Senior Manager, Agile & Product Coach

Site Name: Poznan Business Garden Posted Date: Nov 14 2022 The Agile & Product Coach is accountable to coach and mentor teams, individuals, and leadership in agile & Product Management ways of working across team, product and portfolio. As a champion of the agile culture the coach endeavors to drive continuous improvement in ways of working and bringing outside knowledge into the organization. The role also encompasses the creation and maintenance of the agile capability framework and content, in partnership with the Director, Product Management Transformation. The coach has ability to deliver education on agile, design thinking, product management, portfolio management, driving changes and adoption of ways of working in the organization. The role is also expected to be a key change agent and enabler for where we are bringing step changes in ways of working across our organization e.g. introduction of DevOps, use of Aha!. Some training will be given in the role to help develop the individual. The key asset required is to be passionate about Product Management and Agile, and have some demonstrated ability of having used these approaches to great effect. Key Responsibilities: Strategy: Being aware and internalizing the latest industry disciplines on agile, product and portfolio management, and developing a long-term roadmap for practices, assets, tools and capability. Advocate to leadership on agile and product management strategy. Core Knowledge & Expertise: Staying connected and up to date with the agile & product management environment, seeking new standards and trends to continuously improve internal expertise and capabilities. Continuously expanding knowledge on agile ways of working, product management, portfolio management and design thinking, to bring into the organisation. Consultancy: A coach is responsible for ad-hoc consultancy for teams, individuals and leaders. They must maintain a high level of up-to-date knowledge on Product Management and Agile ways of working and be able to quickly analyse situations in order to provide consultation. Continuous Improvement: Accountable for driving ongoing improvements on practices, assets, tools and capabilities. Applying continuous retrospectives, define setup KPIs for the organization capability and performance to identify and measure improvement areas. This will be in partnership with Director of Product Management Transformation and Director, Portfolio Management Transformation as per scope for accountabilities Training: Accountable for maintaining and creating the education assets, delivery of pathways, overall curriculum. Responsible to gathering feedback and continuously improving content. Why you Basic Qualifications: You have at least 2 years’ experience acting in a coaching or facilitation role You have at least 2 years’ experience operating within an agile or product development environment. You have experience of working within a matrixed organisation with multiple stakeholders to manage, and strong at workshop facilitation You have good understanding of product management techniques including customer development, discovery & primary research, lean start-up method and industrialisation/scaling-up You have a good understanding of modern agile methods You have excellent relationship management, strong influencing and communication skills with all levels of the organization including senior stakeholders Preferred Qualifications: Experienced in using collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. Aha!, Azure DevOps) Experience as a Product Manager Why GSK? Benefits: Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies Long-term innvestments Company car or car allowance Contract of employment Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit Life insurance and pension plan Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible Sports cards (Multisport) Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training) Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Friday’s option, health & well-being activities) Supportive community and integration events Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers *LI-GSK G6 GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. 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