Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Gloucester
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.
Job Title: Agile Coach
Requisition ID: 122419
Location: Gloucester – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Grade: GG08 – GG09
Referral Bonus: £5,000
About the role
We are looking for a passionate Agile Coach to join our team following continuous growth and success in the UK National Security sector. Behind great solutions are great teams, and our Agile Coaches are there to help support, guide, and coach them to success. In BAE Systems we don’t believe in constraining ambition, and therefore view Scrum Masters as Agile Coaches.
This particular role can range from junior to mid-level so we are happy to talk to candidates who are either starting out in their agile coaching career or who have some experience already, looking for the next career move. For this role you will be based in our Gloucester office with hybrid working arrangements available.
What you could be doing for us
* Help individuals, teams and the wider organisation understand what it means to implement, adopt and embrace an Agile mindset.
* Guide, coach and mentor teams and organisations to embrace Agile ways of working to help them thrive in a complex world.
* Ensure teams and organisations understand and adhere to Agile theory and practices, facilitate stakeholder collaboration, and remove barriers between stakeholders and the team or organisation.
* At a team-level, be accountable for the team’s effectiveness, promote self-organisation, remove impediments and facilitate the team’s events and ceremonies.
* Support healthy team dynamics by creating psychologically safe environments where transparency and trust are catalysts for change and continuous improvement.
* Use a people‑centric outlook with emotional intelligence and soft skills to uncover and explore issues impacting the delivery of business value.
* Operate comfortably in a range of Agile capacities, including Scrum Master, Kanban facilitator/coach, and roles specific to Scaled Agile frameworks.
* Act as a change agent, community builder, and leader, growing your craft, attending conferences and meet‑ups, and participating in the business’s wider Agile and Scrum communities.
About you
* Experience offering hands‑on advice and coaching to at least one team which you are not directly responsible for.
* Have led and coached a department or small business‑unit in Agile adoption and implementation.
* Facilitated the wider Agile/Scrum community within your organisation.
* Confident in interacting with senior stakeholders and mentoring different Scrum/Agile techniques.
* Have understanding or experience in Agile scaling frameworks such as Scrum@Scale, LeSS, SAFe, and Nexus.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under‑represented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role.
This vacancy is eligible for the UK Employee Referral Scheme. Amount: £5,000.
Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.
By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well‑being.
Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.
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