Agile Coach

Country

Germany

Job Family

Technology

For almost 90 years, GfK has been a reliable and trusted insight partner for the world’s biggest companies and leading brands who make a difference in every consumer’s life - and we will continue to build on this. We connect data, science and innovative digital research solutions to provide answers for key business questions around consumers, markets, ROI, brands and media. With our headquarters in Germany and a presence in around 60 countries worldwide, you benefit from our global company with a diverse community of 8,000+ employees.

Harnessing the power of our workforce, the greatest asset we have is our people. As part of GfK, you can take your future into your own hands. We value talent, skills and responsibility and will support your development within our international teams. We are proud of our heritage and our future, as we continue our evolution from Market Research provider to SaaS data solutions and consulting partner. We value extraordinary people and this is why we are looking for YOU to help create our future. For our employees as well as for our clients we pursue one goal: Growth from Knowledge

**Job Description**:
As an Agile Coach with a strong background in technology and agile methodologies you will coach and support an agile team through the various agile events and help them deal with dependencies and impediments. In addition, you will join and contribute to our
_Agile Coaches community_ to share knowledge and work on improving our organisation, fostering a culture of growth and learning.

In that position, you’ll be looked after by Ralph, who is a strong believer in team spirit, collaboration and empowerment. He has served several teams as servant leader and is in a continuous improvement process together with the teams.

This is a #hybrid role: 2 days in the office and 3 days from home

You will:
- Guide your team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.- Facilitate discussions, decision making, and conflict resolution.- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.- Support and work closely with the Product Owner during refinement and maintaining the product backlog.- Support alignment with other teams.- Contribute to the alignment of delivery plans and roadmaps.- Sensitize the Engineering Manager, Domain Architect, Product Mangers and other stakeholders for agile ways of thinking.

You have:
- 3+ years' experience working as an agile coach, preferably in a scaling framework.- Experience with agile teams in larger enterprises and legacy systems.- Appropriate certifications, e. g. CSM or PSM.- Working experience in using JIRA and Confluence.- Solid reporting and analytical skills.

Our Benefits:
- Comprehensive training program- Several development programs- Accident insurance also for private life- Travel insurance for all business travels- Flexible working hours- Subsidized canteen or other lunch options- Health management e. g. subsidized in-house massages, relaxing techniques, health day, free sport courses- Corporate benefits e. g. for fashion, travel, sport, regional offerings- 24/7 SOS hotline for all travel emergencies- Holiday: You will be entitled to 30 days of paid vacation per calendar year, equivalent to a full time, five-day workweek. In the first year, your holiday entitlement will be pro rata temporis.- After 6 months of service we will contribute 65.58 Euros gross on a full-time basis per month towards the firm’s company pension scheme

We offer an exciting work environment that brings people together. We encourage an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. We make use of the latest digital technologies.

Can there be a better place to take center stage in the digital revolution? We are excited to getting to know you

We are an ethical and honest company that is wholly committed to its clients and employees. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal employment opportunity, focusing on all of our employees reaching their full potential.

We respect and value every employee regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, personality, experience, culture, faith, socio-economic status, or physical or mental disabilities.

We endorse the core principles and rights set forth in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Social Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, promoting the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality, and solidarity.

Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do on:
At GfK we work collaboratively with our colleagues but offer a flexible working approach, including dividing our time between office & remote working as well as the opportunity to flex our working hours around team core hours.