Agile Coach

Join us as Agile Coach at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

Purpose of the Role

Enable teams, Teams of Teams/Agile Release Trains and leaders to adopt and continuously improve Agile ways of working. The role will strengthen product and customer focus, improve delivery flow and predictability, and build sustainable Agile capability across a complex, regulatedorganisation.

SAFeand other scaled-Agile practices should be applied pragmatically to theorganisationalcontext rather than as a rigid blueprint.

Key Accountabilities

• Coach multiple teams, delivery roles and leaders in Agile, Lean and product-led ways of working.
• Support adoption and execution of scaled planning and coordination, including PI Planning readiness, cadence alignment, cross-team collaboration and dependency management.
• Improve flow, predictability, transparency and delivery outcomes through effective backlog management, impediment removal and continuous improvement.
• Use delivery, flow, quality and outcome measures to identify improvement opportunities and guide evidence-based decisions.
• Strengthen customer and business-value focus through iterative delivery, outcome-based planning and value-ledprioritisation.
• Coach and develop Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Release Train Engineers and other key roles, transferring capability and reducing long-term dependency on dedicated coaches.
• Influence leaders and governance forums to address systemic barriers while maintaining appropriate risk, control and regulatory discipline.
• Collaborate with other Agile Coaches and Communities of Practice to share learning and promote consistent, adaptable ways of working

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as an Agile Coachin a large, complex organisation.
• Experience coachingleaders and multiple teamsat team and scaled-delivery levels.
• Strong knowledge ofscaled Agile, including practicalSAFeexperience.
• Experience supporting the adoption of scaled Agile across a large enterprise or business area.
• Experience with PI Planning, cross-team coordination and dependency management.
• Track record of improvingflow, predictability, collaboration and delivery outcomes using data and metrics.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Lean, Scrum and Kanban, with a focus on product and value delivery.
• Strong coaching, facilitation, communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to adapt Agile practices to differentorganisationalneeds, governance requirements and levels of Agile maturity.
• RelevantSAFe, ICAgile, Scrum, Lean, product or coaching certification.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Agile transformation experience in financial services or another complex, regulated environment.
• Experience coachingsenior leaders, Release Train Engineers, Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
• Knowledge ofLean Portfolio Management, value-basedprioritisationand outcome measurement.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery tools and flow, backlog and dependency metrics.

You may be assessed on 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 can be based out of Glasgow, Northampton or Knutsford.

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,…