Agile Coach - Pulse

Job description

Agile Coach - Pulse

On a mission to help every small business succeed

We believe small businesses make the world go round. They create jobs, build communities, are the core of our economy, and enrich our culture. But it's too hard; they are not just expected to be passionate, hardworking entrepreneurs. They are also expected to quickly understand the complexities of their financial data to make crucial business decisions every day.

We are here to do the difficult task of simplifying this problem. We are using data science combined with an amazing user experience to empower every small business make better business decisions.

We are combining the pace and entrepreneurial spirit of a technology start-up with the backing of a 150-year-old institution.

We want to be known for helping every small business succeed. Interested?

Pulse is looking for an Agile Coach help us launch a new business. We are seeking somebody, adventurous and passionate about delivering on our mission to help every small business succeed.

At Pulse, the role of Agile Coach is to foster a culture of delivery, empowerment and effective way of working for our whole team - enabling the incredible people we have, to do their best every day. You'll be confident working at all levels in the team, influencing our culture and approach and getting the right tools in place for everyone. We're humble here - the whole team benefits from a great coach at Pulse, even the leadership.

We're just getting started building Pulse, and we're moving fast. Joining now will mean you can help us hire a team to meet our mission and define how we achieve that mission as a team. You'll make our whole organisation the thing it becomes, right from your first day. Giving everyone the confidence or space to make their contribution, and spotting where we can help the team be better, happier and more valuable to our users.

You'll influence everything across the business at this early stage and be a key part of our success. Our strategy, culture and future direction are ready to be matured to the next step with your coaching from day one. We'll be looking for your best ideas and energy to make that happen.

We're backed by one of the largest banks in the world, but backed by doesn't mean controlled by.

We're building their first ever data business from scratch and challenging anything we need to change to make the business a success - you'll be leading and representing the way we do things, and why we do it that way. You won't need to know financial services, you'll be experienced in breaking down barriers, operating with an agile mindset and in turn further developing a self-sustaining and resilient agile culture within our team.

In this role, you will:

·
Foster a culture of delivery, empowerment and effective way of working for our whole team

·
Guide, motivate and coach the product team to deliver against objectives

·
Proactively identify bottlenecks, impediments and issues and guide agile teams to quickly remove areas of inefficiency

·
Coach and mentor on collaboration, iterative development, managing flow, limiting work in progress, agile mindset and framework practices in teams.

·
Coach and mentor individuals and teams to discover and implement improved ways of collaborating and developing into high-performing, self-organizing, agile teams

·
Effectively communicate to a variety of audiences and facilitating meetings

Desired profile

Qualifications :

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

· 
Experience working with all levels of an organization in an agile environment

· 
Ability to build working relationships with a variety of stakeholders

· 
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills you will also be comfortable presenting to a variety of audiences

· 
Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams in delivering against our mission

· 
Knowledge and use of industry accepted Software Development methodology

· 
Previous experience in an agile/ evangelist role

· 
Building and coaching teams

· 
A background in software is favoured (financial services experience not required)

The base location for this role is WeWork Waterloo, York Road, London.

Pulse is owned and operated by HSBC UK Bank PLC

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why PULSE is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a health work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.

When joining PULSE, you will become a valued member of our team, we take the time to get to know you and there will be many tailored development opportunities along the way to support your career to grow as much as you want. We can offer you a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption pay, and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution. But this is only the start, we work closely with our colleagues to understand their life balance needs and we support them with several schemes and initiatives. We can't wait to tell you about our ways of working, wellbeing agenda and our healthiest human system!

Recruitment Helpdesk :

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 2078328500