Agile Academy and Trainers - AVP at Barclays

pune, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

06 Apr, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Agile Coaching, CI/CD Pipeline Design, DevOps Tooling, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Team Mentoring, Change Management, Engineering Standards, Sprint-0 Readiness, Backlog Preparation, Data Analysis, Metrics Tracking, Facilitation, Product Owner Enablement, Agile Methodologies, Transformation Strategy

Industry

Banking

Description

Job Description Purpose of the role 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. Accountabilities Mentor and coach : Guide teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies in alignment to the Business Unit’s strategic needs and delivering value to the client / 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 organisation by embedding best practices. Join us as "Agile Academy and Trainers - AVP", where you'll be responsible for establishing and operating an Agile Academy, guiding teams and leaders in adopting and optimizing Agile practices to improve team performance and drive continuous improvement. The role involves coaching teams, facilitating the transition to new Agile methodologies at team and program level, and aligning Agile practices with organisational goals to support sustainable transformation. To be successful in this role, you should have • Proven experience in large-scale agile and engineering transformations within global organisations. • Strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline design, branching strategies, and DevOps tooling. • Experience enabling sprint-0 readiness, backlog preparation, and engineering standards adoption at scale. • Demonstrated success in supporting transformation offices or Ways of Working functions. • Ability to coach and enable Product Owners, Engineers, and Leaders in both strategy and technical practices. • Excellent communication, execution, and facilitation skills, with strong stakeholder management. Some other highly valued skills may include- • Professional certifications in Agile (SPC, ICAgile) and/or DevOps (AWS, Azure, Jenkins, Git, etc.). • Familiarity with enterprise agile metrics (flow, predictability, lead time, deployment frequency). • Experience balancing transformation with compliance, risk, and control requirements in a regulated industry. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as exposure to Agile transformation agenda execution across organization, Opportunity to set work and contribute in setting up Agile Academy, senior stakeholder management - High visibility role as the candidate will be working with leadership team. This role is based out of Pune. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

Responsibilities

The role involves establishing and operating an Agile Academy to guide teams and leaders in optimizing Agile practices. You will coach teams, facilitate organizational transformation, and drive continuous improvement through data-driven insights.