Summary: The role of Agile Coach focuses on supporting a government client's transformation program by guiding multi-disciplinary product teams in adopting agile methodologies. This hands-on position emphasizes improving delivery maturity and embedding sustainable product practices. The Agile Coach will work closely with teams and stakeholders to establish effective agile processes and continuously enhance delivery capabilities. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and requires SC clearance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver training to multi-disciplinary teams on agile and scaled agile principles
- Assess current agile maturity and tailor coaching to address team-specific challenges and impediments
- Coach teams in adopting and improving agile ceremonies
- Support teams to establish strong team agreements and working norms
- Provide hands-on coaching in prioritisation, capacity planning, backlog management, and flow
- Support teams with definitions of ready and done
- Coach teams on breaking down work into epics, features, and user stories
- Support effective story slicing and managing work that spans multiple iterations
- Help teams use agile delivery tools effectively
- Support reporting on delivery progress using appropriate metrics and visualisations
- Coach teams to prepare for quarterly planning
- Co-facilitate quarterly planning events alongside delivery leadership
- Run end-of-quarter diagnostics with teams and key roles
- Identify maturity improvements and agree next-step coaching plans
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as an Agile Coach working with product-focused teams
- Experience supporting quarterly or multi-team planning
- Practical experience applying OKRs or similar outcome-focused frameworks
- Ability to coach, train, and influence teams with varying levels of agile maturity
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Agile Coach - Product & Delivery Transformation
Location: UK (Hybrid/Remote-first options available)
Clearance: SC clearance
Inside iR35
We are working with a consultancy delivering a major transformation programme for a government client. As part of a shift toward a modern product-led operating model, we are seeking an experienced Agile Coach to support early adopter, multi-disciplinary product teams.
This role is hands-on and delivery focused, working directly with teams as they adopt agile and scaled agile ways of working, improve delivery maturity, and embed sustainable product practices.
The Role
You will work closely with product teams, delivery leads, and senior stakeholders to help teams establish effective agile ways of working and continuously improve their delivery capability.
Key responsibilities include:
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Team Kick-Off & Agile Foundations
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Deliver training to multi-disciplinary teams on agile and scaled agile principles
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Assess current agile maturity and tailor coaching to address team-specific challenges and impediments
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Team Ceremonies & Ways of Working
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Coach teams in adopting and improving agile ceremonies
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Support teams to establish strong team agreements and working norms
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Agile Best Practice Coaching
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Provide hands-on coaching in prioritisation, capacity planning, backlog management, and flow
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Support teams with definitions of ready and done
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Work Breakdown & Story Writing
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Coach teams on breaking down work into epics, features, and user stories
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Support effective story slicing and managing work that spans multiple iterations
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Tooling & Delivery Insight
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Help teams use agile delivery tools effectively
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Support reporting on delivery progress using appropriate metrics and visualisations
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Quarterly Planning Support
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Coach teams to prepare for quarterly planning
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Co-facilitate quarterly planning events alongside delivery leadership
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Capability Assessment & Continuous Improvement
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Run end-of-quarter diagnostics with teams and key roles
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Identify maturity improvements and agree next-step coaching plans
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Essential Skills & Experience
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Strong experience as an Agile Coach working with product-focused teams
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Experience supporting quarterly or multi-team planning
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Practical experience applying OKRs or similar outcome-focused frameworks
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Ability to coach, train, and influence teams with varying levels of agile maturity
Nice to Have
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Experience working within government or highly regulated environments
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Familiarity with recognised public-sector agile delivery standards and assessments
