Agile Coach

Job Description

Job Title: Agile Coach

Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: Circa £75,000 dependent on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Driving the organisation-wide adoption of Agile ways of working, supporting EIT teams to embed Agile principles and practices effectively
• Spearheading Agile transformations across teams and projects, ensuring best practices are consistently applied and sustained
• Promoting collaboration, innovation, and efficiency by embedding Agile methodologies and cultivating a mindset of continuous improvement
• Designing and executing an Agile adoption roadmap aligned with business objectives, leveraging SAFe and Scaled Agile frameworks to enable enterprise-level agility
• Establishing a culture where teams feel empowered to experiment, learn, and improve within a structured, supportive framework
• Coaching teams and leaders on Agile tools and techniques, delivering targeted training sessions and developing engaging learning materials to upskill the business

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experienced leading teams within Agile ways of working (and experience with tailoring that approach to suit different needs)
• Experience in SAFe implementation supported by SAFe accreditation (e.g SAFe for Teams, Leading SAFe etc.)
• Experience in complex Digital Transformations
• Educated in multiple Agile frameworks (e.g Scrum, Kanban, DevOps)
• Experience delivering training/ coaching

Desirable:

• SAFe Practitioner Consultation qualification

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The team:

As an Agile Coach you will provide direction and leadership to the CI & Transformation team as we support EIT in implementing Agile as they embark on a huge transformation programme under One DDC. This is an excellent opportunity to join at the beginning of a new transformation programme which will revolutionise the way we do things and has sponsorship at a senior level within the company.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 14th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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