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We are looking for a highly capable Enterprise Agility consultant with Agile delivery and transformation experience to join our growing practice. The role involves working with leadership, teams, and stakeholders to embed Agile principles, frameworks, and best practices, ensuring successful delivery of projects/programmes and a cultural shift towards Agile ways of working. This role requires a strong mix of coaching, strategy, and hands-on delivery expertise to drive Agile maturity across the organisation. The role also requires a good appreciation and understanding of waterfall methodologies and the capability to deliver strong results.
What you'll be doing:
As a servant leader with a ‘can do’ attitude, you will be expected to coach diverse teams and senior client stakeholders in a variety of contexts, covering multiple sectors, including telecoms and media, banking, insurance, and the public sector.
This role is London-based but requires flexibility as it may involve travel within the UK and Europe.
Agile Transformation Leadership
- Develop and implement Agile transformation strategies and operating models tailored to organisational needs.
- Partner with executive leadership to define vision, roadmaps, and success metrics.
- Lead change management efforts to foster an Agile mindset and culture at all levels.
- Support the Transformation office in the overall Agile transformation, launching new ARTs/Tribes, and improving its maturity levels.
- Provide executive coaching and training on Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, etc.).
Agile Delivery & Execution
- Oversee and optimize Agile delivery processes to improve efficiency and outcomes.
- Coach and mentor Agile teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and stakeholders.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies (PI Planning, ART syncs, Retrospectives, Reviews, Problem-solving workshops, Hackathons, etc.) as needed.
- Identify and remove impediments, bottlenecks, and challenges affecting Agile adoption.
- Implement and track Agile metrics to measure team performance and business impact.
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
- Act as a bridge between business, technology, and delivery teams to ensure alignment.
- Work closely with senior leaders, program managers, and product teams to prioritize work based on business value.
- Conduct Agile workshops, training sessions, and coaching engagements at all levels.
- Champion Agile best practices while being flexible to adapt Agile to different business contexts.
What experience you'll bring:
Required Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years of Agile consulting experience leading Agile transformations.
- Strong expertise in Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, LeSS, Nexus, etc.).
- Experience in enterprise Agile transformation & adoption, scaling Agile, and governance models.
- Deep understanding of Agile delivery in IT, software development, or business operations.
- Hands-on experience with Agile tools (JIRA, Rally, Azure DevOps, etc.).
- Exceptional facilitation, coaching, and leadership skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Must be a people person with a passion for developing teams and people.
- Strong influencer in the adoption of Agile practices, with a wide range of styles, and the ability to build good working relationships with clients, suppliers, and internal teams.
- Agile certifications such as SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), ICAgile Certified Expert (ICP-ENT, ICP-CAT), or PMI-ACP are a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in large-scale digital transformation projects.
- Familiarity with DevOps, Lean Portfolio Management, and Product Management in Agile environments.
- Background in organizational change management and Agile maturity assessments.
Who we are:
We’re a business with a global reach that empowers local teams, and we undertake hugely exciting work that is genuinely changing the world. Our advanced portfolio of consulting, applications, business process, cloud, and infrastructure services will allow you to achieve great things by working with brilliant colleagues, and clients, on exciting projects.
Our inclusive work environment prioritises mutual respect, accountability, and continuous learning for all our people. This approach fosters collaboration, well-being, growth, and agility, leading to a more diverse, innovative, and competitive organisation. We are also proud to share that we have a range of Inclusion Networks such as: the Women’s Business Network, Cultural and Ethnicity Network, LGBTQ+ & Allies Network, Neurodiversity Network and the Parent Network.
For more information on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion please click here: Creating Inclusion Together at NTT DATA UK | NTT DATA
what we'll offer you:
We offer a range of tailored benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Our Learning and Development team ensure that there are continuous growth and development opportunities for our people. We also offer the opportunity to have flexible work options.
You can find more information about NTT DATA UK & Ireland here: NTT DATA UK & I
We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in the fair treatment of all our employees and commit to promoting equity and diversity in our employment practices. We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer - we want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application and interview process, if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we look forward to hearing from you.
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