Contract Details
- Duration: 6 months initial term (extension likely)
- Start Date: ASAP
- Rate: €40 - €50 per hour (depending on experience)
- Location: Remote (within EU), occasional travel may be required
We are seeking a Senior Agile Coach / Senior Agile Master to support multiple IT delivery teams within a large international organization. The role involves guiding teams and product owners in adopting and optimizing agile methodologies, driving process improvements, and fostering an agile mindset across both team and domain levels.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in agile transformation, process analysis, and cross-team collaboration, combined with excellent facilitation and coaching skills.
Key Responsibilities
Team & Delivery Support
- Facilitate the transition to agile ways of working, helping teams improve delivery efficiency and collaboration.
- Coach IT product teams and product owners in agile practices such as Scrum, Kanban, and Lean principles.
- Support the establishment of agile frameworks, tools, and metrics to enable transparency and data-driven decision-making.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies (e.g., retrospectives, sprint planning, reviews) according to team maturity.
- Identify and remove delivery impediments and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Resolve or mediate team-level conflicts to maintain productive collaboration.
Process & Domain-Level Analysis
- Conduct process analysis at both team and domain levels to identify optimization opportunities.
- Define, refine, and implement agile delivery models and workflow improvements across multiple teams.
- Collaborate with other agile practitioners to align methods, metrics, and best practices across the organization.
Cross-Team & Strategic Support
- Work closely with product owners and senior stakeholders to enhance agile maturity and delivery performance.
- Contribute to the continuous evolution of agile and lean methodologies within IT.
- Stay current with agile trends and assess their applicability to the organization's context.
Requirements
Experience & Skills
- 3+ years' experience in a comparable agile leadership or coaching role (e.g. Senior Scrum Master, Agile Coach, Delivery Lead).
- Proven track record of leading agile transformations and coaching multiple teams within complex environments.
- Strong experience in process analysis, workflow optimization, and delivery performance improvement.
- Advanced knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Comfortable working across multi-team and cross-domain environments.
- Proficient in establishing and tracking delivery metrics for continuous improvement.
Languages
- Fluent English and Spanish (both written and spoken) are mandatory.
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
