Business Agility Coach

About the role

The Business Agility team's mission is to enable Tesco to win together by building adaptable capabilities, demonstrating agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working, and driving continuous excellence. You will be responsible for As a Senior Business Agility Coach, you will design and deliver initiatives aimed at creating adaptable capabilities and agility behaviours, implementing effective ways of working and driving continuous excellence. The initiatives will focus on complex problem areas impacting multiple squads or verticals, requiring deep contextual understanding, data analysis, and the ability to implement transformative change while engaging and influencing stakeholders throughout the process. Leveraging your skills and expertise in various Agile & Lean practices, you will help the Business Agility team create and implement a blueprint for Tesco's Agile ways of working. Your main accountabilities are:

Main Accountabilities

• Analyse and understand context (people, process, product) to tailor impactful changes and solutions.
• Identify challenges based on insights, business priorities, and the Business Agility mission and strategy. Define optimal solutions using industry best practices and Tesco's context. Create and implement change initiatives suited to context and scale of impact. Develop and deliver targeted learning experiences based on audience knowledge. Facilitate ad-hoc sessions for large groups to promote collaboration and learning. Coach leaders on adopting an Agile mindset and practices. Establish metrics to assess the effectiveness of Agile practices and initiatives, using data to inform decision-making and adjustments. Collaborate with stakeholders to align on initiatives and maximise success. Continuously evaluate and adapt Agile practices based on trends and needs.
• You will need Key Skills required As a practitioner, the skills we are expecting to see: Strong, understanding of Agile & Lean frameworks and methodologies
  both in theory and practice, Excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring abilities. Proven ability to influence and lead change at different organisational levels, knowing when to step in and out. Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in managing and facilitating organisational change initiatives. Ability to address and resolve conflicts constructively. Proficiency in using metrics and data to guide decisions and assess performance. Experience in designing and delivering training programs for diverse audiences. Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders for alignment and support. Capacity to mentor and develop future Agile leaders. Experience required You’ll need to have demonstrated experience of: 6+ years of experience in Agile coaching or related roles, with a proven track record of working with multiple teams to solve common challenges.
  Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.

Key Skills required

As a practitioner, the skills we are expecting to see: Strong, understanding of Agile & Lean frameworks and methodologies
both in theory and practice, Excellent facilitation, coaching, and mentoring abilities. Proven ability to influence and lead change at different organisational levels, knowing when to step in and out. Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. Experience in managing and facilitating organisational change initiatives. Ability to address and resolve conflicts constructively. Proficiency in using metrics and data to guide decisions and assess performance. Experience in designing and delivering training programs for diverse audiences. Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders for alignment and support. Capacity to mentor and develop future Agile leaders.

Experience required

You’ll need to have demonstrated experience of: 6+ years of experience in Agile coaching or related roles, with a proven track record of working with multiple teams to solve common challenges.

About Tesco

It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year. We’re the UK’s number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers. But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It’s our people that make the difference every day – helping us make a difference for our customers.

Relevant Agile Certifications

Relevant Agile certifications (Certified Scrum Master, ICAgile Agile Coaching, ICAgile Team facilitation, Kanban Foundation)

What’s in it for you?

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks m
• 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.

References

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full detailsReferencesVisible links1. https://www.tesco-careers.com/explore-our-world/colleague-benefits/About UsYou might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues. At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets