Agile Coach - Banking (Glasgow)
Posted 4 days ago by Square One Resources
£440 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Glasgow, UK
Summary: The Agile Coach role in Glasgow involves developing scrum principles and sprint goals to enhance a high-performing technology team within a banking context. The position requires expertise in implementing large-scale agile frameworks and facilitating stakeholder negotiations. This contract role is inside IR35 and is expected to last until the end of 2026. The Agile Coach will also contribute to process improvements and align technology initiatives with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop scrum principles and sprint goals aligned to industry best practices and the bank's objectives.
- Manage and foster a high-performing engineering team by providing technical guidance and support.
- Identify and implement process improvement initiatives to enhance the technology development process.
- Stay updated on industry technology trends and contribute to the organization's technology communities.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, and other technology teams to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
- Manage resources, budgets, and policies while delivering continuous improvements.
Key Skills:
- Experience with large-scale agile frameworks.
- Previous experience as an Agile Coach in an enterprise setting.
- Facilitation of negotiations with stakeholders.
- Agile certifications and qualifications.
- Experience as a Scrum Master.
- Strong background in technical development.
- Skills in risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital technology.
Salary (Rate): £440 per day
City: Glasgow
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Agile Coach - Banking (Glasgow)
Location: Glasgow (2-3x per week)
Salary/Rate: £440 per day
Start Date: Feb/March
Job Type: Inside IR35 contract till end of 2026
Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Agile Coach to join their banking client for a contract until the end of the year.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
You will be responsible for developing scrum principles and sprint goals aligned to industry best practices and the banks objectives, to foster a high-performing technology team and support the successful progression on scrum projects as an Agile Coach.
To be successful as an Agile Coach you should have experience with:
? Implementations and executions of large-scale agile frameworks.
? Previous experience as an Agile coach in an enterprise setting.
? Facilitated negotiations at various levels with stakeholders.
Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include
? Agile certifications and qualifications.
? Previous experience as a Scrum Master.
? Strong background in technical development.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Purpose of the role
To develop scrum principles and sprint goals aligned to industry best practices, and the banks objectives, to foster a high-performing technology team and support the successful progression on scrum projects.
Accountabilities
? Management and fostering of a high performing engineering team, by providing high quality technical guidance and support to resolve complex challenges aligned to the banks technology practices, industry best practice and the banks business objectives.
? Identification and implementation of process improvement initiatives to enhance the technology development process in an efficient and effect manner.
? Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and innovations, actively contributing to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.
? Collaboration with business stakeholders, developers and other technology teams to ensure technology initiatives align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements.
Agile Coach Expectations
? To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
? If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department's future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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