Senior Agile Coach

Senior Agile Coach
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Agile/Lean Coach with strong experience in SAFe to support business transformation initiatives and accelerate Agile maturity across teams and leadership. You will play a key role in coaching teams, product management, and stakeholders, enabling
- performing delivery, continuous improvement, and a Lean-Agile mindset at scale.

This role requires strong coaching, mentoring, facilitation , and change management skills, as well as the ability to influence and drive transformation in complex environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coach and mentor teams and leaders on Agile/Lean principles and SAFe practices;
• Support and drive Agile transformation initiatives aligned with business strategy;
• Facilitate key SAFe and Agile ceremonies and workshops (PI Planning, retrospectives, system demos, etc. );
• Enable teams to improve delivery performance, predictability, and collaboration;
• Coach Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineers, and stakeholders in Agile roles and responsibilities;
• Identify organizational impediments and support leadership in removing blockers to flow and value delivery;
• Promote continuous improvement, Lean thinking, and
  - driven
  - making;
• Build coaching plans, run training sessions, and support capability development through mentoring;
• Foster a culture of transparency, ownership, and
  - centric delivery.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as a Senior Agile Coach / Lean Coach , ideally in
  - scale environments;
• Strong expertise in SAFe and Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Lean);
• Demonstrated experience supporting business transformation programs;
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with the ability to develop teams and leaders;
• Excellent facilitation skills and ability to lead workshops with diverse stakeholders;
• English level B2 .

Nice to Have:

• SAFe certification (e. g. , SAFe SPC, SAFe Agile Coach, RTE , or similar)
• Experience with enterprise change management and transformation roadmaps
• Exposure to value stream mapping, flow metrics, and
  - level agility
• Experience in regulated industries (banking, insurance, telecom, etc. )