Agile Coach

As an Agile Coach you will be responsible for the line-management and leadership of people and teams within Group IT. The Agile Coach will be responsible for the management of people and processes. Agile coaches will be responsible for the day-to-day management of people and teams, including recruitment, the setting and monitoring of individual & team performance objectives, monitoring performance against these objectives, employee engagement, administering and enforcing HR practices (including any disciplinary actions), helping manage resource capacity and ensuring personal development of the individuals within their team. 
The role will require liaising with the technical leads and product managers to obtain feedback, set objectives assist with team performance and work on process improvements. The role of Agile Coach also focuses on oversight of core IT processes and practices, in particular the adoption and implementation by teams of relevant agile practices. While our aim is to have self-managed teams following agile practices, agile coaches will support teams, in particular intervening in under-performing teams to aid improvement and will seek to enable teams in becoming high-performing, self-managed teams.