Agile Coach / Behaviour Coach
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£600 Per day
Inside
Onsite
London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
Summary: The Agile Coach / Behaviour Coach role focuses on leading behaviour change within a large-scale agile transformation in a retail environment. The position emphasizes shifting mindsets from traditional project delivery to agile methodologies, requiring collaboration with various stakeholders. The role involves coaching teams and individuals, driving product and value delivery, and embedding people-centric leadership practices. This position is expected to deliver measurable improvements in engagement and team maturity over an initial two-month contract with strong potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead behaviour change across teams and leadership
- Coach individuals and groups on agile ways of working
- Drive the shift from project mindset to product and value delivery
- Develop and coach internal trainers to improve their impact and credibility
- Embed people centric leadership across delivery functions
- Support adoption of SAFe and enterprise operating models
- Apply performance coaching techniques to improve team effectiveness
- Challenge existing behaviours and ways of working where needed
- Operate at both strategic and hands-on levels
- Deliver measurable improvement in engagement, delivery outcomes and team maturity
Key Skills:
- Strong Agile Coach or Behaviour Coach background
- Proven experience within retail environments
- Track record of driving behavioural change at scale
- Deep understanding of agile frameworks including SAFe
- Experience with AOC, EOC and broader operating model transformation
- Strong performance coaching capability
- Experience coaching senior stakeholders including Heads of and Directors
- Comfortable working with engineering and delivery communities
- Ability to influence without authority
- Clear and pragmatic communication style
Salary (Rate): £600 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
description: Agile Coach / Behaviour Coach £500 - £600 per day - Inside IR352 months initial - Strong scope to extendLondon - Two / Three days per week on siteThis role sits within a large-scale agile transformation in a retail environment. The focus is not tooling or process alone, it's behaviour change. The client is moving from traditional project delivery to a true agile model. This requires a shift in mindset across delivery, engineering and leadership.You will work closely with product managers, project managers, engineering managers as well as delivery leads, supporting experienced teams as they evolve established ways of working into more Agile centric, high performing, collaborative and outcome-driven delivery practices.Expectations:Lead behaviour change across teams and leadershipCoach individuals and groups on agile ways of workingDrive the shift from project mindset to product and value deliveryDevelop and coach internal trainers to improve their impact and credibilityEmbed people centric leadership across delivery functionsSupport adoption of SAFe and enterprise operating modelsApply performance coaching techniques to improve team effectivenessChallenge existing behaviours and ways of working where neededOperate at both strategic and hands on levelsDeliver measurable improvement in engagement, delivery outcomes and team maturityExperience Required:Strong Agile Coach or Behaviour Coach backgroundProven experience within retail environmentsTrack record of driving behavioural change at scaleDeep understanding of agile frameworks including SAFeExperience with AOC, EOC and broader operating model transformationStrong performance coaching capabilityExperience coaching senior stakeholders including Heads of and DirectorsComfortable working with engineering and delivery communitiesAbility to influence without authorityClear and pragmatic communication styleReasonable Adjustments:Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.