Job Description
Agile Coach-()
Job
:Technology
Primary Location
:Asia-India-Bangalore
Schedule
:Full-time
Employee Status
:Permanent
Posting Date
:20/Dec/2026, 8:01:07 AM
Unposting Date
:Ongoing
Roles and Responsibility
• We are looking for an Agile Transformation Coach who is guided by agile mindset, values and principles, and is not afraid to challenge and has a genuine passion for working with people. Candidate will need to use his/her strengths in coaching, mentoring, advising facilitating and training. He/She will regularly need to adapt and change approach based upon the person or team supported through the cultural transition towards embedding organisational agility.
• The Agile Transformation Coach will work with the Financial Market Technology/Business leaders and the delivery teams to drive the transformation and adopt, continuously improve the new Ways of Working holistically. Agile within Standard Chartered Bank is not just an implementation of Scrum or Kanban within a software development team; it is a new way of working (nWOW) that's applied across all areas of the organisation.
• The Agile Transformation coach will closely work with the squads, hives and chapters to develop a value-driven culture and state of the art agile practices/processes. As a subject matter expert, will assist the transformation leads in providing direction and guidance throughout the transformation journey.
• The Transformation Coach will utilize in-depth knowledge of the agile best practices, development guidelines and culture to recommend innovations that enhance and/or provide a competitive advantage to the FM portfolio. Based on his/her background and aspirations, the Agile Transformation coach will be also empowered to innovate and experiment the delivery of specific FM initiatives to practice and demonstrate how Agile delivery can be efficiently scaled.
• The Transformation Coach will need to have passion and drive to foster motivation in others to change, he will act as a trusted advisor to leaders in all levels within the organisation from the Agile teams to the leaders/Managing Directors.
• The Transformation Coach is an Individual contributor that trains and coaches teams within the framework of agile and SCB new Ways of Working. He, she will work closely with Financial Markets Technology & Innovation and FM COO.
• Executes the Agile transformation strategy on the ground within the squads up to the hives/segments prioritized by the FM Transformation Leads in alignment with the Enterprise Agility strategy and various other internal partners.
• Bootstraps new squads federated around strategic goals and initiatives.
• Delivers trainings: Agile essentials, Scum Masters, Product Owners, Kanban, team-based training, TDD, BDD, etc...
• Facilitates workshops: visioning, design thinking, Big Room Planning, etc..
• Coaching: assists the teams with the Agile ceremonies, gives recommendations on the bottlenecks identified in the prioritization/delivery pipeline, mentors and coaches individual squads members, recommends and configures collaboration tools (Mural, iObeya, JIRA, Trello, etc...)
• Implements and co-creates transformation maturity indicators
• Helps to build and grow communities; Chapters, Guilds/Disciplines, Design authorities, Testing, Cloud, etc
• Trains and educates the teams stakeholders and senior leadership: portfolio management & prioritisation, Agile Leadership, Psychological safety, etc...
• Identifies and escalates the transformation impediments to the FM leaders
• Influence the Hives Leads, Chief Product Owners to improve prioritisation and organisational structure
• Scales Agility to improve delivery efficiency, capacity management, collaboration and eventually time to market.
• Participate to the core New Ways of Working forums (Quarterly Performance Review, Monthly Performance Review, Refinement Forums) to understand the strategy while observing to improve collaboration flow and coach participants.
• Nurtures an environment focused on successful product delivery and continuous improvement while building a workplace that people are excited to be a part of, where success is celebrated and gratitude is freely given.
• Promotes an engineering culture of innovation by trying new approaches and techniques in line with the transformation objectives, generates ideas across the Agile teams and hives (community of practitioners, SC Ventures, etc...).
• Works closely with the Product Owners and Chief Product Owners to ensure that the delivery organisation is aligned with the business objectives and scorecard.
• Partners with other teams through a federated model to optimise the value delivered by the Squads/Hives and address structural themes/impediments (DevOps, changes and governance, HR, Procurement, Enterprise Agility, etc..)
