Agile Coach

About the position

• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of agile adoption within the relevant business unit, ensuring practices are consistently refined and embedded.
• Develop, maintain, and strengthen strategic working relationships across multiple functional areas to promote collaboration, alignment, and knowledge sharing.
• Deliver Agile training to new team members and provide ongoing upskilling opportunities for existing teams through modular and targeted learning interventions as required.
• Provide regular insights and feedback to line management regarding team dynamics, risks, and potential challenges impacting delivery or performance.
• Coach teams in the application of the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework, incorporating techniques from various agile methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Extreme Programming.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and enable an environment that supports consistent and successful delivery outcomes.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional relationships to enhance collaboration, innovation, and effective execution of work.
• Guide product delivery teams to ensure adherence to agile ceremonies such as iteration planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Partner with leadership and delivery stakeholders to develop and implement plans aimed at increasing agile maturity, ensuring teams work effectively and sustainably through improved collaboration.
• Ensure retrospectives are conducted at the end of each iteration to support continuous team learning and improvement.
• Track and report on key performance and delivery metrics aligned to the chosen methodology (e.g., Scrum or Kanban).
• Facilitate group sessions including retrospectives, team kick-offs, conflict resolution workshops, and decision-making discussions.
• Provide consistent and constructive feedback based on observed team and individual behaviours to support growth and improvement.
• Deliver Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) training to ensure shared understanding of the framework and its associated methodologies.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of agile frameworks, methodologies, and practices, and understand when each approach is most effectively applied.
• Proactively identify and escalate risks that may impact team performance or delivery outcomes.
• Encourage early identification and resolution of issues, modelling the importance of addressing challenges promptly.
• Actively participate in external agile communities, including forums such as lean coffees and user groups.
• Stay informed on emerging trends and best practices in agile and Disciplined Agile Delivery.
• Share knowledge, insights, and best practices on internal collaboration platforms such as Confluence.
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Agile
• Disciplined Agile Delivery
• Kanban