Norhab is looking for a – “Senior Agile Coach – Coach of coaches”

Norhab is looking for a - “Senior Agile Coach - Coach of coaches”

Description of the project/team

Describe the project/team Part of forming a central Lean Agile Center of Excellence (company), large team of dedicated Agile Experts.

As an Agile Expert you will work cross the divisions and the central governance

Where is the job located? Stockholm

Many point of contacts? The company will be the focal point for the agile transformation, and many interactions throughout the organization will be necessary.

Broad description

The are undertaking a major internal transformation spanning several departments and thousands of employees into an agile product organization. In order to succeed in our transformation, we have established a large community of agile coaches internally to guide and coach our product teams in the agile mindset and processes.

What we are looking for are Senior agile coaches to mentor our other agile coaches in their journey to coach the internal product teams. The Senior agile coach is responsible for transferring knowledge of managing agile ceremonies, efficiency of team processes and keeping up continues improvement. The Senior agile coach is a champion of the agile process and a strong force in driving the cultural and organizational transformation among the agile coach colleagues.

Agile Coach is a multifaced role and the responsibility differs dependent on which level the coach operates on, team or area. Therefor the senior coaches need to have previous experience in working with several teams and individuals simultaneously with varying levels of agile maturity. There might be situations where the senior coaches will need to coach the agile teams or individuals as well.

Responsibilities

In a passionate and encouraging way contribute to develop and spread the company culture and the agile mindset among other coaches.

Grow a healthy, collaborative, continuously improving engineering and product culture

Facilitate speed, quality and customer value creation through agile ways of working

Promote self-organization and team spirit inside the teams. Pushing for the right, not for the easy.

Assist others to setting up and conducting ceremonies

Teach others in conducting good internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information

Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.

Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.

Domain expertise

4+ years experiencing working with agile coaching and agile methodologies

Experience in coaching other agile coaches

Experience from large scale agile transformations

Experience in coaching 5+ teams in Agile

Experience and strong passion for promoting agile ways of working and changing current ways of working

Broad practical experience in Agile; working as scrum master, product owner, agile coach or similar

Experience in solving typical issues and risks of Agile roles

Knowledge of Agile software development processes

Thorough business knowledge within relevant product area

Ability to define value propositions and break down/clarify MVP

Individual skills

Strong communication skills - can communicate complex message to wide audience

Strong leadership skills - able to influence broad leadership teams using combination of influencing techniques. Brings a high-energy and passionate outlook to the job and can influence those around her/him

Strong problem-solving skills - able to find solutions in complex situations and involve various stakeholder

Experienced in finding and implementing radically new ideas and solutions

Sets high standards and inspires others to continuous improvement

Not afraid of doing what is right

You excel at facilitating, coaching, and mentoring teams and leaders towards rapidly delivering high impact, high quality products in a sustainable fashion

Able to build a sense of trust and transparency that creates a comfortable & effective workplace

Personal Competences

Excellent verbal communication and documentation capacity in English

Straightforward and open minded

Pragmatic and a problem solver

Social competence, non-prestigious

Language skills

Swedish (Preferred)

English (Required)

Location

Stockholm