Agile Coach

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking an Agile Coach to guide teams and leaders in adopting Agile practices, aligning them with business goals, and driving continuous improvement. The role focuses on mentoring, coaching, and building high-performing teams while removing barriers and promoting a data-informed culture.

This position can be based in Glasgow, Northampton, or Knutsford, with a strong emphasis on collaboration across business units and sustained Agile transformation.

Qualifications

• Experience guiding teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies.
• Ability to align Agile with strategic goals and delivering client value.
• Coach colleagues to embed Agile ways of working and drive cultural change.
• Identify impediments and foster collaboration, learning, and growth.
• Use data and metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies in alignment to strategic needs and delivering value to clients.
• Facilitate colleague development, embedding Agile mindset and behaviours to drive cultural change.
• Build high-performing teams, address impediments and foster collaboration and learning.
• Drive continuous improvement using data and metrics.
• Collaborate with other Agile Coaches and share best practices across units.
• Own the Agile coaching strategy to improve maturity across the organisation.

Skills

Agile coaching

Mentoring

Facilitation

Data analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Continuous improvement

Job description

Job Description 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.

To be successful as Agile Coach you should have experience with:

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 behaviours 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.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

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.

This role can be based out of Glasgow, Northampton or Knutsford.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.