Overview
Job Title: Agile Coach
Location: Knutsford UK
About the Job you are considering: As an Agile Coach you will develop scrum principles and sprint goals aligned to industry best practices and the bank’s objectives to foster a high performing technology team and support the successful progression on scrum projects.
Hybrid working
The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home. You will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.
Your Role
* Management and fostering of a high performing engineering team by providing high quality technical guidance and support to resolve complex challenges aligned to the bank’s technology practices, industry best practice, and the bank’s business objectives.
* Identification and implementation of process improvement initiatives to enhance the technology development process in an efficient and effective manner.
* Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and innovations, actively contributing to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and growth.
* Collaboration with business stakeholders, developers, and other technology teams to ensure technology initiatives align with business objectives, security policies, and regulatory requirements.
Agile Coach Expectations
* Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies and procedures.
* If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions and changes.
* Lead several specialists to influence the operations of a department in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, balancing short- and long-term goals while ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
* If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L Listen and be authentic, E Energise and inspire, A Align across the enterprise, D Develop others. For an individual contributor, the role may be a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction.
* Lead collaborative multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured projects; identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments.
* Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists; provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
* Advise key stakeholders including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
* Manage and mitigate risks through assessment in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
* Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation’s functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
* Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support to stay up to speed with business activity and strategies.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives; in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
* Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
* Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Disability Confident Employer
Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
* Declare they have a disability
* Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role
Please opt in during the application process.
Make It Real (what does it mean for you)
* You would be joining an accredited Great Place to Work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for achieving our organisational ambitions. We have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas and wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
* You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s 'learning for life' mindset, with training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with various external certifications (AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications, and more).
* You will be joining one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, as recognised by Ethisphere for 13 consecutive years. We live our values by making ethical business choices every day.
Why you should consider Capgemini
Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We seek opportunities that will transform the world's leading businesses and provide experiences and connections to shape your future.
About Capgemini
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology, and people. We have nearly 60 years of heritage and a global team of ~420,000 in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with deep industry expertise and a strong partner ecosystem.
The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion. Make it real | www.capgemini.com
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