Agile Coach (3months Fixed Term Contract)
Posted 4 days ago by Insight International (UK) Ltd
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Agile Coach role in Glasgow is a 3-month fixed-term contract aimed at an experienced professional with 12-16+ years of experience. The position focuses on assessing and improving agile delivery and operating models while driving the adoption of product-centric practices. The ideal candidate will facilitate effective product delivery and coach teams towards sustainable agile methodologies in complex environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess existing delivery and operating models to drive agile adoption.
- Enable effective end-to-end product delivery.
- Coach teams on sustainable, outcome-driven agile practices.
- Influence across teams and leadership levels to deliver measurable outcomes.
- Mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile Leaders.
- Drive adoption of effective planning, backlog management, and continuous improvement practices.
- Articulate expected benefits and value realization from proposed changes.
Key Skills:
- 12-16+ years of experience as an Agile Coach or Agile Transformation Lead.
- Strong experience in large, complex enterprise environments.
- Deep understanding of agile frameworks and product-centric delivery models.
- Expertise in OKRs, outcome-based metrics, and value measurement.
- Coaching skills for leaders, executives, and senior stakeholders.
- Tools expertise: Jira, Confluence, Miro.
- Strong data-driven decision-making skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Role: Agile Coach
Location: Glasgow (3days/week On-Site)
Job Type: 3months Fixed Term Contract
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a highly experienced Agile Coach (12-16+ years overall experience) who can assess existing delivery and operating models and drive the adoption of improved agile and product-centric ways of working. The ideal candidate will enable effective end-to-end product delivery and help teams transition toward sustainable, outcome-driven agile practices. This role requires strong coaching and facilitation skills, the ability to influence across teams and leadership levels, and a clear focus on delivering measurable business and delivery outcomes in complex enterprise environments.
Technical Skills:
- Strong experience working as an Agile Coach or Agile Transformation Lead within large, complex enterprise environments.
- Hands-on experience assessing and improving delivery models, operating models, and product practices.
- Deep understanding of agile frameworks, product-centric delivery models, and scaling practices.
- Strong data-driven decision-making and use of agile analytics
- Strong expertise in OKRs, outcome-based metrics, and value measurement
- Coaching leaders, executives, and senior stakeholders on agile mindset and behaviors
- Tools expertise: Jira, Confluence, Miro
- Mentoring Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile Leaders
Process Skills:
- Assess current ways of working across product and delivery teams to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
- Assess current ways of working across product and delivery teams to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
- Coach Product Owners, Scrum Masters, teams, and stakeholders on agile best practices, roles, and responsibilities.
- Drive adoption of effective planning, backlog management, governance, metrics, and continuous improvement practices.
- Clearly articulate expected benefits, outcomes, and value realization resulting from proposed changes and transformations.