Become an Agile Coach in DD&IT R&ED

Do you have a mindset of always improving the way we work and enhancing our value creation, efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration? Do you think Agile coaching is more about servant leadership and developing teams, agile release trains, and leaders — and less about running processes and events by the book? Would you like to be part of one of our Agile teams, empowering us to use IT to unlock potential and, in the end, save more lives? Then read on.

Digital transformation is a high priority, and the journey is on to stay on top of everything digital in the company. It’s a global journey with 2,100+ colleagues worldwide, driving tasks with a twist of Digital, Data and IT. As an Agile Coach, you are invited onboard into our agile journey, as part of Digital, Data & IT, Research & Early Development (DD&IT R&ED).

The role and its responsibilities

As Agile Coach, you will play a key role in supporting the leadership team and the agile teams in the cluster. You will also be a member of our Lean Agile Centre of Excellence, setting direction for our agile transformation and being responsible for initiatives across our clusters.

In this role, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Collaborate with Delivery Leads, Product Managers, and Solution Architects to drive relentless improvement in the clusters (ARTs/programmes)
• Coach agile teams as well as work at an individual level, coaching e.g. Scrum Masters and Product Owners, to help them spot and react to improvement areas
• Promote an agile culture in one of our clusters
• Act as a catalyst for change across our clusters and agile teams
• Find the appropriate way to work in different circumstances
• Ensure commitment and understanding at all levels to deliver value to the business

An important part of your job is also to share learnings and knowledge as a basis for ongoing development and implementation of best practices. In general, you can expect to work closely with your coach colleagues to ensure alignment and collaboration across the organisation. You will be part of a department of Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters in DD&IT R&ED, and of a broader network of Agile Coaches across the organisation.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have previous experience with the following:

• Proven track record of hands-on experience coaching agile teams (at different levels of the agile transformation)
• Ability to effectively build followership and coach teams to adopt agile practices, principles, and values
• Empathy, energy, and curiosity to excel in an environment with a high degree of empowerment
• Ability to engage with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels of an organisation, and actively drive cross-collaborative initiatives and build communities
• Great communication skills, and confidence dealing with difficult subjects
• A degree at minimum BA level in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a similar field

As a person, we are looking for someone who is passionate about Agile ways of working and gets energised from working with people in a fast-moving environment. You like to challenge the status quo and inspire the people in the team. You are a team player who takes responsibility and ensures excellent collaboration with the clusters, the agile teams, and the business stakeholders.

Join the Agile journey in DD&IT R&ED

DD&IT R&ED is organised in agile teams together with business partners. This close collaboration, combining solid IT implementation experience with expert understanding of the pharma research business, enables the company to support digital transformation and innovation across the value chain — from idea to patient. The company facilitates and leads IT deliveries and incrementally improves delivery excellence through agile ways of working. The organisation is currently building capacity to support the agile culture and is ambitious about onboarding skilled employees to support this transformation.

The position as Agile Coach will be part of agile teams in DD&IT R&ED. The agile teams have highly skilled and dedicated employees who support the DD&IT R&ED strategies by driving key IT initiatives. We value empowerment and autonomy and believe it is people’s differences, knowledge, and experience that create the joint strength of the team.

In DD&IT R&ED, we partner globally with R&ED to achieve scientific aspirations. The company provides timely, best-in-class regulated and non-regulated IT solutions, infrastructure, and system management across the R&ED value chain. We strive to efficiently drive digital, data & IT innovation and transformation by leveraging agile methodologies.

Working at the company

The company is a leading pharmaceutical company within diabetes, located in the Copenhagen area. We use our skills, dedication, and ambition to help people with diabetes and other chronic diseases change their lives. By working with us you will have the opportunity to do the same, in a global business environment. We never shy away from opportunities to develop — we seize them. From research and development, through manufacturing, marketing, and sales, we are all working to move the needle on patient care.