Agile Coach

TAWANTECH; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

TAWANTECH seeks an experienced Agile Coach to drive Agile maturity across technology teams in Riyadh. You will coach squads, tech leads, and product owners to improve delivery effectiveness, collaboration, and organizational agility.

Role emphasizes onboarding new squads to a standard operating model, removing impediments, and establishing DORA metrics. Requires 8+ years in tech delivery with 3+ years coaching teams and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred.
• 8+ years in technology delivery, including 3+ coaching teams at scale.
• Payments, banking, or regulated financial services experience.
• PSM II, ICP-ACC, or SAFe SPC certification (good to have).

Responsibilities

• Coach squads on Agile principles, frameworks, and behaviors.
• Coach Tech Leads to facilitate ceremonies and delivery cadence.
• Build Product Owner capability and backlog management.
• Coach Kanban teams on flow, WIP limits, and service-level expectations.
• Assess Agile maturity and drive improvements in team effectiveness and delivery performance.
• Onboard new squads to a standard operating model and reduce time-to-productivity.
• Ensure Agile practices satisfy change governance, audit traceability, and regulatory risk controls.
• Establish and monitor DORA and flow metrics in Jira and GitLab.
• Identify and remove organizational and process impediments to delivery.
• Facilitate workshops, retrospectives, and transformation initiatives.
• Support alignment across squads, business lines, and technology initiatives.
• Partner with Chapter Leads on capability development, influencing without direct authority.
• Promote collaboration, transparency, and sustainable delivery.

Skills

Agile coaching

Team coaching

Backlog management

Delivery cadence

Stakeholder alignment

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Purpose:
To drive Agile maturity and continuous improvement across technology teams by coaching teams and stakeholders on Agile principles, practices, and ways of working to improve delivery effectiveness, collaboration, and organizational agility.

Key Accountability Areas:

• Coach squads on Agile principles, frameworks, and behaviors across multiple business lines.

• Coach Tech Leads to facilitate ceremonies and own delivery cadence.

• Build Product Owner capability and effective backlog management.

• Coach Kanban teams on flow, WIP limits, and service-level expectations.

• Assess Agile maturity and drive improvements in team effectiveness and delivery performance.

• Onboard new squads to a standard operating model and reduce time-to-productivity.

• Ensure Agile practices satisfy change governance, audit traceability, and regulatory risk controls.

• Establish and monitor DORA and flow metrics in Jira and GitLab.

• Identify and remove organizational and process impediments to delivery.

• Facilitate workshops, retrospectives, and transformation initiatives.

• Support alignment across squads, business lines, and technology initiatives.

• Partner with Chapter Leads on capability development, influencing without direct authority.

• Promote collaboration, transparency, and sustainable delivery.

People Management:

• Participate in the identification and recruitment of key talents for their respective Department

• Manage, guide and assist direct reports to perform their functional operations in accordance with set policies and procedures

• Set performance objectives, provide necessary support, evaluate/appraise the team and provide regular feedback on performance

• Uphold a high-performance working environment and promote the Organization’s Values

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred.

• 8+ years in technology delivery, including 3+ coaching teams at scale.

• Payments, banking, or regulated financial services experience.

• PSM II, ICP-ACC, or SAFe SPC certification (good to have).