Agile Coach

About the Role

TawanTech is seeking an Agile Coach to join their team in Riyadh, Riyadh Province. This full-time role focuses on driving Agile maturity and continuous improvement across technology teams. The successful candidate will coach teams and stakeholders on Agile principles, practices, and ways of working to enhance delivery effectiveness, collaboration, and organizational agility.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach squads on Agile principles, frameworks, and behaviors across multiple business lines.
• Coach Tech Leads to facilitate ceremonies and manage delivery cadence.
• Build Product Owner capability and ensure effective backlog management.
• Coach Kanban teams on flow, Work In Progress (WIP) limits, and service-level expectations.
• Assess Agile maturity and drive improvements in team effectiveness and delivery performance.
• Onboard new squads to a standard operating model to reduce time-to-productivity.
• Ensure Agile practices comply with change governance, audit traceability, and regulatory risk controls.
• Establish and monitor DORA and flow metrics in Jira and GitLab.
• Identify and remove organizational and process impediments to delivery.
• Facilitate workshops, retrospectives, and transformation initiatives.
• Support alignment across squads, business lines, and technology initiatives.
• Partner with Chapter Leads on capability development, influencing without direct authority.
• Promote collaboration, transparency, and sustainable delivery.

People Management

• Participate in the identification and recruitment of key talents for the respective department.
• Manage, guide, and assist direct reports in performing their functional operations according to established policies and procedures.
• Set performance objectives, provide necessary support, evaluate/appraise the team, and provide regular feedback on performance.
• Uphold a high-performance working environment and promote the Organization’s Values.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience in Agile coaching and transformation roles.