Agile Coach

6 months ago


Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

About the role
We are currently recruiting an Agile Coach to sit within the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Strategy and Agile. We are a team of 6 Agile Coaches. Our Technical Product Owner Chapter and Product Tribe Product Owner Chapter also sit in this CoE.

You will help train our squads (teams) and tribes on the Agile approach and frameworks and oversee the development of Agile teams to ensure successful adoption of Agile at Tesco Mobile and the delivery of our OKRs.

You will be responsible for guiding teams through the implementation process and will need to encourage colleagues to embrace the Agile mindset. Your ultimate goal is to arm our Agile teams with the right knowledge, tools and training so that they’ll be able to use Agile to its full potential.

You will be responsible for
- Mentoring teams to improve their performance (e.g. crafting psychological safety, and driving maturity in our ways of working)
- Mentoring individuals to support continuous learning and unlocking their potential
- Hardworking and engaging, promoting self-organisation and team spirit inside squads/tribes bringing a healthy challenge & promoting continuous improvement
- Experts in mentoring teams in defining OKRs to drive business performance and ensuring consistency and alignment with value steering
- Lead squad on-boarding to ensure the team is highly collaborative and successful with a foundational level training on our ways of working
- Facilitating key squad ceremonies/events to demonstrate good practice in readiness for squads to be self-managing over time
- Enable collaboration across-squads and Tribes and in helping identify and improve organisational-level challenges
- Facilitating or supporting Tribe level events (e.g., Big Room Planning, OKR reviews and retrospectives)
- Crafting an inclusive culture by creating connections, embracing uniqueness, role modelling key behaviours and caring for our colleagues
- Help teams identify and address any organisational, team-related or technical issues (impediments) appropriately facilitating escalation and removal
- Training the squad(s) on how to manage, track and demo their work, to supervise their ongoing progress
- Support teams use data to make decisions and building a performance culture (e.g. understanding Flow, maturity assessments)

You will need
- Subject matter expertise in Agile domain e.g. design thinking in product development
- Experience in mentoring and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to communicate effectively within the squad, cross squad and Tribe (e.g. facilitating courageous conversations)
- Continually developing your own mastery to support your own personal growth in order to better serve the business
- Learning new tools and sharing techniques and knowledge to develop Coaching community
- Understand the core levers of the business, curiosity to learn more
- Clear focus on improving performance and an advocate of early value delivery
- Prioritises time and effort to drive business results
- Interacts with and engages all business partners

LI-HS1
LI-Hybrid

About us
A 50-50 joint venture between Tesco and VMO2 that was established back in 2003, Tesco Mobile has gone from strength to strength as we’ve launched into new services and markets. With more than 5 million customers, we’re the largest mobile virtual network operator in the UK. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture that’s uniquely Tesco Mobile, with a strong sense of community, plus all the benefits of working for one of the shareholders.

We care for human connection and we keep our customers at the heart of everything we do, which is why we’ve embraced the Agile way of working. Agile is more than just a methodology - it’s a liberating journey that puts customers and purpose first. It empowers us to self-organise, collaborate, co-create and rapidly inspect and adapt everything we do - allowing us to respond at pace to our customers’ needs. It encourages variety of thought and enables us to thrive, both individually and collectively.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

- Annual bonus sc



  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Partners Full time

    About the RoleIn this strategic leadership position, you will oversee the development and implementation of Agile Coaching practices across various business areas at Tesco Partners. This involves working closely with senior leaders and team members to create adaptability and agility within the organization.The ideal candidate will have extensive experience...

  • Lead Agile Coach

    6 months ago


    Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the role - Following our Business Code of Coduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence. - Define and execute against the strategy for driving Agile Product capability within Technology. - Owning and articulating Tesco Technology's Product Management practice foundations, working with the product community to collate and evaluate...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

    About the Job">Our Business Agility team is looking for a highly experienced Senior Business Agility Coach to join their ranks. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for designing and delivering initiatives aimed at creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours.Responsibilities:Design and deliver initiatives aimed at creating...


  • Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the role About the Business Agility TeamThe Business Agility team's mission is to enable Technology & Online to win together by building adaptable capabilities, demonstrating agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working, and driving continuous excellence. Consisting of 3 capabilities, Agility Coaching, Product Ops and UX Design & Research...


  • Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the role About the Business Agility TeamThe Business Agility team's mission is to enable Technology & Online to win together by building adaptable capabilities, demonstrating agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working, and driving continuous excellence. Consisting of 3 capabilities, Agility Coaching, Product Ops and UX Design & Research...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the RoleAt Tesco, we're seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Agility Coach to lead our Business Agility team in driving organisational change and improving our ways of working. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and make a significant impact on our business.The successful candidate will have a strong background in Agile...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    Job DescriptionWe are looking for a talented Agile Coach for Business Excellence to join our Business Agility team. In this role, you will design and deliver initiatives aimed at creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working and driving continuous excellence. You will work closely with multiple teams to solve...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the OpportunityAre you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can make a real difference? Do you have a passion for Agile coaching and enablement? If so, we may have the perfect opportunity for you!We are seeking a Senior Business Agility Coach to join our Business Agility team, which is responsible for enabling Technology & Online to...


  • Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the role About the Business Agility TeamThe Business Agility team's mission is to enable Technology & Online to win together by building adaptable capabilities, demonstrating agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working, and driving continuous excellence. Consisting of 3 capabilities, Agility Coaching, Product Ops and UX Design & Research...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

    About the RoleIn this highly sought-after role as Agile Transformation Specialist, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the future of our organization's engineering capabilities. As a key member of our Business Agility team, your mission is to drive strategic initiatives that foster adaptability, agility, and continuous improvement across various...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the OpportunityWe're looking for a Business Agility Strategist to join our Business Agility team and drive organisational change. As a key member of the team, you'll be responsible for developing and executing the annual strategy for Agility Coaching capability, defining and implementing the team operating model, and selecting and recruiting...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Partners Full time

    About the Role: As a Senior Business Agility Coach, you will lead initiatives aimed at creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours. You will identify challenges based on insights, business priorities, and the Business Agility mission and strategy. The role requires excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring abilities, with flexibility to...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Partners Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking an experienced Agile Transformation Lead to join our team at Tesco Partners. The successful candidate will design and deliver initiatives aimed at creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working and driving continuous excellence.As an Agile Transformation Lead, you will work with...

  • Head of Agile

    6 months ago


    Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the role The Head of Agile is accountable for the development and implementation of consistent Agile principles, methods and tools. In addition to culture/ attitude across the Group where Agile ways of working exist within the organisation! They manage a team that focus on the 'what' and the 'how'! Agile Managers who focus on the 'what' (standards,...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Partners Full time

    About the Opportunity: We are looking for an Enterprise Coaching Professional to join our Business Agility team as a Senior Business Agility Coach. In this role, you will help create and implement a blueprint for Tesco's Agile ways of working. You will identify challenges based on insights, business priorities, and the Business Agility mission and strategy,...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Partners Full time

    Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly experienced Business Agility Transformation Specialist to lead our Agile Coaching capability at Tesco Partners. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing strategic initiatives focused on creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviors.The successful candidate will have a strong track...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

    About the Role">As a Senior Business Agility Coach, you will play a key role in enabling Technology & Online to win together by building adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours. You will design and deliver initiatives aimed at creating a blueprint for Tesco's Agile ways of working.Main ResponsibilitiesIdentify challenges based on insights, business...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Partners Full time

    About the Position: We are seeking a Senior Business Agility Coach to design and deliver initiatives aimed at creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of Agile & Lean frameworks and methodologies, both in theory and practice. They will facilitate ad-hoc sessions for large groups to...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom ENGINEERINGUK Full time

    About the RoleWe're seeking a seasoned Business Agility Program Lead to join our dynamic Business Agility team. As a key player in shaping our organization's engineering capabilities, you will lead strategic initiatives that promote adaptability, agility, and continuous improvement across various verticals and departments.Your expertise in Agile frameworks...


  • Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Tesco Full time

    About the RoleAt Tesco, we are seeking a Senior Business Agility Coach to join our Business Agility team. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in enabling Technology & Online to win together by building adaptable capabilities, demonstrating agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working, and driving continuous excellence.The...