Lead Agile Coach

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work! These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click Here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues

About the role

• Following our Business Code of Coduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence. 

• Define and execute against the strategy for driving Agile Product capability within Technology. 

• Owning and articulating Tesco Technology's Product Management practice foundations, working with the product community to collate and evaluate principles, practices, tools and techniques.  

• Lead the team in developing and delivering an industry-leading Product Management learning programme, including engaging resources / materials.  

• Coaching teams (of all levels) to understand and apply Agile Product ways of working. 

• Continually tracking training/coaching needs, attendance and value, using insights / feedback to drive improvements and maximise impact.  

• Providing adaptable training and coaching options, delivering in varied formats (in person, virtual, blended.)  

• Support the leadership team in understanding opportunities and providing remedial recommendations to improve team efficiencies, both locally and cross functionally.  

• Foster a centre of excellence, including engaging community events.  

• Developing a communication strategy to promote both Agile Product principles and the team's learning offering as a whole.  

• Advocate the strategic direction, purpose, value and impact of the Agile Product team with Senior Leadership.  

• Collaborate with Group Capability in developing learning pathways for all levels of the Product Job family.  

• Lead a diverse team of coaches and community managers, mentoring and motivating them, ensuring they all have fulfilling roles. - Actively contribute as a role model within the Agile Product & Operations Team

You will be responsible for

• Following our Business Code of Coduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence. 

• Define and execute against the strategy for driving Agile Product capability within Technology. 

• Owning and articulating Tesco Technology's Product Management practice foundations, working with the product community to collate and evaluate principles, practices, tools and techniques.  

• Lead the team in developing and delivering an industry-leading Product Management learning programme, including engaging resources / materials.  

• Coaching teams (of all levels) to understand and apply Agile Product ways of working. 

• Continually tracking training/coaching needs, attendance and value, using insights / feedback to drive improvements and maximise impact.  

• Providing adaptable training and coaching options, delivering in varied formats (in person, virtual, blended.)  

• Support the leadership team in understanding opportunities and providing remedial recommendations to improve team efficiencies, both locally and cross functionally.  

• Foster a centre of excellence, including engaging community events.  

• Developing a communication strategy to promote both Agile Product principles and the team's learning offering as a whole.  

• Advocate the strategic direction, purpose, value and impact of the Agile Product team with Senior Leadership.  

• Collaborate with Group Capability in developing learning pathways for all levels of the Product Job family.  

• Lead a diverse team of coaches and community managers, mentoring and motivating them, ensuring they all have fulfilling roles. - Actively contribute as a role model within the Agile Product & Operations Team

You will need

• A self-starter and change agent, with a passion for problem-solving and continuous improvements.  

• Leading effective organisational change / transformation, using agile project management, change management, lean, design-thinking techniques.  

• Analysing data to support decision-making. - Influence and demonstrate the benefit of the journey you are taking people on  

• Excellent communication, collaboration, presentation, facilitation and negotiation skills. 

• Collaborative, flexible and open working style with an ability to quickly establish trust and credibility.  

• Integrity, energy and sense of urgency to 'make things happen.' 

• 4+ years experience in product management across the full product development lifecycle with exposure to a wide array of technologies, methodologies and business environments.  

• Strong knowledge and mastery of Agile principles and practices and how these have been applied to drive successful product delivery.  

• Experience working independently in a fast-paced environment, navigating complexity to deliver valuable outcomes.  

• Effectively working with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders, to understand issues, gather feedback and create alignment.  

• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Aha! and Miro.  

• Desirable: Education and Training experience 

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.