Agile Coach

Department- Lean Agile Center of Excellence

Are you passionate about Agile methodologies? Do you have a knack for coaching teams to achieve their best? We are looking for an Agile Coach to join our Lean Agile Center of Excellence at Novo Nordisk. If you're ready to drive change and make a significant impact, read more and apply today for a life-changing career. We appreciate cover letter with your application. Apply Now!

The position
As an Agile Coach at Novo Nordisk, you will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of certified Agile trainings and workshops to enhance organizational understanding of Agile values and methodologies.
• Coach and mentor Agile roles, teams, and Agile Release Trains (ARTs), driving the adoption and continuous improvement of Agile practices.
• Drive continuous improvement and scaling of Agile methods, tools, and processes, leveraging organizational learnings and captured insights.
• Influence leadership to drive change and enable the organization to move forward together, acting as a role model for Agile methodology.
• Communicate and interact professionally with stakeholders, Agile teams, and external partners, fostering an environment of collaboration and shared learning.

Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field, with 10+ years of experience in IT, including 3 to 5 years of experience in Agile methodologies and Agile Coaching.
• Proven expertise in facilitating Agile training and workshops, driving continuous improvement, and managing change in complex stakeholder environments.
• Proven expertise in setting up people and teams for success, focusing on their needs, roles, and team topology.
• Preferred certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) with at least 2 years of experience in the SAFe® framework.
• Preferred experience working in a scaled Agile setup or being part of a Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).
• Good understanding of how people and team dynamics impact collaboration, value flow, and overall team performance.
• Able to navigate in a complex stakeholder environment, with strong empathy and relationship-building skills for effective stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with diverse users across different organizational, cultural, and technical competency levels.

About the Department
You will be anchored in our local Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) in GBS and also be part of our Global Novo Nordisk LACE. The local GBS LACE is focusing on coaching teams and leaders to embrace a cultural shift and the Global connect to Global LACE ensure bridge to the cross organizational agile units. We offer Agile trainings to educate our stakeholders in Agile methodology and ways of working. Also, we operate within Hub & Spoke model to ensure effective collaboration with stakeholders.  

Working at Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company with a 100-year legacy of driving change to defeat serious chronic diseases. Building on our strong legacy within diabetes, we are growing massively and expanding our commitment, reaching millions around the world and impacting more than 40 million patient lives daily. All of this has made us one of the 20 most valuable companies in the world by market cap. Our success relies on the joint potential and collaboration of our more than 63,000 employees around the world. We recognize the importance of the unique skills and perspectives our people bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk, we’re working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it’s a collective effort. Join us! Together, we go further. Together, we’re life changing.

Contact
To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline
27th February 2025

Disclaimer
It has been brought to our attention that there have recently been instances of fraudulent job offers, purporting to be from Novo Nordisk and/or its affiliate companies. The individuals or organizations sending these false employment offers may pose as a Novo Nordisk recruiter or representative and request personal information, purchasing of equipment or funds to further the recruitment process or offer paid trainings. Be advised that Novo Nordisk does not extend unsolicited employment offers. Furthermore, Novo Nordisk does not charge prospective employees with fees or make requests for funding as a part of the recruitment process.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.