Agile Coach & Scrum Master

Barclays UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master, where you'll lead the transformation of Agile practices across teams. In this role, you'll mentor and coach colleagues, facilitate workshops, and drive cultural change within an agile environment. Your expertise will be crucial in enhancing team performance and aligning agile initiatives with business goals.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as Agile Coach/Scrum Master preferably in Financial Services Projects.
• Deep Agile Knowledge and understanding of various Agile frameworks.
• Experience in guiding teams and organization in adopting Agile processes.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach teams on Agile principles and methodologies.
• Facilitate colleague development to champion Agile mindset.
• Build high-performing teams by addressing impediments.

Skills

Agile principles

Scrum practices

Systems Thinking

Strategic Thinking

Facilitation

Conflict Navigation

Job description

Join us as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master 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.

The role sits in Trade & transaction reporting technology, and you would be involved in the front-to-back delivery across change and development of Markets Trade and Transaction Reporting obligations.

The TTRT team is looking for an experienced Agile Coach/Scrum Master with a proven track record of coaching teams to transition to Agile methodology and also play the role of Scrum Master. The successful candidate needs to have performed Agile Coach / Scrum Master role in their previous job(s).

To be successful as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master, you should have experience with:

• Prior experience as Agile Coach/Scrum Master preferably in Financial Services Projects
• Demonstrate deep understanding of Agile principles and Scrum practices to guide the team and organization in adopting and improving Agile processes.
• Deep Agile Knowledge and Systems Thinking - Understand various Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS) and how systems interact within an organization

Other highly valued skills include:

• Strategic Thinking - Align Agile initiatives with business goals and long-term vision.
• Facilitation Mastery -Design and lead powerful workshops, retrospectives, and planning sessions that drive insight and action.
• Conflict Navigation - Promote healthy conflict & address tension constructively.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for this 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 will be based out of our Glasgow campus.

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.