Agile Practitioner

Deutsche Bank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank is looking for an Agile Practitioner to join their London team. In this role, you will champion agile values, facilitate key events, and coach teams to enhance their agile maturity. Candidates should possess significant IT experience, preferably as a Scrum Master, and a strong grasp of various agile frameworks. The position offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and progressive benefits focused on employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary

30 days' holiday

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Qualifications

• Significant IT experience with Scrum Master background.
• Proven Agile practitioner with practical understandings.
• Expert in coaching teams to improve agile maturity.

Responsibilities

• Champion agile mindset and principles across teams.
• Facilitate agile events and support efficient value delivery.
• Coach Product Owners in effective backlog management.

Skills

Scrum Master experience

Agile coaching

Knowledge of Kanban and XP

Excellent communication skills

Proficiency in Jira and Confluence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job Title Agile Practitioner

Location London

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

Our Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) strategy is focused on strengthening engineering expertise, introducing an agile delivery model, as well as modernising the bank's IT infrastructure with long-term investments and taking advantage of cloud computing.

You will be working in the Transaction Monitoring and Data Controls team designing, implementing, and operationalising Java components.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide-ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Champion and coach the agile mindset, values, and principles, serving as a guiding force for teams and the broader organization to deepen their understanding of agile theory and practice
• Facilitate team-level agile events such as Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives, while also supporting tribe-level ceremonies to ensure a smooth and efficient flow of value delivery
• Proactively identify and systematically remove impediments, effectively shielding the team from external distractions to maintain a sharp focus on their critical delivery goals
• Coach Product Owners in the art of effective backlog management, advanced prioritization techniques, and clear stakeholder communication to ultimately maximize business value
• Metric and data driven, foster a robust culture of continuous improvement (Kaizen) by empowering teams to utilize empirical data and key flow metrics (e.g., cycle time, lead time) for thorough process inspection and adaptive adjustments
• Cultivate an environment of psychological safety where open communication, healthy conflict resolution, and learning from failure are not just accepted, but actively encouraged, while guiding teams to take full ownership of their delivery process, including the proactive management of dependencies, risks, and data-driven forecasting

Your skills and experience

• Significant IT experience with experience as a dedicated Scrum Master in a software-driven environment, ideally within banking or a similarly regulated industry
• Proven experience as an Agile practitioner, demonstrating a deep, practical understanding of the Agile Manifesto and principles beyond just ceremony facilitation
• Expertise in coaching, teaching, and mentoring teams and individuals to improve their agile maturity and effectiveness
• Strong experience with agile frameworks beyond Scrum, such as Kanban and XP, and an understanding of when to apply different practices
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience working with globally distributed teams requiring remote interaction
• Proficiency with modern collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence, including the ability to help teams configure boards and generate meaningful metrics

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for six consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [e-mail] to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively, you can share your phone number, and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.