Agile Coach

Barclays; Glasgow, Northampton, Knutsford; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Barclays Agile Coaching Team

Job summary

Barclays is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to drive the evolution of its digital landscape and deliver enhanced customer experiences. You will enable teams, leaders and agile release trains to adopt scalable practices, applying SAFe pragmatically within a regulated environment.

You will coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners and other roles, collaborate across communities of practice, and influence governance to remove barriers while maintaining risk controls. Hybrid work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Agile Coach in a large, complex organisation.
• Experience coaching leaders and multiple teams at team and scaled-delivery levels.
• Strong knowledge of scaled Agile, including practical SAFe experience.
• 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 improving flow, 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 different organisational needs, governance requirements and levels of Agile maturity.
• Relevant SAFe, ICAgile, Scrum, Lean, product or coaching certification.

Responsibilities

• 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-led prioritisation.
• 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

Skills

Agile coaching experience

Coaching leaders & teams

SAFe knowledge

Scaled Agile adoption

PI Planning

Delivery metrics

Agile/Lean/Scrum/Kanban

Coaching & facilitation

Adaptability to org needs

Certifications

Job description

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 anAgile Coachin a large, complexorganisation.
• Experience coachingleaders and multiple teamsat team and scaled-delivery levels.
• Strong knowledge ofscaled Agile, including practicalSAFeexperience.
• Experience supporting theadoption of scaled Agile across a large enterprise or business area.
• Experience withPI Planning, cross-team coordination and dependency management.
• Track record of improvingflow, predictability, collaboration and delivery outcomes using data and metrics.
• Strong knowledge ofAgile, Lean, Scrum and Kanban, with a focus on product and value delivery.
• Strongcoaching, 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 infinancial 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 withAgile 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, 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.