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Purpose of the role

Guides teams, leaders, and organizations in adopting and optimizing Agile practices. To foster an Agile mindset, enhance team performance, and drive continuous improvement by coaching teams in Agile methodologies, facilitating collaboration, and removing barriers to efficiency. Align Agile practices with organisational goals and support long-term, sustainable Agile transformations.

Accountabilities

• Mentor and coach : Guide teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies in alignment to the Business Unit's strategic needs and delivering value to the client / customers

• Facilitate Colleague Development: Coach and Develop colleagues to embed Agile ways of working, championing an Agile mindset and behaviors to drive cultural change

• Build High-Performing Teams: Help teams identify and address impediments to Agile execution and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning

• Continuous Improvement: Use data and metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and growth

• Cross Business Collaboration: Collaborate with other Agile Coaches, share best practice and contribute to a network of Agile champions across Business Units

• Agile Adoption: Own the Agile coaching strategy to continually improve maturity levels across the organisation by embedding best practices.

Join Barclays as an Agile Master Coach, playing a key role in driving enterprise-wide transformation and advancing organizational agility. In this strategic leadership position, you will shape transformation efforts, enhance coaching frameworks, and embed effective ways of working across the organization. As a subject matter expert in Agile and business transformation, you will lead large-scale change programs, provide strategic coaching and guidance to senior leaders, and establish best practices that improve organizational performance and delivery outcomes. You will also be responsible for developing coaching capability by mentoring Agile Coaches, influencing the evolution of the operating model, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The role is focused on delivering sustainable transformation, ensuring alignment between business objectives, customer value, and agile ways of working across the enterprise.

To be successful as an Agile Master Coach, you should have:

• Enterprise Agile coaching experience, with the ability to coach leaders, communities of practice, and organizations at scale to embed and advance Agile ways of working

• Change and Agile transformation expertise, with experience supporting large scale organizational change, driving cultural evolution, and embedding sustainable improvements across the business

• Knowledge of coaching strategies that support effective delivery, with the ability to apply a broad range of coaching techniques to enhance flow, improve outcomes, and maximize business value

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Data driven decision making skills, with the ability to use metrics, insights, and evidence to inform coaching approaches and support organizational decision making

• Advanced communication and facilitation skills, with the confidence to engage, influence, and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, from coaching communities to executive leadership

• Effective negotiation skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities, resolve conflicts, and drive alignment across business units and portfolios

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Whippany, NJ and Wilmington, DE.

Salary for Whippany, NJ:

Minimum Salary: $155,000

Maximum Salary: $225,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.