Agile Coach @MarshTech

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Agile Services team at Mercer, a Marsh business. This role will be based in Cluj Napoca. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Our vision is to empower our Marsh Partners to drive leaner, more transformational change that delivers greater impact through innovative, sustainable solutions aligned with strategic business outcomes.

Agile Services is a central team of agility experts offering guidance, coaching and resources for business agility across our businesses in Marsh Technology. We support groups new to Agility as well as established groups that want to elevate and improve existing practices.

The Agile Coach will report to the Head of Agile Services and will be responsible for coaching, consulting, training and facilitating Agile & Lean practices.

We will count on you to:

• Facilitate Agile Adoption: Guide teams in the adoption and implementation of training, coaching, consulting to ensure best practice is established;

• Develop and Deliver Training & Workshops: Develop and deliver practical and high impact trainings and workshops in topics like Value Streams, Product, Lean Portfolio, Leadership, Agility Foundations and Role based learnings;

• Mentor and Develop Teams: Work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance their Agile capabilities, fostering a culture of collaboration, self-organization, and continuous improvement;

• Assess and Improve Processes: Evaluate existing workstreams, identifying areas for improvement and implementing strategies to optimize team performance and delivery;

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with product management, leadership, and other stakeholders to align Agile practices with business strategy, ensuring that teams deliver maximum value;

• Measure and Report Progress: Establish Objective and Key Results(OKRs) to track the effectiveness of Agility Coaching engagements, providing regular feedback and insights to teams and leadership to drive ongoing improvement;

What you need to have: 

• 2+  years experience as an Agile Coach with strong skills in facilitation, coaching, consulting and training;

• Relevant Agile certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC), SAFe;

• Proven experience working in Agile environments, ideally with a background as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or in a similar role, with a strong understanding of Agile principles and practices and strong stakeholder engagement;

• Ability to adapt to changing environments and work with diverse teams and leadership, demonstrating resilience and a proactive approach to challenges;

• Experience with Product and Agile tooling e.g Jira, Azure Dev Ops, AHA, Mural;

What makes you stand out?

• Experience in Enterprise Agile Coaching, Consulting & Training;

• Experience, as an Agile Coach in Product, Scaling, Portfolio and Leadership transformations;

• Enthusiastic, supportive and driven;

Why join our team:

• Work in an environment that empowers individuals to reach their full potential, fostering personal and professional growth;

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders;

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities;

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being;

• A yearly budget and the opportunity to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary);

• 30+ days off (including legal days, birthday, public holiday replacements, and benefits options);

• Performance bonus scheme;

• Matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge;

• Core benefits: Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, Travel Insurance

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit corporate.marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.