Agile Coach

  • UK Only
  • Capgemini
Job Description:

Capgemini’s financial services specialists provide a complete range of technology services to help our clients capture sustainable business results. Our Financial Services Strategic Business Unit (FS SBU) is a global organisation that focuses on key financial services domains: banking, capital markets, insurance, cards & payments, wealth and asset management, and risk management & compliance.

The focus of your role

In this role, you’ll be part of our Software Development & Maintenance practice, helping to deliver software transformation programmes, including multi-country implementation of leading software products for large banks.

What you’ll do

• As a servant leader and change agent, coach, inspire and mentor teams on Agile principles, values and practices while role modelling customer’s leadership behaviours.

• Facilitate and reinforce Agile practices for multiple teams working toward common business outcomes, including backlog refinement and prioritisation.

• Understand and support implementation of metrics to optimise delivery of KPIs through the assessment of responsiveness, quality, productivity, and customer and business value.

• Support multiple Agile teams to ensure progress toward objectives, goals and commitments. Guide assigned Agile teams to deliver the required product increments.

• Actively raise observed issues and remove impediments; resolve conflicts within and across teams. Anticipate challenges, identify risks, and recommend mitigations and solutions.

• Continuously assess the Agile maturity of teams and individuals at all levels of leadership, educating and mentoring to address gaps.

• Participate in both the internal and external Agile community to stay abreast of challenges, leading practices, and emerging trends; utilise learnings in furthering the effective use of Agile practices at the bank.

• Facilitate open communication among teams and stakeholders; promote positive team dynamics to ensure members collaborate and work effectively within and across teams.

• Use coaching techniques that increase collaboration, transparency and promote a culture of experimentation and innovation.

What you’ll bring

• Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles, practices and methodologies to achieve team success.

• Change Agent: Expert change leadership skills including the ability to create an inclusive environment, manage conflict and develop solutions to mitigate risk.

• Coaching: Ability to utilize tailored coaching techniques to inspire individuals and teams to perform at a higher level.

• Influence: Ability to influence behaviours of leaders at all levels and without traditional hierarchy.

• Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team.

• Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts, practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience.

• Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional multi-team environment. • Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others and encourage team development.

Why we’re different

At Capgemini, we help organisations across the world become more agile, more competitive and more successful. Smart, tailored, often-ground-breaking technical solutions to complex problems are the norm. But so, too, is a culture that’s as collaborative as it is forward thinking. Working closely with each other, and with our clients, we get under the skin of businesses and to the heart of their goals. You will too.

Capgemini positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are committed to hiring, developing and retaining the best people to deliver innovative, world-class solutions for our clients. We foster an inclusive culture that enables everyone to achieve their full potential and enjoy a fulfilling career with us. Our comprehensive flexible benefits package and lifestyle policies enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life needs.

What we’ll offer you

Professional development. Accelerated career progression. An environment that encourages entrepreneurial spirit. It’s all on offer at Capgemini. And although collaboration is at the core of the way we work, we also recognise individual needs with a flexible benefits packag

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