Agile Coach

Agile Coach

An Agile coach's main goal is to promote, spread and safeguard the Agile mind-set in the organisation, in line with the Agile transformation going on. The successful candidate will coach and assist people in all layers of the organization in thinking and behaving according to the Agile mind-set in their day-to-day job. He/she does this by leveraging his/her understanding of I2M/R&D processes and software development.

As a subject matter expert of the process and mindset, the candidate coaches, enables and educates people in different levels of the organisation in (Scaled) Agile and Scrum. Furthermore, you will play an enabling role to make (Scaled) Agile and Scrum a success by consulting Agile teams, business and executive management in thinking and behaving with a focus on creating value. During the transformation towards Agile, you will act in a consulting role for decision making and is a player in the actual transformation trajectory. He/she specifically fosters and grows other agile coaches.

Next to the coaching and consulting role, the Agile Coach is active in organising and driving Agile Communities on a global scale.

The Agile coach is someone who is experienced in implementing agile projects in R&D and can share that experience with a project team. The agile coach is responsible for taking a team through the (cultural) change into self-governance and rapid delivery cycles by providing feedback and advice.

Required
- 5+ years of experience working in an R&D or SW-intensive organization
- Experience with Agile transformations in complex software environments, preferably in R&D
- Experience with Agile best practices in the current industry
- Experience in implementing Agile techniques in different cultures and environments
- Experience on successfully run agile projects of varying size and complexity
- Certified and proven experience in Agile methodologies
- Extensive knowledge on the Agile mindset, Lean and various Agile methodologies
- Ability to communicate and connect to different levels within an R to serve in a mentoring or coaching role
- Creative way of thinking, problem solving, thinking in opportunities, and can-do mentality
- Ability to provide objective guidance, without personal or political considerations

For more details on this role please contact Luke Tapping on (see below) Whitehall Resources are leading ERP Recruitment specialist in the provision of SAP, Oracle & IT recruitment in the UK and Internationally.