Agile Coach

Purpose of the role

The agile coach will mentor and guide our employees in how to figure out the best solutions for their specific departmental challenges. This person will analyze our organization’s existing infrastructure and implement improvements to help streamline processes and create efficiencies. Ultimately, the agile coach will play a key role in long-term strategy across the business, helping our teams deliver better products in a faster, more efficient manner.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate learning and development among employees through individual and team coaching. 
• Coach management in Agile practices to ensure adoption of best practices from the top down. 
• Communicate Agile principles, SCRUM practices, and overall operating model across the organization. 
• Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures by teams. 
• Work closely with leadership to align agile transformation with business goals.  
• Develop and deliver agile training programs tailored to team maturity levels.  
• Act as a catalyst for cultural change—encouraging transparency, accountability, and experimentation.  Define, track, and report on agile performance metrics (velocity, lead time, team health, etc.).  
• Help teams use data to drive improvement without creating a culture of micromanagement.  
• Maintain objectivity regarding issues and how to troubleshoot them by applying Agile principles. 
• Hold stand-up meetings with cross-functional teams to review project status. 

Competence and skills

Soft skills:

• Strong skills for leading, educating and coaching  
• Being able to take on different points of view. Act as either a problem solver up to being the challenger of proposals 

Hard skills:

• Five or more years' experience as Agile Coach  
• Experience in using SCRUM and Kanban  
• Track record of Implementing Agile techniques in different work cultures and environments  
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills In English language  
• Strong understanding of team dynamics, agile delivery metrics, and lean thinking.  
• Certified Scrum.org PSM I and PSM II  

If you find it relevant , send details on jobs@devrepublic.nl or call on 9106955616