E T Consultant – Agile Coach

The World Bank is seeking an Agile Coach to support IT transformation by coaching teams and leaders in Agile methodologies, facilitating workshops, improving delivery outcomes, and enabling organizational change. The role involves enhancing Agile adoption, improving collaboration, and supporting leadership in driving continuous improvement across ITS.

Responsibilities

• Coach teams and leaders across ITS in adopting and strengthening Agile ways of working, including Scrum, Kanban, and other fit-for-purpose frameworks, adapting practices to team context and maturity.
• Facilitate working sessions, team workshops, and leadership discussions to help teams clarify goals, improve collaboration, and accelerate delivery outcomes.
• Support teams in establishing effective backlog management, prioritization, and flow practices that improve transparency and predictability.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks, coordination challenges, and workflow inefficiencies, and work with teams to implement practical improvements.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, helping teams reflect on outcomes and evolve their practices over time.
• Support teams in defining clear roles, responsibilities, and ownership models to improve accountability and reduce friction in day-to-day delivery.
• Help teams strengthen collaboration across functions and reduce handoffs that slow down delivery.
• Facilitate structured conversations that help teams align on ways of working, priorities, and expectations.
• Identify areas where organizational structures, processes, or practices create barriers to effective teamwork and propose improvements.
• Support teams in effectively using enterprise delivery tools (e.g., Azure DevOps) to manage work, improve visibility, and track progress.
• Encourage consistent practices around backlog hygiene, workflow management, and delivery tracking to strengthen transparency and accountability.
• Help teams interpret delivery metrics and flow indicators to identify opportunities to improve predictability, quality, and delivery speed.
• Contribute insights that help leadership understand delivery patterns and systemic impediments.
• Partner with leaders and delivery teams to strengthen understanding of Agile principles, team dynamics, and effective collaboration practices.
• Facilitate retrospectives, learning sessions, and improvement workshops that help teams evolve their practices.
• Provide practical guidance and coaching that helps teams adapt Agile practices to their context while maintaining focus on outcomes and value delivery.
• Engage with stakeholders across ITS and the broader WBG community to build understanding of Agile ways of working and how they support the organization’s transformation goals.
• Communicate clearly with executive leadership and business partners on how Agile practices improve transparency, collaboration, and value delivery.
• Help translate Agile frameworks and delivery practices into clear, mission-oriented narratives that resonate with non-technical audiences.
• Support leaders in understanding how Agile adoption strengthens the institution’s ability to deliver outcomes in support of the WBG mission.
• Foster open dialogue with stakeholders to address questions, align expectations, and reinforce shared ownership of transformation outcomes.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Master's degree with 10 years of experience or a Bachelors degree with a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience supporting IT operating model change, transformation enablement, and organizational change.
• Experience using delivery and planning tools (e.g., Azure DevOps or Jira).
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent Agile coaching certification; SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) or similar product management certification; certifications in Scrum, Kanban, or enterprise Agile coaching (e.g., ICP-ACC, ICP-ENT, CSM/CSPO or equivalent); Design Thinking / Human-Centered Design; and Prosci Certified Change Practitioner (PCCP) or comparable change enablement certification.
• Skilled in Agile tooling, SDLC, DevOps, Digital Transformation Coaching, Principles of Information Technology.

Skills

• Agile Coaching
• SAFe Program Consultant
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Enterprise Agile Coaching
• Product Management
• Design Thinking
• Human Centered Design
• Prosci Change Management
• Organizational Change
• IT Operating Model Change
• Transformation Enablement
• Delivery Planning Tools
• Azure DevOps
• Jira
• Agile Tooling
• Software Development Life Cycle Management
• DevOps Automation
• Digital Transformation Coaching
• Information Technology Principles

Languages

English