Junior Agile Coach (IT & Business)

Quick Facts

• Focus: Agile transformation and coaching for IT teams, with rollout support for S/4HANA and a path to expand agile practices into the business

• Location expectation: On-site presence in Wimsheim (home office possible by agreement)

Description

You will be responsible for introducing, applying, and continuously improving agile ways of working (e.g., Scrum and Kanban) in IT—especially in the S/4HANA program—and, in the long term, in the company. You will embed agile values through active operational support and knowledge sharing, facilitate key team events, and ensure transparency through reporting, metrics, and escalation to program management. You will coach teams and business functions in agile methods and support the S/4HANA rollout with documentation, training, and end-user support.

Responsibilities

• Introduce, apply, and further develop agile working methods in IT, particularly for S/4HANA, and later across the company

• Embed agile values through proactive support in day-to-day operations and active knowledge transfer

• Plan, moderate, and follow up all team meetings (Sprint Planning, Daily, Review, Retrospective)

• Support IT teams with backlog maintenance, prioritization, and requirement clarification with business stakeholders

• Remove impediments and coordinate interfaces between business areas, IT, and external service providers

• Ensure transparency of progress, capacity, and risks using reporting, metrics, and escalation to program leadership

• Coach and empower teams and business functions in agile methods; support change in the affected organizational units

• Contribute to conception, documentation, training, and end-user support during the S/4HANA rollout

• Coordinate internal and external resources, including budget reporting within the assigned scope

• Provide coordinative leadership for agile teams and coordinate project participants (no responsibility for goal attainment; disciplinary leadership remains with the respective team lead)

Benefits

• Performance-based compensation with attractive special payments

• 30 days of vacation plus special leave for family events

• Flexible working hours with flexitime accounts and part-time options by agreement

• Company pension plan with employer contribution

• Subsidies for special family events and company anniversaries