Agile Coach
BarclaysUnited Kingdom22 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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Join us as an Agile Coach at Barclays where you'll be working alongside technology Delivery leads and Scrum leads.
To be successful as an Agile Coach, you should have experience with:
This role will be based out of our Knutsford campus.
Purpose of the role
Guides teams, leaders, and organizations in adopting and optimizing Agile practices. To foster an Agile mindset, enhance team performance, and drive continuous improvement by coaching teams in Agile methodologies, facilitating collaboration, and removing barriers to efficiency. Align Agile practices with organisational goals and support long-term, sustainable Agile transformations.
Accountabilities
To be successful as an Agile Coach, you should have experience with:
- Enterprise Level Agile expertise (eg scaling agile frameworks – Scrum, Kanhan, SAFe, hybrid models) with proven experience driving agile transformation.
- Team Coaching and facilitation skills to drive maturity of agile practices.
- Leadership and Organisational influence - influence senior stakeholders to adopt agile ways of working & ability to partner with senior leaders to align agile initiatives with strategic business goals
- Understanding of relevant toolsets – case management systems, workflow automation, regulatory frameworks
- Use of AI tools to analyse agile metrics, sprint performance and leveraging machine learning models for backlog refinement.
- Demonstrable ability for continuous learning – staying updated with agile trends and best practices
This role will be based out of our Knutsford campus.
Purpose of the role
Guides teams, leaders, and organizations in adopting and optimizing Agile practices. To foster an Agile mindset, enhance team performance, and drive continuous improvement by coaching teams in Agile methodologies, facilitating collaboration, and removing barriers to efficiency. Align Agile practices with organisational goals and support long-term, sustainable Agile transformations.
Accountabilities
- Mentor and coach : Guide teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies in alignment to the Business Unit’s strategic needs and delivering value to the client / customers
- Facilitate Colleague Development: Coach and Develop colleagues to embed Agile ways of working, championing an Agile mindset and behaviors to drive cultural change
- Build High-Performing Teams: Help teams identify and address impediments to Agile execution and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
- Continuous Improvement: Use data and metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and growth
- Cross Business Collaboration: Collaborate with other Agile Coaches, share best practice and contribute to a network of Agile champions across Business Units
- Agile Adoption: Own the Agile coaching strategy to continually improve maturity levels across the organisation by embedding best practices.
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