Agile Coach – Freelance Contract – Shanghai

Detailed Description From Employer:

Agile Coach (Freelance Contract – Shanghai)

We are supporting a global organisation.

We are seeking an experienced Agile Coach to help drive effective delivery across Product and Engineering teams. The Agile Coach will play a key role in shaping high-performing, customer-focused teams that deliver real business value.

You will work across multiple cross-functional teams and stakeholders, creating a culture of continuous improvement, psychological safety, and customer-first thinking. By combining coaching, mentoring, and advisory skills, you’ll influence individuals, teams, and leadership to deliver high-quality software in the most effective way possible.

Contract Details

• Type: Freelance Contract
• Duration: 3 months initially (extension possible)
• Hours: 40 hours per week, full-time
• Rate: Up to €35 per hour
• Location: Onsite, 5 days per week in the Shanghai office

Key Responsibilities Delivery Enablement

• Guide Product and Engineering teams to deliver working software effectively, with a strong focus on customer value and measurable outcomes.
• Support teams in breaking down work, removing blockers, reducing dependencies, and achieving a sustainable pace of delivery.
• Encourage teams to use delivery data and metrics to understand progress and improve performance.
• Promote early feedback loops by enabling teams to deliver working software in small, incremental batches.

Continuous Improvement

• Foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and adaptation within teams.
• Help teams evolve by introducing tools, techniques, and practices that strengthen planning and continuous delivery.
• Work at all levels to identify opportunities for improvement, set clear goals, and support teams in achieving them.

Culture & Psychological Safety

• Create an environment where teams feel safe to share ideas, experiment, and challenge assumptions.
• Use techniques such as root cause analysis and “5 Whys” to help teams address challenges and implement sustainable solutions.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify, engage, and align key stakeholders around delivery outcomes and change initiatives.
• Facilitate effective communication and buy-in through clear storytelling, transparency, and responsiveness to concerns.
• Guide stakeholders through change management processes to ensure successful adoption of new ways of working.

Coaching & Leadership Influence

• Mentor individuals and teams, drawing on your background in Product, Engineering, or Design.
• Influence behavioral change, helping teams adopt continuous delivery practices and focus on business value.
• Provide advisory support to leaders and stakeholders, sharing best practices and shaping organizational agility.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as an Agile Coach in a technology-driven environment.
• Strong background in Engineering, Product, or Design, with hands-on experience working alongside delivery teams.
• Deep understanding of agile principles, delivery metrics, and continuous improvement practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and communicate effectively at all levels.
• A coaching mindset, with the ability to mentor teams and leaders, instill psychological safety, and foster cultural change.