Agile Coach Consultant - Remote

Recruit-It; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Part time

Job summary

Recruit-It is seeking an experienced Agile Coach to work remotely with South Africa-based engineering and product teams. The role emphasizes Kanban and Flight Levels to improve delivery flow and predictability, coaching Scrum Masters and Product Owners along with facilitating ceremonies and strategic improvement initiatives.

You will configure and optimise core workflow tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, ClickUp, Asana) and drive data-driven insights using LLM tooling.

Qualifications

• Coaches Kanban/Flight Levels across multiple teams to improve flow.
• Facilitates planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and other ceremonies.
• Diagnoses impediments and designs metrics-driven improvement plans.
• Sets up and optimises team workflow tools for visibility and reliable data.
• Mentors Scrum Masters and coaches to build internal capability.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams and coaches on Agile, Kanban and Flight Levels practices.
• Facilitate key ceremonies and improve team ways of working.
• Diagnose impediments and design improvement plans with metrics.
• Set up and optimise workflow tools (Jira/Azure DevOps/ClickUp/Asana) for visibility.
• Mentor internal coaching capability and promote continuous learning.

Skills

Kanban coaching

Flight Levels coaching

Scrum Master

English communication

Workflow tool configuration

LLM tooling

Education

Agile/Kanban coaching certification (AKC/FLC/ICP-ACC)

CSM/PSM certification

Tertiary degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ClickUp

Asana

Job description

Engagement and location:

• Contract engagement begins with 2 days for 6 months with monthly review checkpoints.
• Remote, with working-hours overlap into the South Africa business day (and, where possible, US Eastern) for facilitated sessions.
• Reports to Chief Technology Officer. Works alongside a separate DevOps consultant who owns the delivery dashboards and their data pipeline.

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Coach teams, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners on Agile, Kanban, and Flight Levels practice to improve flow and delivery predictability.
• Facilitate and continuously improve key ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) and team ways of working, primarily through facilitated group sessions supported by targeted 1:1s.
• Diagnose organisational and team-level impediments and design pragmatic, metrics-driven improvement plans.
• Set up and optimise the team workflow tool (ClickUp is the company standard) so every squad has visible boards, a clean workflow, and reliable flow data. Dashboard build and reporting infrastructure to the DevOps consultant. Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, or Asana is useful for bringing in patterns from elsewhere.
• Configure and optimise workflow tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, ClickUp, Asana) to support visibility, reporting, and flow metrics.
• Build internal coaching capability by mentoring Scrum Masters and coaches.
• Apply LLM/AI tooling to surface delivery insights and accelerate team improvement.

Confident working directly with engineering and product teams to embed sustainable practice change.

Minimum expertise required

• Kanban coach (AKC) or Flight Levels coach (FLC)
• Experience as a scrum master
• Superb English written and verbal communication skills
• Experience configuring a workflow tool (Jira, Azure DevOps, ClickUp, Asana)
• Experience leveraging LLM technology to help teams improve

Seniority and experience:

Senior level individual contributor. Typically, 5+ years’ experience in Agile coaching, Scrum Mastery, or an equivalent role, including at least 2 years coaching multiple teams concurrently. Able to operate with credibility and influence at team and leadership level without formal authority.

Required qualifications:

• Relevant Agile/Kanban coaching certification (e.g., AKC, FLC, ICP-ACC) or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) advantageous.
• Tertiary qualification in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Valid right to work in the applicable jurisdiction.