Agile Coach - Gloucester - National Security West

BAE Systems.; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company is seeking an Agile Coach in Gloucester. This role involves guiding teams in Agile methodologies, coaching departments on Agile adoption, and facilitating collaboration. Candidates should have experience in Agile coaching and interacting with stakeholders. The position offers hybrid working options and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Referral Bonus of £5,000

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in offering hands-on advice and coaching to at least one team.
• Led and coached a department or small business unit in agile adoption.
• Facilitated the wider Agile/Scrum community.

Responsibilities

• Help teams understand and implement Agile mindset.
• Guide and mentor teams in Agile practices.
• Facilitate stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Coaching

Stakeholder interaction

Emotional intelligence

Scrum Masters techniques

Tools

Scrum@Scale

LeSS

SAFe

Nexus

Job description

Job Title: Agile Coach

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa: UK: Gloucester

Location: Gloucester – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. Grade: GG08 – GG09. Referral Bonus: £5,000.

Requisition ID: 122419.

About the role

We are looking for a passionate Agile Coach to join our team following continuous growth and success in the UK National Security sector. Behind great solutions are great teams, and our Agile Coaches are there to help support, guide, and coach them to success. In BAE Systems we don't believe in constraining ambition, and therefore view Scrum Masters as Agile Coaches.

This particular role can range from junior to mid‑level so we are happy to talk to candidates who are either starting out in their agile coaching career or who have some experience already, looking for the next career move. For this role you will be based in our Gloucester office with hybrid working arrangements available.

What you could be doing for us

• Our Agile Coaches help individuals, teams and the wider organisation to understand what it means to implement, adopt and embrace an Agile mindset. Agile Coaches come armed with a deep knowledge and understanding of various Agile tools, techniques and frameworks to guide a team or organisation on its journey to unlock and achieve its full potential using Agile methodologies.
• Our Agile Coaches guide, coach and mentor teams and organisations to embrace Agile ways of working to help them thrive in a complex world. Agile Coaches extol the virtues of an Agile mindset by being Agile, not just doing Agile.
• Our Agile Coaches ensure that teams and organisations understand and adhere to Agile theory and practices. The Agile Coach facilitates stakeholder collaboration, removing barriers between stakeholders and the team and/or organisation. The Agile Coach helps everyone to understand and enact an empirical approach for complex work to maximise the value created by the team.
• At a team-level, our Agile Coaches are accountable for the team's effectiveness. The Agile Coach helps the team to perform at its highest level as a whole team and supports the process to enable it to successfully deliver value. They do this by promoting self‑organisation within the team, removing any impediments to the team's progress and facilitating the team's events and ceremonies.
• Our Agile Coaches support healthy team dynamics by creating psychologically safe environments where transparency and trust are catalysts for change and continuous improvement.
• Our Agile Coaches have a people‑centric outlook using their emotional intelligence and soft‑skills to uncover and explore issues impacting the delivery of business value.
• Our Agile Coaches are comfortable in navigating complexity and happy to operate in a range of Agile capacities, including Scrum Master, Kanban facilitator/coach, as well as roles specific to Scaled Agile frameworks.
• Above all, our Agile Coaches are more than a 2‑day certificate Scrum Master – they are change agents, community builders, and leaders in their own right. They are passionate to grow their craft, attend conferences and local meet‑ups, and participate in the business's wider Agile and Scrum communities.

About you

• Experience in offering hands‑on advice and coaching to at least one team which you are not directly responsible for.
• You have led and coached a department or small business‑unit in agile adoption and implementation.
• Facilitated the wider Agile/Scrum community within your organisation.
• You have confidence in interacting with senior stakeholders and mentoring different Scrum/Agile techniques.
• You might have understanding or experience in agile scaling frameworks such as Scrum@Scale, LeSS, SAFe and Nexus.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under‑represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

This vacancy is eligible for the UK Employee Referral Scheme. Amount: £5,000.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we're working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well‑being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.