Job Description

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 8 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. In particular we are looking for somebody who has experience in helping guide the tribes to deliver value with the most effective structure and minimal dependencies.


The position requires guiding teams through the implementation process and promoting an Agile mentality within the team. 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 Supporting the business to understand the appropriate practices and processes to apply based on the current context of work Experts in guiding teams to achieve goals and breakthroughs to enhance business performance while maintaining 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, reviews and retrospectives of goals and achievements) Crafting an inclusive culture by creating connections, embracing uniqueness, role modelling key behaviours and caring for our colleagues Assist teams in identifying and addressing organizational, team-related, or technical issues (impediments) by appropriately handling customer concerns and resolving them 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 Technical expertise in the domain of application e.g. expertise in e2e software development lifecycle, DevOps and IT architecture 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

Whats 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 scheme of up to 20% of base salary Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays) Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles) Private medical insurance Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave The right to request flexible working from your first day with us Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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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.


We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.