Agile knowledge
• Has deep understanding of Agile theory and processes, including the different methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming, Behaviour Driven Development and DevOps)
• Excellent knowledge of the SDLC processes and deliverables (traditional and Agile)
• Puts Agile to practice by applying Agile ways of working in different contexts to solve problems and increase efficiency
• Shapes the Product by understanding product development lifecycle – from product vision to MVP and beyond Coaching
• Good understanding and experience with various scaling framework (SaFE, LeSS, DAD, SOS, etc)
• Excellent knowledge of the backlog management techniques: estimations techniques, story slicing and distribution, MoSCOW, etc...
• Experience in coaching and delivering trainings: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile essentials, Kanban, User Stories management, Agile Leadership and other role-based trainings (Hive Lead, Chapter Lead, etc...)
Financial Market Domain specific knowledge
• Experienced with large scale transformation programmes within the FM or investment banking industry.
• Must understand the generic organisational construct (Front-Office, Middle-Office, Operations and Finance)
• Understanding of the generic FM products (FX, Derivatives, etc...) and end-to-end journey would be an advantage.
• Good understanding of DevOps practices in Banking.
Coaching
• Can effectively facilitate agile ceremonies and other events to achieve intended outcomes (from the Squads to the Hives/Portfolio)
• Able to effectively utilize coaching, teaching, and mentoring toolkit to solicit change
• Strong conflict resolution skills by identifying the team's dysfunctional areas and develops strategies to deal with it
• Ability to guide senior leadership and taking them into confidence to support teams better
• Excellent interpersonal skills; solid verbal and written communication skills
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
Self-mastery
• Actively seeks out feedback from others with the goal to become aware of blind spots and improve
• Ability to introspect, reflect on how you show up for other people and improve yourself without prompting
• Shows passion about his/her role, others colleagues and their progression.
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership, with an intrinsic desire to pick up and own initiatives and contribute to team success
• Ability to measure his/her impact and how positive changes implemented are sustainable to SCB.
Tooling and specifics
• Collaborative tools (JIRA, Trello, Confluence, Mural)
• A3 problem solving
• Dynamic Work Design
• Lean
• Human Centred Design or Design Thinking
Optional certifications:
• LUMA trainings/certifications
• Advanced professional certification in Agile software Development is desired (ex: Certified Scrum Practitioner, Scaled Agile Practitioner (SPC4), Professional SCRUM Trainer – SCRUM org, etc...)
• Coaching : ICP – Agile Coaching Certification Agile, ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching, etc..
• SAFE or Certified LeSS Practitioner
Strategy
• Influence and execute the CCIB and FM Digital transformation strategy building connection with the Chapter 3 bank objectives.
Business
• Optimise the value delivered to business and client by strengthening the Product Ownership practice at all levels
Processes
• Contribute to simplify processes through coaching and Ways of Working enablement
People & Talent
• Strengthen employee and engagement through coaching and mentoring
Risk Management
• Keep the bank safe by promoting Ways of Working processes pertaining to Risk management
Governance
• Improve governance from Squads ceremonies up to the FM QPR by implementing and optimising the Ways of Working standard operating model
Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
• CCIB Transformation Core team
• Group Transformation team
• FM Technology CIO
• FM COO
• FM Core Transformation Team
• FM Refinement Forum or Segment Leads
• FM Product Owners
• FM Scrum Masters and Squads members
Our Ideal Candidate
• Minimum of 5 years hands on experience in Agile or other related disciplines (Lean Software Development, Human Centred Design).
• Minimum of 10-year experience in Information Technology
• Minimum of 2 years leading & managing Software/ IT Projects / Teams using Agile
• LUMA trainings/certifications
• Advanced professional certification in Agile software Development is desired (ex: Certified Scrum Practitioner, Scaled Agile Practitioner (SPC4), Professional SCRUM Trainer – SCRUM org, etc...)
• Coaching : ICP – Agile Coaching Certification Agile, ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching, etc..
• SAFE or Certified LeSS Practitioner
Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Coaching
• Agile scaling (LeSS, SaFE and other frameworks)
• Agile practices including Scrum Master, Product Owner (ability to build and deliver trainings)
• Technology delivery (SDLC)
• Banking and Financial Markets knowledge
• Facilitation techniques (ex : LUMA, design thinking, etc...)
