Agile Delivery, Scrum and Coaching - Senior Consultant - Digital Factory

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

YOUR ROLE

You will be joining our Agile Delivery, Scrum, and Coaching capability. We’re part of the Digital Factories Tribe, which is part of the Business Technology business unit. As a member of our team, you will become part of a growing and dynamic community of technology professionals. Here, we are continually sharing knowledge and expertise, driven by a passion for user-centred design, critical thinking, and the innovative creation of digital services and products.

As a Management Consultant specialising in Agile Delivery and Coaching, you will play a crucial role in delivering transformational programmes, fostering collaboration, and championing agile practices. This role encompasses key responsibilities from the Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach positions.

1. Agile Product Delivery

• Lead and manage product delivery using agile frameworks and techniques, aligning with Agile values such as individuals and interactions over processes and tools.
• Assess the Agile Maturity of teams and organisations, guiding them to higher levels of maturity while promoting Scrum values like commitment, focus, openness, respect, and courage.

2. Team Leadership and Empowerment

• Provide leadership and empowerment to cross-functional teams, fostering a culture grounded in Scrum values and Agile principles.
• Matrix-manage multidisciplinary teams, encouraging transparency, inspection, and adaptation—the pillars of Scrum.

3. Scrum Master Responsibilities

• Guide teams on Agile/Scrum practices, embracing and promoting Scrum values in daily ceremonies and interactions.
• Identify and support the Scrum team and stakeholders in dealing with blockers and impediments, emphasising values such as respect and courage.

4. Agile Coaching

• Conduct Agile workshops for development and functional teams, instilling a culture of continuous improvement aligned with Agile values.
• Coach senior management in Agile practices, ensuring top-down adoption of best practices and fostering transparency as a key Scrum Pillar.

5. Delivery Management

• Manage the scope of client engagements from inception to closure, ensuring project delivery aligns with client expectations and Agile values.
• Coordinate resources, prepare delivery teams for kick-off, and ensure effective completion of milestones, emphasising commitment and customer collaboration from Agile values.

6. Communication and Collaboration

• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency and information flow, following the Agile value of customer collaboration.
• Foster a culture of collaboration with other Agile coaches and build a network with other Agile champions across the organisation, driven by Agile values and Scrum principles.

7. Driving Cultural Change

• Champion an agile mindset within client organisations, ensuring teams are at the forefront of industry best practices while embodying Scrum values.

8. Learning and Development

• Facilitate learning and development through individual and team coaching, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and relentless pursuit of excellence.
• Actively engage in your own learning and development, staying abreast of industry best practices, emerging trends, and evolving frameworks to bring fresh insights to the team.
• Contribute to the growth and expertise of Capgemini Invent through business and practice development activities, cultivating a culture that thrives on continuous learning and innovation.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events. 
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development. 
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc. 

YOUR PROFILE

We are looking for people with:

• Proven experience in undertaking roles such as Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, or Agile Coach in teams applying Agile principles. We welcome candidates from all sectors and markets from public sector organisations to start-ups.
• Experience in delivering multi-disciplinary products and working in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to connect across multiple teams and seniority levels.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery management and collaboration such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Miro etc.
• Demonstrated ability to coach teams and individuals, knowing when to lead from the front and when to allow teams to self-manage.

WHAT YOU'LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE:

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years. To see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page. Capgemini Invent offers Consultants a culture of learning, ownership, and focus on value.

• You’ll gain exposure to high-profile transformations and gain hands-on exposure to leading technologies.
• Our consultants are formally trained by industry experts in consulting and client delivery. Consultants have access to a vast array for different training and certifications in a variety of areas including Agile delivery (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Scaled Agile Framework). Capgemini Invent offers you the flexibility to develop various areas of knowledge in technical domains aligned both to your interests and our client’s outcomes.
• Les Fontaines: Capgemini Invent has a unique training environment just outside of Paris, where we can immerse ourselves in thought-leadership, share knowledge and build capabilities that will help us and our clients to succeed.
• We hold monthly showcases of our digital transformation initiatives, sharing knowledge and showing off how the power of technology is impacting our clients.
• There are monthly team drinks, and it’s a chance to connect face-to-face with the wider team over a few drinks in the city. The monthly team breakfasts give you a different, more relaxed setting to meet up in the office to hear from the leadership, meet colleagues and discuss the trends and insights within the market. Team away days are always a chance to connect with the team, have fun and learn something new.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing. 

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.
 
We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.
 
In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc you will be required to provide documentary proof prior to joining the Company that you are entitled to live and work in the UK.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.