Key Information
Date live:
03/08/2026
Business Area:
Customer Digital and Data
Area of Expertise:
Change
Contract:
Permanent
Reference Code:
JR-0000119908
Barclays and Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank helps more than three million customers manage their money a little better every day. Barclays acquired Tesco’s retail banking business in the UK in 2024, and we’ve been growing together ever since. We offer Credit Card, Savings and Loans products that earn Clubcard points. For customers, that means more choice and better rewards. For colleagues, it means broader career paths and bigger opportunities.
Technology
Bringing together the strengths of Barclays and Tesco Bank, we’re passionate about using the latest tech to make it easy and intuitive for customers to meet their financial goals. We’re 100% Agile and totally customer obsessed. Our engineers are embedded across the bank, working seamlessly with the rest of the business. They are empowered to own solutions end-to-end and make an impact every day.
Where will you be located?
Join us as an Agile Coach at Barclays, where you will foster an Agile mindset, enhance team performance, and drive continuous improvement by coaching teams in Agile methodologies, facilitating collaboration, and removing barriers to efficiency. Align Agile practices with organisational goals and support long-term, sustainable Agile transformations.
To be successful as Agile Coach, you should have:
Led and supported the Product Community of Practice, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across product teams.
Supported GitLab implementation and adoption, driving improvements in workflow management, team collaboration, and delivery processes.
Coaching and mentoring individuals, teams and leaders on agile principles.
Change leadership and organisational transformation.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
Facilitation and workshop design/execution.
Agile/Lean framework knowledge (SAFe, Scrum, Lean).
Strong tooling and metrics knowledge (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Flow Metrics, GitLab.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
This role will be based in Edinburgh.
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Purpose of the role
Guides teams, leaders, and organizations in adopting and optimizing Agile practices.To foster an Agile mindset, enhance team performance, and drive continuous improvement by coaching teams in Agile methodologies, facilitating collaboration, and removing barriers to efficiency.Align Agile practices with organisational goals and support long-term, sustainable Agile transformations.
Accountabilities
Mentor and coach : Guide teams and leaders on Agile principles, practices, tools, and methodologies in alignment to the Business Unit’s strategic needs and delivering value to the client / customers
Facilitate Colleague Development:Coach and Develop colleagues to embed Agile ways of working, championing an Agile mindset and behaviors to drive cultural change
Build High-Performing Teams: Help teams identify and address impediments to Agile execution and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
Continuous Improvement: Use data and metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and growth
Cross Business Collaboration: Collaborate with other Agile Coaches, share best practice and contribute to a network of Agile champions across Business Units
Agile Adoption: Own the Agile coaching strategy to continually improve maturity levels across the organisation by embedding best practices.
Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.
We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.
To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
This role may be subject to enhanced governance arrangements. If successful, you may be required to comply with additional regulatory and compliance obligations, such as disclosure of personal trading activities and external interest/affiliations.
Further information on these requirements will be provided at a later stage of the process.
Our People
"It’s been an amazing journey so far, with supportive colleagues and opportunities to learn and grow every day."
"After graduating from university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with Corporate Finance, I began exploring a career in technology, driven by a long-standing interest in the field. Completing the Code First Girls ‘Introduction to Python and Apps’ CFGdegree and +Masters programmes helped build the foundation for the career I wanted to pursue. Today, I’m part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team in Platform Engineering. My role includes patching EC2 instances, updating Lambda function runtimes across multiple AWS accounts, and establishing PrivateLink endpoints for third-party connections.
Starting a new role can feel both exciting and challenging, but it’s been a great experience so far. I’ve been supported by colleagues and have had the opportunity to learn and grow every day."
Kat, Systems Engineer
Who succeeds in Tech at Tesco Bank?
The tech people who thrive here love to stay close to the customer and take personal ownership for solving problems. This is a friendly and inclusive environment, with a can-do, keep it simple ethos, where you’ll be encouraged to expand your skills and build a career that grows with you.
We listen to one another, seek out different perspectives and are open to new ideas. We keep teams small, flexible and agile, so they can react fast and make better decisions. That process of testing, listening, learning and improving through open feedback and collaboration gives our work real energy.
What you'll get in return
Competitive holiday allowance
Life assurance
Private medical care
Pension contribution
Our technology
We understand the importance of giving engineers the best tools to work with. We are 100% Agile, committed to automation, and our tech stack is updated and upgraded regularly. This allows our tech teams to focus on making an impact by solving customer problems not technical issues. As we grow, we’re making major investments in Product Management and Agentic AI, while finding new ways to draw customer insights from our rich resource of Tesco Clubcard data.
Working in Edinburgh
Our bright, modern EHQ building is based in the busy business district at the Gyle, to the west of Edinburgh. It’s an area well served by public transport and within walking distance from Bankhead tram station as well as South Gyle and Edinburgh Park train stations.
Hybrid working
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
Application process
Your application
We’ll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter.
Your assessment
Covering your behaviours and ability at work.
Your interview
Exploring your past experiences and skills.
Next step
We’ll request additional information so that you can complete our screening process.