Sr Agile Coach Contract

Generic Accountability

 Agile Coach for Bank FAB is a crucial role which supports 1 or multiple value streams at a time (an organization construct which prioritizes end-to-end iterative delivery of high value features).
 Influence senior stakeholders and contribute to a change of mindset in the organisation, in collaboration with FABRIC ReFrame technology evolution change program.
 Influence senior stakeholders and contribute to a change of mindset in an organisation via training and coaching interventions.
 Enable the design of and mobilize Product value streams via coaching, solutioning and mentoring key roles.
 Actively coach Product Owners and Scrum Masters in Agile best practices related to their role.
 Launch and reinforce key Agile ceremonies & artefacts.
 Create or contribute to and conduct Agile training materials that are tailored to the Bank, including, role specific training including senior leadership training.
 Coach and support Product Owner in defining product vision & roadmap using Agile methodology.
 Support in the creation of test & release automation strategy.
 Co-lead in creation of Agile Design Office output and artefacts.
 Conduct Agile maturity assessments, update scorecards and own relevant observations.
 Evangelize importance of Agile Transformation. Share success stories internally (via ReFrame or Newsletters) and externally (e.g. summits, conventions or case studies)
 Will be responsible for mentoring 2-3 scrum masters at a time.
 Facilitate PI (program increment) planning sessions, to support value streams in coordinating delivery.
 Facilitate creation of applicable product value streams following Scaled Agile frameworks.
 Reinforce the importance of UX/UI in product teams and instils value of iterative delivery.
 Reinforce the importance of test and release automation, and support adoption.
 Design and build dashboards for tracking of relevant efficiency, quality, and technical debt metrics.
 Supports in content creation and update of FAB Agile Playbook.
 Liaise with other coaches to ensure we capture dependencies and learnings, particularly in the early stages.
 Create and deliver awareness sessions to senior stakeholders.

Specific Accountability
• Agile Adoption and Product Enablement
o Identify candidate teams/programmes for Agile Adoption pipeline
o Engage senior business and technology stakeholders in transformation planning
o Scale beyond pilot programmes to set up value streams.
o Work with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and programme leadership to develop process for effective management of team interdependencies.
o Setup team roles, ceremonies, artefacts in accordance with the LAM.D.A framework (Lean Agile Mindset Delivery Accelerator framework).
o Deliver internal Agile trainings (Agile 101, 102, etc.).

• Artefacts and Guidelines
o Contribute to improvement and upgrade of FABagile guide by optimising guidelines.
o Share learnings, feedback, and suggestions for improvement with Agile Design Office for continuous improvement of framework and guidelines.
o Suggest changes and co-design (where applicable) processes in the Bank that were designed for waterfall projects, e.g. the funding / planning cycle.
o Help teams set up effective dashboards for measurement and troubleshooting of relevant metrics and KPIs using JIRA, Confluence, etc.

• Supporting Agile Community
o Act as subject matter expert for Agile in various Agile community events / coach clinics, Agile chapter events.
o Act as a mentor for Scrum Masters in the Agile chapter.
o Build success stories to showcase outcomes and progress of Agile adoption in transformed teams.