Agile Coach

As part of a Product-Centric transformation, you will work closely with Agile teams, Product Owners, Scrum Masters and business stakeholders to help embed Agile principles, improve collaboration and accelerate value delivery. You will play a key role in scaling Agile practices, fostering team autonomy and supporting the transition towards a modern product operating model.

Working alongside a team of Agile facilitators, you will combine coaching, mentoring and hands-on Scrum Master responsibilities to drive continuous improvement across multiple product teams.

Your Responsibilities

Agile Coaching & Transformation

• Support the organization’s transition toward a Product-Centric operating model.
• Coach Agile teams on Scrum principles, Agile best practices and continuous improvement.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, ownership and customer value delivery.
• Help teams adopt Agile ways of working tailored to the organization’s context.

Scrum Master Activities

• Act as Scrum Master for one product team.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
• Remove impediments and support team autonomy.
• Help teams become self-organized, high-performing and customer-focused.

Coaching Product Owners & Scrum Masters

• Mentor Scrum Masters and support their development into servant leaders.
• Coach Product Owners on product vision, backlog management, value prioritization and stakeholder management.
• Encourage empirical planning and continuous experimentation.

Organizational Improvement

• Identify organizational impediments affecting delivery and collaboration.
• Recommend and facilitate improvements to governance, processes and ways of working.
• Support change management initiatives across multiple teams.
• Foster collaboration between product teams and business stakeholders.

• Minimum 10 years of experience working in Agile environments.
• At least 5 years of experience as an Enterprise Agile Coach or Lead Agile Coach.
• Strong experience coaching Agile teams in software development environments.
• Proven experience mentoring Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
• Deep practical knowledge of Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS) and Agile at Scale.
• Strong understanding of Product Management and Product-Centric organizations.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching and servant leadership skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to manage conflicts and create collaborative environments.
• Pragmatic mindset with the ability to adapt Agile practices to business needs.
• Fluent in English and French or Dutch.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading Agile transformations in large enterprise environments.
• Certifications such as Certified LeSS Practitioner, ICAgile, SAFe SPC, PSM II/III or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
• Experience within the energy, utilities or infrastructure sector.
• Knowledge of Product Operating Models and organizational design.
• Experience coaching cross-functional product teams.

Nexeo is currently looking for an experienced Agile Coach to support a large-scale Agile transformation within a leading energy infrastructure company.