Agile Coach
Posted 1 week ago by Square One Resources
£350 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Summary: The Agile Coach role involves managing and enhancing a high-performing engineering team within a leading financial services organization. The position requires implementing process improvements and collaborating with various stakeholders to align technology initiatives with business objectives. The contract is set to last until the end of the year, with a focus on fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence. The role is based in Glasgow with a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
Key Skills:
- 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.
- Agile certifications and qualifications.
- Previous experience as a Scrum Master.
- Strong background in technical development.
Salary (Rate): £350 per day
City: Glasgow
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Agile Coach
Location: Glasgow/hybrid
Salary/Rate: Up to £350 per day INSIDE IR35
Start Date: 16/06/2025
Job Type: Contract
Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading financial services clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Agile Coach to join their team for a contract until the end of the year.
Job Responsibilities/Objectives
- 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.
Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:
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.
- Agile certifications and qualifications.
- Previous experience as a Scrum Master.
- Strong background in technical development.
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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