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge, and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:
• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
• Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Visit our careers website
Job
:Technology
Primary Location
:Asia-India-Bangalore
Schedule
:Full-time
Employee Status
:Permanent
Posting Date
:20/Dec/2026, 8:01:07 AM
Unposting Date
:Ongoing
Roles and Responsibility
• We are looking for an Agile Transformation Coach who is guided by agile mindset, values and principles, and is not afraid to challenge and has a genuine passion for working with people. Candidate will need to use his/her strengths in coaching, mentoring, advising facilitating and training. He/She will regularly need to adapt and change approach based upon the person or team supported through the cultural transition towards embedding organisational agility.
• The Agile Transformation Coach will work with the Financial Market Technology/Business leaders and the delivery teams to drive the transformation and adopt, continuously improve the new Ways of Working holistically. Agile within Standard Chartered Bank is not just an implementation of Scrum or Kanban within a software development team; it is a new way of working (nWOW) that's applied across all areas of the organisation.
• The Agile Transformation coach will closely work with the squads, hives and chapters to develop a value-driven culture and state of the art agile practices/processes. As a subject matter expert, will assist the transformation leads in providing direction and guidance throughout the transformation journey.
• The Transformation Coach will utilize in-depth knowledge of the agile best practices, development guidelines and culture to recommend innovations that enhance and/or provide a competitive advantage to the FM portfolio. Based on his/her background and aspirations, the Agile Transformation coach will be also empowered to innovate and experiment the delivery of specific FM initiatives to practice and demonstrate how Agile delivery can be efficiently scaled.
• The Transformation Coach will need to have passion and drive to foster motivation in others to change, he will act as a trusted advisor to leaders in all levels within the organisation from the Agile teams to the leaders/Managing Directors.
• The Transformation Coach is an Individual contributor that trains and coaches teams within the framework of agile and SCB new Ways of Working. He, she will work closely with Financial Markets Technology & Innovation and FM COO.
• Executes the Agile transformation strategy on the ground within the squads up to the hives/segments prioritized by the FM Transformation Leads in alignment with the Enterprise Agility strategy and various other internal partners.
• Bootstraps new squads federated around strategic goals and initiatives.
• Delivers trainings: Agile essentials, Scum Masters, Product Owners, Kanban, team-based training, TDD, BDD, etc...
• Facilitates workshops: visioning, design thinking, Big Room Planning, etc..
• Coaching: assists the teams with the Agile ceremonies, gives recommendations on the bottlenecks identified in the prioritization/delivery pipeline, mentors and coaches individual squads members, recommends and configures collaboration tools (Mural, iObeya, JIRA, Trello, etc...)
• Implements and co-creates transformation maturity indicators
• Helps to build and grow communities; Chapters, Guilds/Disciplines, Design authorities, Testing, Cloud, etc
• Trains and educates the teams stakeholders and senior leadership: portfolio management & prioritisation, Agile Leadership, Psychological safety, etc...
• Identifies and escalates the transformation impediments to the FM leaders
• Influence the Hives Leads, Chief Product Owners to improve prioritisation and organisational structure
• Scales Agility to improve delivery efficiency, capacity management, collaboration and eventually time to market.
• Participate to the core New Ways of Working forums (Quarterly Performance Review, Monthly Performance Review, Refinement Forums) to understand the strategy while observing to improve collaboration flow and coach participants.
• Nurtures an environment focused on successful product delivery and continuous improvement while building a workplace that people are excited to be a part of, where success is celebrated and gratitude is freely given.
• Promotes an engineering culture of innovation by trying new approaches and techniques in line with the transformation objectives, generates ideas across the Agile teams and hives (community of practitioners, SC Ventures, etc...).
• Works closely with the Product Owners and Chief Product Owners to ensure that the delivery organisation is aligned with the business objectives and scorecard.
• Partners with other teams through a federated model to optimise the value delivered by the Squads/Hives and address structural themes/impediments (DevOps, changes and governance, HR, Procurement, Enterprise Agility, etc..)
