Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We’re looking for a Senior Crum Master / Agile Coach Product Lead to help develop innovation in Own Exclusive Brand (OEB) to be more agile in new product development and be more impactful on performance. The role is located at Longpont sur Orge.

What’s the job?

The Senior Scrum Master is a servant leader, whose primary purpose is to coach the Product teams to be self organising and deliver their commitments via a Lean-Agile mindset and a set of principles and practices. Alongside the Product Owner and Engineering Lead, the Scrum Master would normally lead 1-2 teams to develop self organising practices and then transition to a coaching stance with those teams, as they focus on new teams being onboarded to Agile ways of working.

Core Skills:

• Form and reinforce the team rules and practices within an Agile team following in accordance with local context and agile methods.
• Introduce appropriate Scrum / Kanban frameworks and ceremonies.
• Facilitate the team’s progress towards self organisation.
• Helps the team understand key metrics such as Cycle Time and Throughput, so that can see the effect of impediments and improvements
• Builds high-performing teams, by focusing on the team dynamics and performance and helping the team resolve internal conflicts.
• Drives relentless improvement, by helping the team improve and take responsibility.
• Coordinates with other teams and helps the team build relationships with their peers,to improve collaboration and effectiveness across the Program.
• Facilitates preparation for Quarterly Planning and alignment of delivery with other teams
• Diagnose the agile maturity of teams and the organization.
• Co-construct tailored support plans (coaching, mentoring, training).
• Promote agile values and principles at all levels of the organization.
• Measure the impact of coaching actions (KPIs, feedback, retrospectives).
• Maintain and improve tracking tools (JIRA, Confluence, Miro).

What you’ll bring

- French and English spoken

- Knowledge and experience of multiple agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.

- A track record of leading great teams, with significant experience managing business stakeholders and a tireless approach to building effective working relationships.

- A thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and the e-commerce environment, with a broad interest in technology.

- Imagination and creativity to solve problems, and work with teams to analyse the root causes of issues.

- A passion for coaching individuals and teams to get the best out of people.

- Emerging areas of interest outside of their agile teams, for example facilitating community of practices or mentoring.

Be Customer Focused - constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human - acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing
• I am respectful

Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive - acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable - championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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