Agile Coach

Location: Newbury / London + Hybrid

Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri

• Hybrid

Who We Are

We’re a global technology communications company that empowers people and businesses to stay connected and thrive in a digital world. With a focus on innovation, sustainability and earning customer loyalty, we leverage cutting-edge technology to offer products and services that enhance communication and improve lives.

At Vodafone UK, diversity isn’t just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.

The Business Automation & Simplification team act as the Centre of Excellence to drive automation and simplification for VBTS UK. This is a critical function to make sure that our transformation activities are as Agile as possible and that we lead VBTS UK on how to simplify ways of working. These activities will improve performance and help VBTS UK in achieving business goals

What You'll Do
As an Agile Coach you have the crucial role in helping and supporting the transformation of our organisation; VBTS UK is the Enterprise Build organisation for our fixed and converged products.. You are responsible for shaping and implementing Vodafone’s Agile way of working and increasing the business agility of our organisation. You coordinate (personal leadership), implement, coach, consult, train, and inspire others to work Agile and improve the way of working further based on clear feedback and data driven from our Agile way of working surveys and colleagues.

The work will require a strong background in the use of Agile frameworks, this includes, but is not limited to DevOps, Kanban, Scrum & SAFe. You should also be proficient and knowledgeable with at least the Lencioni pyramid and Tuckman model. We currently use both JIRA & Azure so a working knowledge of these is required.

You must be capable of designing and implementing a new operating model.

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  Manage and support the agile transformation and guide the organisation and teams through the agile journey and maturity growth by
  • Building and supporting teams to increase their maturity, e.g. against SAFe’s 7 Key Scaled Agile competencies
  • Defining standards and creating playbooks for agile ceremonies, e.g. PI-Planning, daily stand-ups, Portfolio Sync etc
• Provide training and coaching on agile ways of working and adoption e.g. SAFe, Scrum, Kanban) to all relevant stakeholders and teams and advise on set-up of value streams for delivery
  • Train all levels of the organisation on agile principles, practices, roles, artefacts and ceremonies to maintain consistency of adoption and continuously improve performance
  • Manage and facilitate knowledge sharing of best practices throughout the organisation and capture it in a useable, easily accessible format for all
• Manage and lead the usage of agile adoption measurements to evaluate and report the performance and adherence of the organisation on a regular basis
  • Data-driven assessment of agile maturity
  • Data-driven assessment of delivery performance
• Work with and guide delivery functions on an on-going basis
• Teach and promote Catalyst Leadership within VBTS UK while shaping our current Practice Program Curriculum

Who you Are

• You will have a background in Agile Coaching/Scrum Master
• Be able to maintain and deliver standards and governance to support Agile adoption
• Must have a creation of an Agile mindset and adoption of Agile practices will improve efficiency for customers and our service delivery
• You will be ale to facilitate the risk management process
• You will have worked in an agile environment of 1k+ people
• The successful person needs to be organised, able to manage a number of teams with various levels of maturity

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What We Offer

We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools, market leading parental leave policies and an innovative Reconnect programme for people who have taken a career break.

Together We Can

Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance.