Job title:
Agile Coach
Company
Randstad
Job description
Agile Coach – London – Hybrid – Contact (until the end of 2025)My Client is searching for an Agile Coach who can join a dynamic team of six members located in London, Copenhagen, and Billund.Responsibilities:
- Support leadership teams, Heads of Product, and key stakeholders in strengthening Agile practices.
- Foster high-performing product teams that collaborate closely with customers.
- Drive digital transformation by helping teams adopt an outcome-driven approach to quarterly goals.
- Guide individuals and teams in embracing transparency, feedback, and continuous improvement.
- Engage with stakeholders at all levels to create alignment and foster a unified team.
- Facilitate retrospectives, mediate conflicts, and establish coaching agreements with measurable goals every three months.
- Serve as the primary Agile coach for product teams in Copenhagen and Billund, balancing strategic leadership support with hands-on coaching.
Systems That Support Us:
- Data-driven decision-making to enhance team effectiveness.
- Functioning as a product team with structured events aligned with our goals.
- A dedicated book club focused on targeted learning themes.
- Metrics to measure impact, including return on time invested (1-5 scale for workshops), lead time, cycle time, and throughput.
- A shared backlog, allowing us to prioritize requests weekly across the organization.
Do you have what it takes?
- A strategic mentality with the ability to challenge assumptions and dive deep into the “why.”
- Experience working with leadership teams, including Heads of Product and Directors.
- A pragmatic, data-driven approach, and a solid ability to dig out root causes.
- Hands-on experience within all Agile Coaching stances and integrity about which of them you need to get better at.
- Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and Agile frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.
- Good experience in designing, facilitating, and driving workshops with larger groups and across teams – in both physical, hybrid, and virtual contexts.
- Familiarity with Jira and an understanding of roadmap challenges in Agile organizations.
- Superb communication and collaboration skills with a direct, confident style that helps simplify complex topics.
- Experience working in larger organizations and understanding slower operational processes compared to startups.
- A proactive approach to fostering alignment, adjusting strategies, and continuously asking the right questions to drive improvement.
- A positive, energized personality that makes collaboration easy and enjoyable.
Additional Information:
- Hybrid – 3 days on-site (London)
- Contract – until the end of 2025
- Rate –
£510 (PAYE) / £675 (Umbrella) – Day Rate (Inside IR35)If you are interested, please apply directly. Alternativley, you can send your CV to bhavika.patel@randstaddigital.comRandstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Fri, 04 Apr 2025 22:43:14 GMT
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