About this role
Salary: £61,000 - 101,000 per year
Requirements
- Hands-on experience advising and coaching at least one team you are not directly responsible for.
- Experience leading and coaching a department or small business unit in Agile adoption and implementation.
- Experience facilitating an organisation-wide Agile or Scrum community.
- Confidence interacting with senior stakeholders and mentoring others in different Scrum and Agile techniques.
- An understanding of, or experience with, Agile scaling frameworks such as Scrum@Scale, LeSS, SAFe or Nexus may be beneficial.
- Applicants must achieve at least Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). Many roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, which typically require 5 to 10 years of continuous UK residency, depending on the vetting level.
- Security and export control restrictions may affect eligibility based on factors including nationality, previously held nationalities and place of birth.
Responsibilities
- Help individuals, teams and the wider organisation understand, adopt and embrace an Agile mindset.
- Use knowledge of Agile tools, techniques and frameworks to guide teams and organisations in realising their potential through Agile methodologies.
- Guide, coach and mentor teams and organisations in Agile ways of working.
- Model an Agile mindset and help teams and organisations understand and follow Agile theory and practices.
- Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders and teams or organisations, helping remove barriers.
- Help teams apply an empirical approach to complex work and maximise the value they create.
- Support team effectiveness and help teams perform at their highest level while enabling successful value delivery.
- Promote team self-organisation, help remove impediments and facilitate team events and ceremonies.
- Foster healthy team dynamics and psychologically safe environments that support transparency, trust and continuous improvement.
- Use emotional intelligence and people skills to identify and explore issues affecting business-value delivery.
- Work across Agile capacities, including Scrum Master, Kanban facilitator or coach, and roles in Scaled Agile frameworks.
- Continue developing Agile expertise, participate in conferences and local meet-ups, and contribute to our wider Agile and Scrum communities.
Technologies
- ARM
- Support
- Kanban
- LESS
- Nexus
- Security
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We are the digital and intelligence arm of a major defence company, with 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts working collaboratively across 10 countries. We help governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses unlock digital advantage in demanding environments. We are seeking an Agile Coach to join our growing UK National Security team, based in our Gloucester office, with hybrid working available. The role is part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, integrity and merit, and supports people to fulfil their potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and can consider reasonable adjustments during recruitment. Our hybrid working model enables colleagues to work from home, another office or a client site, with flexibility intended to support work-life balance and wellbeing. This vacancy is eligible for a £5,000 UK Employee Referral Scheme.
last updated 43 week of 2026