Location: Brussels, Belgium (Hybrid) (2-3 days/week onsite)

Languages: Dutch & English

Contract duration: until 31/12/2025 (renewable)

Job Description

Role Overview:

As the Lead Coach, you will spearhead the coaching practice within a large-scale digital transformation initiative. You will lead a team of Agile & Product Coaches, driving the adoption and maturity of new ways of working across the organization using a scaled agile framework and driving more efficient delivery. Your mission is to foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and customer-centricity, enabling teams and leaders to deliver value faster and more effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Strategy
• Define and execute the coaching strategy aligned with the organization’s digital transformation goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Coaches, ensuring consistent and high-impact coaching across domains.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align agile practices with business objectives and transformation roadmap.
• Framework Implementation
• Guide the adoption and scaling of the Product Model framework across multiple teams and departments.
• Ensure alignment between agile practices and governance, compliance, and delivery standards.

Coaching & Enablement:

• Coach teams, Tribe Leads, Product Owners, on agile principles, roles, and ceremonies as defined within the Products and Capabilities Model.
• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and agile maturity assessments. Change Management & Culture
• Act as a change agent, helping teams and leaders navigate the cultural shift toward agility.
• Identify and address organizational impediments to agile adoption and performance.
• Work with the core team to define standards in digestible, teachable formats
• Collaborate with change team to simplify and explain Product Model concepts
• Help design learning materials and methods

Metrics & Continuous Improvement:

• Define and track agile maturity and performance metrics.
• Use data-driven insights to continuously improve agile practices and team effectiveness.
• Share best practices and lessons learned across the organization.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience leading agile transformations in large, complex organizations.
• Deep expertise in agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Spotify, etc.).
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring abilities.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Professional, Agile Certified Expert) are a plus.