Enterprise Agility Consultant

The organisation

TCS was awarded as #1 Top Employer in the Netherlands and the European Union. It has grown in 50 years to a company of more than 460,000 employees globally, traditionally being involved in large scale IT and Business services and transformations for almost all blue-chip clients worldwide. 

The position

We looking for Enterprise Agility Consultants 

You will be part of a young team of Agile Coaches, Transformation Leads and Enterprise Agility Consultants based in the Netherlands/Belgium. As for all team members, your contribution is crucial for the success of the team and the customer engagements we are in. For improving these successes, there are many opportunities and possibilities for you to suggest, discuss, test and implement improvements and/or new ideas.

Joining TCS at this time will expose you to numerous domains and customer projects in the Benelux, even all over Europe. At the moment without exception all remote, at the time travel to our customers can be necessary for ensuring successful results for our customers.

Candidate profile

Experience:

• About 10 to 15 years of total experience in Process Improvements, Software Development, Operations Excellence and/or IT Architecture in a large organization acting in a Consultancy and/or Expert Role
• Minimum 3-5 years of industry experience (IT, Manufacturing, Production, BFS, etc.) as an Agile Coach (resume should clearly articulate the coaching experience in a large scale enterprise agile transformation)
• Experience in training teams on Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, RAD etc.) along with the capability to conduct role-based Agile training such as Scrum Master Training, Product Owner Training, etc.
• Experience in a distributed agile environment such as on-site / off-shore model
• Experience in enterprise Agile frameworks such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), with ability to guide the customer organization on the right path for scaled Agile adoption and maturity
• Experience in creating and tailoring Agile processes based on customer need, keeping the processes lean and always aligned to the Agile Manifesto

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong consultancy, communication, presentation, negotiation, influencing & articulation skills
• Proven coaching, training, mentoring skillset on Lean-Agile and related methodologies
• In-depth knowledge and experience implementing of scaling agile frameworks (SAFe, DAD, LeSS, etc.)
• Good facilitation skills for Program Increment/Big Room Planning events and workshops such as Product Vision, Design Thinking, Strategy, Definition, Roadmap, Visioning, etc.
• Demonstrating strong management of, delivery of, and contributing to Thought Leadership in TCS offering development through strategic thinking, NLP, innovation, methodology improvement and by team events and meet-ups with customers and other interested parties
• Expertise to work with Organizational/ Organisational leadership in defining/guiding Operating model, Organizational design and Transformational Impediments
• In-depth knowledge of end to end software development lifecycle, with sound knowledge of various Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP, RAD etc.)
• Practical experience of implementing software engineering practices such as Test -Driven Development, Behaviour Driven Development, DevOps and corresponding tools and frameworks.
• Knowledge of DevOps capabilities such as Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD), Automated Testing, etc.
• Hands-on knowledge and experience in relevant Agile tools such as JIRA-Agile, Rally, Version One, AgileCraft, etc.

Education & Certifications

• Relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Certifications (should have at least one industry recognized certification, in good standing related to Agile). Examples:
  • SAFe Program Consultant (SPC5) – preferred
  • DAD – Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM), as of March 2021 -Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC)
  • LeSS Practitioner and LeSS for Executives
  • IC Agile Certified Expert (ICE) – Agile Coaching

Language skills:

• Dutch – Full Professional
• English – Full Professional
• One of the following language skills will be an advantage:
  • German, French, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian – Full Professional

Secondary Skills:

• Collaborative, Flexible, Empathetic, Curious, Learner, Team Player
• Previous experience in Software Development will be an advantage
• Practical understanding, experience and knowledge of DevOps capabilities

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience in regularly interacting, training and coaching “C” level executives at the client end
• Published white papers relevant to Industry and Conference speaking
• Experience in consulting or implementing Agile processes in legacy application environment such as mainframe

The offer

We provide competitive salary, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources .

Our internal volunteering and social network allowing you to take at least one paid volunteering day per year, as well as take part in social networks, Health and wellness initiatives such as fit4life and purpose4life internal sports events, we also sponsor Marathons internationally, Initiatives in mental health, LGBTQ among other diversity and inclusion awareness and support.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the form below.