Agile knowledge
• Has deep understanding of Agile theory and processes, including the different methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming, Behaviour Driven Development and DevOps)
• Excellent knowledge of the SDLC processes and deliverables (traditional and Agile)
• Puts Agile to practice by applying Agile ways of working in different contexts to solve problems and increase efficiency
• Shapes the Product by understanding product development lifecycle – from product vision to MVP and beyond Coaching
• Good understanding and experience with various scaling framework (SaFE, LeSS, DAD, SOS, etc)
• Excellent knowledge of the backlog management techniques: estimations techniques, story slicing and distribution, MoSCOW, etc...
• Experience in coaching and delivering trainings: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Agile essentials, Kanban, User Stories management, Agile Leadership and other role-based trainings (Hive Lead, Chapter Lead, etc...)
Financial Market Domain specific knowledge
• Experienced with large scale transformation programmes within the FM or investment banking industry.
• Must understand the generic organisational construct (Front-Office, Middle-Office, Operations and Finance)
• Understanding of the generic FM products (FX, Derivatives, etc...) and end-to-end journey would be an advantage.
• Good understanding of DevOps practices in Banking.
Coaching
• Can effectively facilitate agile ceremonies and other events to achieve intended outcomes (from the Squads to the Hives/Portfolio)
• Able to effectively utilize coaching, teaching, and mentoring toolkit to solicit change
• Strong conflict resolution skills by identifying the team's dysfunctional areas and develops strategies to deal with it
• Ability to guide senior leadership and taking them into confidence to support teams better
• Excellent interpersonal skills; solid verbal and written communication skills
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
Self-mastery
• Actively seeks out feedback from others with the goal to become aware of blind spots and improve
• Ability to introspect, reflect on how you show up for other people and improve yourself without prompting
• Shows passion about his/her role, others colleagues and their progression.
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership, with an intrinsic desire to pick up and own initiatives and contribute to team success
• Ability to measure his/her impact and how positive changes implemented are sustainable to SCB.
Tooling and specifics
• Collaborative tools (JIRA, Trello, Confluence, Mural)
• A3 problem solving
• Dynamic Work Design
• Lean
• Human Centred Design or Design Thinking
Optional certifications:
• LUMA trainings/certifications
• Advanced professional certification in Agile software Development is desired (ex: Certified Scrum Practitioner, Scaled Agile Practitioner (SPC4), Professional SCRUM Trainer – SCRUM org, etc...)
• Coaching : ICP – Agile Coaching Certification Agile, ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching, etc..
• SAFE or Certified LeSS Practitioner
Strategy
• Influence and execute the CCIB and FM Digital transformation strategy building connection with the Chapter 3 bank objectives.
Business
• Optimise the value delivered to business and client by strengthening the Product Ownership practice at all levels
Processes
• Contribute to simplify processes through coaching and Ways of Working enablement
People & Talent
• Strengthen employee and engagement through coaching and mentoring
Risk Management
• Keep the bank safe by promoting Ways of Working processes pertaining to Risk management
Governance
• Improve governance from Squads ceremonies up to the FM QPR by implementing and optimising the Ways of Working standard operating model
Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
• CCIB Transformation Core team
• Group Transformation team
• FM Technology CIO
• FM COO
• FM Core Transformation Team
• FM Refinement Forum or Segment Leads
• FM Product Owners
• FM Scrum Masters and Squads members
Our Ideal Candidate
• Minimum of 5 years hands on experience in Agile or other related disciplines (Lean Software Development, Human Centred Design).
• Minimum of 10-year experience in Information Technology
• Minimum of 2 years leading & managing Software/ IT Projects / Teams using Agile
• LUMA trainings/certifications
• Advanced professional certification in Agile software Development is desired (ex: Certified Scrum Practitioner, Scaled Agile Practitioner (SPC4), Professional SCRUM Trainer – SCRUM org, etc...)
• Coaching : ICP – Agile Coaching Certification Agile, ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Coaching, etc..
• SAFE or Certified LeSS Practitioner
Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Coaching
• Agile scaling (LeSS, SaFE and other frameworks)
• Agile practices including Scrum Master, Product Owner (ability to build and deliver trainings)
• Technology delivery (SDLC)
• Banking and Financial Markets knowledge
• Facilitation techniques (ex : LUMA, design thinking, etc...)
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge, and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:
• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
• In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
• Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Visit our careers website
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Agile Coach position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Bangalore offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
