Agile Coach

Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we’re shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers. 

Mō te tūranga - About the role

As an Agile Coach in our Data Delivery Team, you’ll play a key role in helping the squad deliver while guiding them on the best ways to resolve blockers. This role is responsible for the continuous deployment and delivery of a project. This includes planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of a project.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Type: Permanent full time
Role Location: Wellington or Auckland
Work Hours: standard business hours

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like

As an Agile Coach you will: 

• Embedding a culture of learning, empowerment, rapid experimentation, adaptability and collaboration
• Guiding and coaching the squad and organisation to follow the NWOW/Agile/Scrum principles and practices that work best for the team, helping everyone understand the theory, practices, principles and values of Agile Delivery through servant leadership. This is achieved through;
  • Coaching team members on the facilitation of key ceremonies and role modelling best practice where helpful
  • Improving the flow of work
  • Enabling delivery and helping foster a strong team culture
• Supporting and coaching the Product Owner on Agile/Scrum practices
• Guiding and coaching the team to become self-organised
• Helping the team inspect, adapt, and self-assess to continuously improve delivery
• Improving transparency of work, processes and impediments within the team
• Facilitating the removal of impediments and coaching others to do the same
• Helping foster a safe and trusting environment where conflicts can be navigated in a healthy way without fear of blame

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Knowledge of agile practice and principles, including;
  • Empirical process control theory: transparency, inspection and adaptation
  • Scrum theory (Scrum Master service to PO, squad and organisation)
  • Kanban
  • Scrumban
• Experience in working in the above ways in a team setting
• Mentoring, coaching, team building and facilitation
• Hands-on experience with the following tools or their equivalent;
  • Jira
  • Confluence
• Project Delivery experience and a demonstrable track record of delivering what matters, as well as the ability to plan and prioritise work
• People leadership experience, including a demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, lead and influence people
• Continuous improvement methodologies, techniques, and practices such as from the Lean/Six Sigma body of work

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.  

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.  

We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.    

At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.  

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.co.nz/careers/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 79223.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

26/10/2024 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)