Agile Coach

AXA Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Agile Transformation Coach to lead its transformation towards greater agility. This role involves co-building and supporting an agility transformation plan that encompasses culture, practices, and ways of working. The ideal candidate will provide expert coaching and training across the organization, ensuring that agile principles are effectively implemented and sustained. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation in a dynamic environment where your contributions will drive significant change.

Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements

Enhanced Family Friendly Leave Benefits

Volunteering Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Qualifications

• Expertise in agile transformation and coaching across all levels.
• Ability to develop a new culture and mindset shift within organizations.
• Experience in facilitating large-scale workshops and training sessions.

Responsibilities

• Support the agility transformation plan in collaboration with HR.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to leadership and teams.
• Define OKRs/KPIs to measure and steer the transformation process.

Skills

Agile Coaching

Change Management

Communication Skills

Training and Facilitation

Critical Thinking

Creativity and Innovation

Fluency in English

Education

Certified Agile Coach

Experience in Global Corporate Organization

Tools

Jira

Job description

Agile Transformation Coach

UK

In the context of transforming AXA XL towards more business agility (flexibility, adaptability, speed, effectiveness, scalability, simplicity), we are looking for an Agile Transformation Coach to co-build and support the agility transformation plan (covering practices, way of working and culture), as well as to ensure that expected impacts and benefits associated to this transformation are delivered.

To achieve this transformation, the role provides expert advice, best practices and coaching to the entire organisation (from operational to strategic levels) on how to deploy agile on all its dimensions (change in the culture, organisation agility, management style, ways of working…), including continuous improvement.

The Agile Transformation Coach will be member of the Agile Centre of Expertise, part of the Transformation & Change team: as such, he/she will collaborate with all functions & regions to enable and accelerate AXA XL’s transformation.

DISCOVERyour opportunity

What will your essential responsibilities include?

1.Co-build and support the agility transformation both on human and technical sides:

·‘Be Agile’: in close collaboration with HR, develop a new culture and ensure a mindset shift that includes Leadership team and management levels

·‘Do Agile’: help ensure consistency/ efficiency of Agile practices, processes, tools at company-level to improve agility, delivery, performance.

·Build out and improve the Agile methodology, outlined in our handbook

·Provide practical and soft skills training

·Act for team/organizational development

·Enable to deliver the ‘Agile promise’ of a continuously improving company

2.Cover all aspects of a coaching role

·Advisor: for Leadership team and management via awareness sessions, best-practice sharing, benchmarks…

·Coach/Motivator: to encourage a shift to new culture and paradigm through team/individual mentoring and coaching, communities of practices, co-development…

·Facilitator: Ability to do large scale facilitation at offsites, workshops

·Trainer: for leadership and teams to ensure Agile is properly operated and improved over time

·Leader: help define OKRs/KPIs to measure and steer AXA XL transformation, and communicate/promote change across the organization

You will report to the Transformation & Change Agile Team Lead.

SHARE your talent

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

Required Skills and Abilities:

·Certified Agile Coach

·Significant experience in agile or agile inspired transformation in an global corporate organization

·Experience in change management in the context of transformation

·Outstanding communication and coaching skills

·Experienced trainer, able to create and execute training across all key Agile roles

·Experience of setting up governance structures in Agile programs and initiative

·Knowledge/Experience of Jira (is as advantage)

·High level of maturity in people interface skills, working both across cultures and at various levels of the organisation

·Can-do and hands-on mentality, with a flexible and open-minded personality

·Critical out-of-the-box thinking

·Creative and innovative thinking: capacity to quickly understand and build innovative vision and proposals

·Self-awareness: ability to challenge himself/herself, seek and give feedback

·Fluency in English (written and spoken)

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com

Inclusion & Diversity

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible, and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.

• Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
• Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
• Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
• Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
• Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Sustainability

At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
• AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability