Senior Business Agility Coach

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Welwyn Garden City is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to drive organizational change and promote Agile practices. The ideal candidate will have over 6 years of experience in Agile coaching, excellent facilitation skills, and relevant Agile certifications. This role offers a blend of office and remote work to foster collaboration and innovation, along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Excellent benefits package

Career development opportunities

Diverse working patterns

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Agile coaching or related roles.
• Experience in leading organisational change initiatives.
• Strong understanding of Agile & Lean frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and understand context to tailor impactful changes.
• Define optimal solutions using industry best practices.
• Coach leaders on adopting an Agile mindset.

Skills

Agile coaching

Facilitation skills

Conflict resolution

Metrics-based decision making

Collaborative problem-solving

Education

Relevant Agile certifications

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home, out shopping, on the move, anywhere in the world.

We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for, we’re finding bigger and better ways to provide it.

Everything is underpinned by our continuous drive for the best tools and technology to deliver our vision. We’re driving innovation and transforming Technology to become the world’s leading e-commerce business.

We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers. Passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return, we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package, and significant career development opportunities.

Joining us means playing a part in: defining, building and launching an ambitious roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over the years to come.

About the Business Agility Team

The Business Agility team’s mission is to enable Technology & Online to win together by building adaptable capabilities, demonstrating agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working, and driving continuous excellence.

• Analyse and understand context (people, process, product) to tailor impactful changes and solutions.
• Identify challenges based on insights, business priorities, and the Business Agility mission and strategy
• Define optimal solutions using industry best practices and Tesco's context.
• Create and implement change initiatives suited to context and scale of impact
• Develop and deliver targeted learning experiences based on audience knowledge.
• Facilitate ad-hoc sessions for large groups to promote collaboration and learning.
• Coach leaders on adopting an Agile mindset and practices.
• Establish metrics to assess the effectiveness of Agile practices and initiatives, using data to inform decision-making and adjustments.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align on initiatives and maximise success.
• Continuously evaluate and adapt Agile practices based on trends and needs

• 6+ years of experience in Agile coaching or related roles, with a proven track record of working with multiple teams to solve common challenges
• Demonstrated experience in leading organisational change initiatives, successfully managing resistance and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to use metrics and data to guide decision-making, and drive improvement initiatives.
• Experience in resolving conflicts, facilitating discussions to promote collaboration and problem-solving.
• Familiarity with common tools (e.g., Aha, Jira) and collaboration platforms (e.g., Confluence, Miro).
• Relevant Agile certifications (Certified Scrum Master, ICAgile Agile Coaching, ICAgile Team facilitation, Kanban Foundation)
• Strong understanding of Agile & Lean frameworks and methodologies, both in theory and practice.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring abilities.
• Proven ability to influence and lead change at different organisational levels, knowing when to step in and out
• Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in managing and facilitating organisational change initiatives.
• Ability to address and resolve conflicts constructively.
• Flexibility to adapt Agile practices to suit different contexts.
• Proficiency in using metrics and data to guide decisions and assess performance.
• Experience in designing and delivering training programs for diverse audiences.
• Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders for alignment and support.
• Capacity to mentor and develop future Agile leaders.

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.