Business Agility Partner

Barclays Northampton, England, United Kingdom

As a Business Agility Partner, you'll work within our Transformation team to provide critical agile coaching and support across Enterprise Programmes. You'll play an important part in the adoption of BUK ways of working, providing key thought leadership and provision of technique support to teams across BUK Customer Journey Labs, including the accelerated customer journey transformation. The successful candidate will act as a role model to drive change and application of core skills, understand team performance and lead workshops on adoption of new ways of working, including agile values, principles, practices, and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.

You will be responsible for the creation and execution of a project control framework encompassing resource, financial control, and governance/compliance management either on an individual project/programme basis or as part of a business‑wide remit.

• A deep understanding of Agile and Scrum principles, management practices, and tools (e.g. Jira)
• Relevant Agile certifications (e.g. SAFe)
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• High adaptability and resilience

• Change management and delivery experience
• Proven ability to balance data‑driven decision‑making with strategic goals
• Project management experience and proficiency in project management tools (e.g. Navigator)

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

We are happy to consider candidates who can work from our Northampton, London, Knutsford, and Glasgow sites.

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.

• Mentor and coach:
  Guide teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies in alignment with the Business Unit’s strategic needs, delivering value to the client and 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 organization by embedding best practices.