Agile Coach

Agile Coach

6 Month Initial Contract

Central London - 2 days a week

Up to £550 per day - Outside IR35

Contract Opportunity | Financial Services | Enterprise Agile Transformation

Sanderson is partnering with a leading banking organisation to recruit an experienced Agile Coach to support the rollout of a new enterprise-wide delivery operating model.

This is a high-profile transformation role, working closely with senior leadership and C-suite stakeholders to drive agile maturity, embed new ways of working, and support organisational change across a complex, regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership and C-suite stakeholders to shape and implement a new delivery operating model.
• Provide enterprise-level agile coaching across business and technology functions.
• Coach leadership teams, delivery teams, and agile practitioners to improve agility, collaboration, and delivery outcomes.
• Drive the adoption and effective use of Agile frameworks, practices, and principles across the organisation.
• Support cultural and behavioural change initiatives aligned to the transformation strategy.
• Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and coaching engagements for stakeholders at all levels.
• Establish and embed governance, metrics, and continuous improvement practices within a regulated banking environment.

Required Experience

• Proven experience operating as an Enterprise Agile Coach within large, complex organisations.
• Previous experience working within regulated environments, ideally financial services or banking.
• Strong expertise in SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), Scrum and Kanban.
• Demonstrable experience coaching at both enterprise and team levels.
• Experience influencing and engaging senior stakeholders, including C-suite executives.
• Strong understanding of organisational design, operating model transformation, and agile delivery practices.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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