Agile Coach (Business Banking exp is must) for our client in Dubai

Agile Coach, Banking

Purpose: Guide teams and leaders in adopting and improving Agile ways of working across Business Banking delivery.

Responsibilities

• Coach squads, product owners, scrum masters and leadership on Agile and Scrum/Kanban/SAFe practices.
• Assess team maturity and create improvement plans.
• Facilitate key ceremonies, retrospectives and planning events, and mentor others to do so.
• Help remove impediments and improve flow, predictability and quality.
• Introduce metrics such as velocity, cycle time and throughput, and use them to drive improvement.
• Help align Agile practices with banking governance, risk and compliance requirements.
• Build internal Agile capability through training and communities of practice.

Required skills

• Agile coaching experience in banking or financial services (8-10+ years overall).
• Strong Business Banking delivery context.
• Hands-on with Scrum, Kanban and scaled frameworks (SAFe, LeSS).
• Skilled in facilitation, conflict resolution and change management.

Good to have: SAFe SPC, ICAgile (ICP-ACC) or PSM/CSM certifications.