Agile Coach in Group IT (439363)

As the tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark. When joining our team at Ericsson you are empowered to learn, lead and perform at your best, shaping the future of technology. This is a place where you're welcomed as your own perfectly unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team. Are you in?
Come, and be where it begins.


Our Exciting Opportunity
An Agile Coach is one of the key pillars for the successful transformation of the organization into Lean Agile culture and ways of working. The Agile Coach will be supporting our IT organization in its implementation of a product oriented operating model which will include but not limited to: establishing OKRs for the new organization (Product Areas and Chapters), supporting Leadership capability development, building roadmaps for teams' transformation, developing team collaboration and empowerment, enabling teams for value generation for Business Stakeholders with growth mindset. To coach and mentor diverse and multi-functional teams in establishing and evolving agile ways of working.


Learn more about Group IT at Ericsson here.

You will
Lead transformation; Advise on organizational design, creating adoption roadmaps, e.g adapting product oriented operating model, adoption of DevSecOps
Work as leadership coach/sparring partners for leaders on creating conditions of success for high-performing teams.
Assess the maturity of teams and organizations and coach to higher levels of maturity
Develop high potential employees with limited relevant experience into Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners / Managers
Facilitate/coach big-picture exercises like Objectives and Key Results, Value Stream Mapping etc.
Facilitate/coach Scrum and Scaled Agile ceremonies (e.g., Big Room Planning); intake and prioritization at the team, program, and portfolio levels; cross-team dependency management; user story slicing, story writing, and backlog maintenance
Co-create a broad Delivery Practices toolbox that is framework-agnostic
Build a safe environment with an emphasis on transparency, collaboration, and problem solving.
Participate in Communities of Practice; using creativity and a sense of humor to make building great products' fun!
Report into Chapter Lead Software Engineer.



To be successful in the role you must have
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Be able to communication anywhere from the team level to C-level executives.
Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, empowerment, and increasing transparency
The eager to be a hands-on practitioner, able and willing to work with teams while coaching them to sustainability.
Extensive coaching skills: ability to meet practitioners at their level of Agile experience and motivate them to join the Agile journey
Experience as a Scrum Master for a team that was diligently applying Scrum. Experience with scaled Agile (SAFe, LESS) in a hands-on leadership role (e.g., Release Train Engineer, Agile Program Manager) would be a plus.
Experience with non-Scrum flavors of Agile (Kanban, Lean, etc.)
Knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD Tools, Agile Workflow Tools, Testing practices like TDD, ATDD and BDD and Familiarity with Testing tools/frameworks.



Preferred characteristics:
Continuous and recent education in Scrum and Agile, including training, conferences, user groups, self-study, etc.
Sense of humor is a huge plus!



What's in it for you?
Here at Ericsson, our culture is built on over a century of courageous decisions. With us, you will no longer be dreaming of what the future holds – you will be redefining it. You won’t develop for the status quo, but will build what replaces it. Joining us is a way to move your career in any direction you want; with hundreds of career opportunities in locations all over the world, in a place where co-creation and collaboration are embedded into the walls. You will find yourself in a speak-up environment where empathy and humanness serve as cornerstones for how we work, and where work-life balance is a priority. Welcome to an inclusive, global company where your opportunity to make an impact is endless.


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Preferred location: Stockholm, Sweden.

The selection and interview process are ongoing. Therefore, send in your application in English as soon as possible, by December 3rd at the latest.

If you have any further questions, you are welcome to contact the recruiter: Rebecka Gustafsson (rebecka.gustafsson@ericsson.com).

Kindly note that we do not accept applications sent via e-mail.

We welcome the opportunity to meet you.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Do you believe that an organization fostering an environment of cooperation and collaboration to execute with speed creates better business value? Do you value a culture of humanness, where fact based decisions are important and our people are encouraged to speak up? Do you believe that diverse, inclusive teams drive performance and innovation? At Ericsson, we do.
We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnic background, social origin, social status, indigenous status, disability, age, union membership or employee representation and any other characteristic protected by local law or Ericsson’s Code of Business Ethics.

Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || || Stockholm || IT
Req ID: 439363