Join us as an Agile Coach at Barclays, where you will 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.
To be successful as Agile Coach, you should have:
Led and supported the Product Community of Practice, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across product teams.
Supported GitLab implementation and adoption, driving improvements in workflow management, team collaboration, and delivery processes.
Coaching and mentoring individuals, teams and leaders on agile principles.
Change leadership and organisational transformation.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
Facilitation and workshop design/execution.
Agile/Lean framework knowledge (SAFe, Scrum, Lean).
Strong tooling and metrics knowledge (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Flow Metrics, GitLab.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role will be based in Edinburgh.
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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.
