Agile Coach

Join MHR as an Agile Coach and help shape how our People First Product Design & Engineering teams work, learn and improve. This is a great opportunity to influence delivery at scale by coaching teams and leaders to improve flow, quality, predictability and continuous improvement.

Your Team

You'll work across multiple teams and value streams within People First, partnering with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Release Managers and leaders. Rather than managing delivery, you'll coach through influence and facilitation to help teams build long-term Agile capability.

Your Impact

You'll improve team effectiveness, Agile maturity and delivery flow by coaching individuals, teams and leaders to develop sustainable ways of working.

What you'll do:

• Coach teams, value streams and leaders on Agile principles and practices
• Support self-organisation, accountability and continuous improvement
• Facilitate retrospectives, workshops and team effectiveness activities
• Use flow and Agile health metrics to identify improvement opportunities
• Help improve product intent, collaboration and cross-team alignment
• Support leaders in addressing systemic impediments and reducing waste
• Contribute to wider Agile capability building and transformation initiatives

Do you have experience in Software development?, * Experience coaching Agile ways of working across multiple teams

• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• Experience improving flow, team effectiveness and continuous improvement
• Understanding of Agile metrics, OKRs and value-driven delivery
• Background in product, SaaS or software engineering environments is desirable

Pulled from the full job description

• Referral programme
• Employee discount
• Sick pay
• Private medical insurance, Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:
• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
• Enhanced Family leave
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage

We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.

At MHR, we're completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.

Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you're excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we'll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.

If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.

Pay: From £50,000.00 per year

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive. By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time. With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR's track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication - all of which we pass on to our customers. MHR is more than just a place to work; it's a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what's most important to you- work that matters. With us, you'll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.