Agile Coach | S3 | Chief Operating Office | Milton Keynes

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Santander UK is currently in an exciting phase of its journey to pivot to more Agile ways of working, with the aim of delivering on our passion of being the easiest way to make our customers “better” happen.

We are looking for experienced Agile Coaches to join our coaching team to deliver the day-to-day coaching, training and mentoring needed for new and existing Agile squads across the organisation.

If you’re someone who’s performed a similar role already, this is the perfect opportunity to develop your career and have your impact on making our products and services better for our customers.

The difference you’ll make:

• Working closely with squads to support them in delivering value, quality and a great customer experience

• Collaborating with other Agile coaches to encourage, adopt and evolve the understanding of agility, values, principles, processes and tools throughout the wider business

• Assisting those involved in products, projects and programmes understand the benefits of limiting work in progress, establishing flow, focusing on delivering value, building quality in and seeking feedback using iterative development methods

• Championing the Agile mindset and be a true servant leader with the ability to step in, build relationships and work with squads at varying stages in their Agile journey

• Building and delivering training across a range of Agile roles and techniques for Product Owners, Scrum Masters and others

• Growing the Lean and Agile communities within the organisation, establishing communities of practice and wider experience sharing and development groups

What you’ll bring:

• Extensive experience as a Scrum Master in multiple teams and contexts

• Excellent knowledge & experience of Agile teachings, approaches and behaviours

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Experience of Agile in a variety of contexts

• Have a rich set of facilitation, training, mentoring and coaching tools and techniques

• Experience of teaching and coaching the adoption of Agile practices such as user story mapping and prioritisation techniques

• A real passion for continuous learning and look to provide knowledge to facilitate classes, workshops and other sharing events such as Meet-ups

What else you need to know:

• This role is based in our Milton Keynes Office.

• We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

• If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location(s).

• We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

• This is a 12-month Fixed Term role.

• If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you:

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.

• £6,000 car allowance per year.

• Company funded individual private medical insurance.

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.

• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.

• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.

Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at [email protected].