SAP Agile Coach

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Role: SAP Agile Coach

Location: Worthing / Remote

Duration: 3 months

Start Date: ASAP

Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation?

Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.

You will be based on site working with one of the UK's most digital organisations and leading the technology revolution across the public sector. With over 50 million customers at the heart of everything they do the scope and impact of your work is limitless. As a team, they're not afraid to try new technologies and new ways of working.

Tasks:

* Embed an agile culture using techniques from a wide range or agile and lean methodologies and frameworks, but be methodology agnostic.

* Help to create an open and trust based environment, which enables a focus on delivery and facilitates continuous improvement.

* Assess the culture of a team or organisation and delivery processes in place to identify improvements and facilitate these improvements with the right type of support.

* Showcase relevant tools and techniques, such as coaching, advising, workshops and mentoring.

* Engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

* Develop clear lines of escalation, in agreement with senior managers.

* Ensure any stakeholder can easily find out an accurate and current project or programme status, without disruption to delivery.

* Work effectively with other suppliers, departments and agencies.

* Apply best tools and techniques to: team roles, behaviours, structure and culture, agile ceremonies and practices, knowledge transfer and sharing, programme management, cross team coordination, and overall governance of digital service delivery.

* Ensure key metrics and requirements that support the team and delivery are well defined and maintained.

Skills:

* An excellent understanding of good digital service delivery design.

* Experience of defining appropriate portfolio, programme and project structures in the context of digital services delivery.

* Broad experience of different industries, private and public, transactional digital services, redefining customer interaction and case studies of what good looks like.

* SAP iCaptivate

* Deep understanding of different agile and lean approaches and supporting context, such as behaviours, governance, process and culture across: portfolio management, programme and project team approaches.

* Evidence of embedding agile tools and techniques and be able to use the most relevant tools and techniques as needed.

* Understanding of agile product and software development in line with the GDS service design manual and the enablers required to cultivate an agile organisation.

* Understanding of agile governance for service design in line with the GDS principles.

* Demonstrable experience of creating lasting change towards agile and lean ways of working for the better in an organisation.

* Proven ability to quickly assimilate organisational strategy and operating context.

* Ability to showcase relevant tools and techniques, such as coaching, advising, workshops and mentoring.

* Ability to work in environments that are undergoing complex change, working in an iterative manner, evolving conversations and understanding how far to challenge and when.

* Excellent stakeholder management and proven ability to engage and influence all levels of seniority.

* Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating and sharing knowledge and decision making.

* Ability to quickly win trust and influence senior leaders at the highest levels of the organisation.

* Ability to work flexibly, this is a broad brief and the successful Coach will need to be able to work in a fluid and responsive environment.

* Ability to embed rapidly and effectively into diverse project environments, at different stages of delivery and seamlessly moving between projects.

* Ability to work in environments undergoing complex change.

* Be framework agnostic, use the right tools and techniques for the situation. Please submit CVs today!