Agile​/Scrum manager

Overview

Role

Title:

Agile Coach

Location:

Glasgow

Duration: 31/12/2026

End client: BARCLAYCARD

Days on site: 2-3

Rate inside IR35: £447.50

Must be PAYE through umbrella

As an Agile Coach, you will develop scrum principles and sprint goals aligned to industry best practices and the bank's objectives, to foster a high-performing technology team and support the successful progression on scrum projects.

To be successful as an Agile Coach you should have experience with:

• Implementations and executions of large-scale agile frameworks.
• Previous experience as an Agile coach in an enterprise setting.
• Facilitated negotiations at various levels with stakeholders.

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Agile certifications and qualifications.
• Previous experience as a Scrum Master.
• Strong background in technical development.

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

To develop scrum principles and sprint goals aligned to industry best practices, and the bank's objectives, to foster a high-performing technology team and support the successful progression on scrum projects.

• Management and fostering of a high performing engineering team, by providing high quality technical guidance and support to resolve complex challenges aligned to the bank's technology practices, industry best practice and the bank's business objectives.
• Identification and implementation of process improvement initiatives to enhance the technology development process in an efficient and effective manner.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and innovations, actively contributing to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.
• Collaboration with business stakeholders, developers and other technology teams to ensure technology initiatives align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department's future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to pay decisions/changes. May lead specialists to influence department operations, balance short and long term goals, and ensure budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.
• For an individual contributor, act as a subject matter expert within own discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi-year assignments, and identify needs for other specialisations to complete assignments. Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and contribute to long-term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate understanding of the organisation's functions to help achieve business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support and stay up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking may be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

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