of implementing agile techniques in different work cultures and environments

• Experience in running agile projects of varying size and complexity

• Strong skills for leading, educating, and coaching

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional information:

Are you ready to take on new challenges within an environment conducive to well-being?

Being a consultant at Meritis means:

• Evolving in a company where learning is encouraged: certification training, e-learning, meetUp, code competitions, career paths, etc;
• Being part of communities of experts who share their knowledge and experience;
• Choice of project;
• Benefit from a network of clients who trust us and whom we have built up over the years;
• Work in a friendly environment with a lot of events: lunches, afterworks, teambuilding, annual parties, etc;
• Join a company where it's good to work, certified "Great Place to Work".

Our differences are our assets. That's why Meritis is committed to diversity and non-discrimination. All our jobs are accessible to people with disabilities.

We look forward to hearing from you. You can contact [email protected] if you believe you are a victim or witness of discrimination.