AFCA

Financial Services

SeniorAgileCoach

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia CONTRACT
The Brief

“Senior Agile Coach at AFCA. Skills: Scaled Agile (SAFe) ways of working, agile coaching, change leadership, Jira configuration, stakeholder engagement. Lead and embed Scaled Agile (SAFe) ways of working across portfolios, programs and teams. Act as a hands‑on delivery coach, working directly with squads, ARTs and leaders to uplift execution and effectiveness”

What You'll Achieve.

lift delivery flow, predictability and outcomes; outcome-focused delivery

Industry & Context.

Financial Services

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Proven experience leading Scaled Agile implementations at scale., background in hands-on agile delivery, not purely advisory or coaching roles., Deep, practical experience implementing and configuring Jira for agile and scaled agile delivery., Demonstrated experience working across digital, technology and operational teams., Experience operating in highly regulated environments (financial services, government or similar strongly preferred)., Experience working with vendor and partner-led delivery models., Pragmatic, delivery-focused and comfortable rolling up sleeves., change leadership and coaching capability at team and senior leadership levels., Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills., Growth mindset with a can-do attitude and resilience in high-change environments., Clear, confident communicator able to translate agile principles into practical behaviours.

Nice to Have

SAFe certification (e. g. SPC, SAFe Agile Coach) highly desirable.

What You'll Do.

Lead and embed Scaled Agile (SAFe) ways of working across portfolios

Act as a hands‑on delivery coach

working directly with squads

ARTs and leaders to uplift execution and effectiveness

Build and mature cross‑functional teams across digital

technology and operational areas

Foster a culture of transparency

continuous improvement and outcome‑focused delivery

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

cross-functional coordination; working side‑by‑side with teams; Build and mature cross‑functional teams across digital, technology and operational areas; Enable effective delivery across blended in-house and vendor teams, aligned to agreed ways of working; Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Communication Scope

Clear, confident communicator able to translate agile principles into practical behaviours.

Process & Methodology

process management, resource planning, delivery flow, predictability, outcomes, dependency management, PI planning

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