Delivery Coach

Jobtailor; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an Experienced Delivery Coach in New Zealand to guide teams in planning, prioritisation, and delivery flow. You will support Big Room Planning, improve visibility via dashboards, and develop practical playbooks and training resources to lift capability.

You will lead coaching initiatives, foster Communities of Practice, and drive sustainable improvements across Digital by embedding collaborative, data-driven delivery practices.

Qualifications

• Experienced Delivery Coach with a track record coaching Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery.
• Advanced coaching, facilitation and mentoring skills.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience improving delivery culture and capability.
• Solid knowledge of delivery planning, metrics and reporting.
• Proven Jira experience, including workflows, boards and dashboards.
• Experience supporting and embedding change.
• Legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
• CV and brief cover letter required.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams on planning, prioritisation, capacity and delivery flow.
• Support Big Room Planning and continuous planning practices.
• Improve delivery visibility through metrics, dashboards and Jira.
• Facilitate planning and capability-building sessions.
• Develop practical standards, playbooks and training resources.
• Lead and support delivery Communities of Practice.
• Help embed sustainable improvements across Digital.
• Coach, mentor and facilitate teams and leaders to strengthen delivery practices, planning and performance.
• Help teams select the right approach for their context.
• Improve delivery visibility and embed a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Delivery coaching

Agile coaching

Facilitation

Mentoring

Stakeholder engagement

Influencing capability

Coaching and mentoring

Delivery planning

Metrics and reporting

Change facilitation

Tools

Jira

Dashboards

Job description

• Coach teams on planning, prioritisation, capacity and delivery flow
• Support Big Room Planning and continuous planning practices
• Improve delivery visibility through metrics, dashboards and Jira
• Facilitate planning and capability-building sessions
• Develop practical standards, playbooks and training resources
• Lead and support delivery Communities of Practice
• Help embed sustainable improvements across Digital
• Coach, mentor and facilitate teams and leaders to strengthen delivery practices, planning and performance
• Help teams select the right approach for their context
• Improve delivery visibility and embed a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement

Requirements

• Experienced delivery coach
• Experience coaching Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery
• Advanced coaching, facilitation and mentoring skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
• Experience improving delivery culture and capability
• Strong knowledge of delivery planning, metrics and reporting
• Proven Jira experience, including workflows, boards and dashboards
• Experience supporting and embedding change
• Legal right to live and work in New Zealand
• CV and brief cover letter required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in coaching teams on Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies, with a strong focus on improving delivery culture, planning, and performance through metrics and collaboration. Proven ability to facilitate change and develop training resources to enhance team capabilities.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Experienced Delivery Coach
• Agile Coaching
• Jira Proficiency
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Facilitation Skills

Hard Skills

• Delivery Planning
• Metrics and Reporting
• Continuous Improvement
• Capacity Planning
• Coaching and Mentoring

Soft Skills

• Influencing Capability
• Collaboration
• Facilitation

Industry Keywords

• Big Room Planning
• Communities of Practice
• Delivery Culture

Tools & Technologies

• Jira
• Dashboards