Agile Coach

Switzerland - Zürich Information Technology (IT) Group Functions

Job Reference #

290813BR

City

Zürich

Job Type

Full Time

Your role

Do you want to play a vital role in shaping the future of how we work in an agile way? Are you excited to drive lasting engineering excellence change? Do you have proven ability to be a change agent, coach, and mentor to teams as well as leadership and business?

At UBS, we re-imagine the way we work, the way we connect with each other – our colleagues, clients and partners – and the way we deliver value. Being agile will make us more responsive, more adaptable, and ultimately more innovative.

We’re looking for an Agile Coach with a Software Engineering Background responsible for:

• driving engineering excellence, values, principles and practices
• inspiring and coaching individuals to adopt an agile mindset, further agile ways of working and promote early delivery of business value
• facilitate learning and development through individual team coaching, trainings, and workshops on Agile principles and values within the department
• work with the key roles across our streams and crews to increase team performance and overall effectiveness
• help teams identify and address any organizational, product-related or technical impediments and appropriately facilitate escalation and removal
• coach our Product Owners in the skills of backlog management, prioritization, and importance of balance between business features and technical debt to ensure team are correctly focused
• enable collaboration across-teams and cross-departments and in helping identify and improve organizational-level challenges

Your team

In our agile operating model, crews are aligned to larger products and services fulfilling client needs and encompass multiple autonomous pods. You’ll be working in the Global Messaging and Tracking team in Zurich focusing on driving engineering excellence across the products.

As an agile coach you will closely collaborating with agile coaches from other divisions in the bank.

Your expertise

• Bachelor degree or equivalent focusing on Computer Science or Software Engineering
• ideally a minimum of 5 years of experience in a similar position focused on software engineering within the finance sector
• interested in learning new technologies and practices, reuse strategic platforms and standards, evaluate options, and make decisions with long-term sustainability in mind
• ability to communicate effectively well within team, across teams and in larger community of practice, facilitate difficult discussions and agile ceremonies
• strong communicator, from making presentations to technical writing
• assertive, to ensure that Agile principles are adhered to while being pragmatic about practices
• a strong sense of continuous improvement to continually be growing once’s own craft, learning new tools and sharing techniques across community
• experience in working as an Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Flow Manager or similar relevant roles

About us

UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that its our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.