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Agile Coach – Join the Agile Centre of Expertise

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Agile Coach – Join the Agile Centre of Expertise

Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Hybrid
Permanent | Full time
Closing date:  Feb 26 2026

Agile Coach – Join the Agile Centre of Expertise

  • Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • Full time
  • Closing on: Feb 26 2026
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What is the opportunity?

We're excited to announce the launch of the Agile Centre of Expertise (ACE) - a pivotal initiative designed to champion agile ways of working, support continuous improvement, and provide clear guardrails for agile adoption across Bank of Ireland.

As an Agile Coach, you'll play a pivotal role in embedding agile principles across Tribes and Squads. You'll work closely with Heads of Tribes, Product Owners, and Scrum Masters to foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and customer-centric delivery. Your expertise will help teams interpret agile metrics, drive performance, and align with strategic goals!

In this role, you will:

Agile Enablement

  • Coach & Mentor: Provide tailored coaching to Heads of Tribes, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Squads across frameworks like Scrum and Kanban.
  • Assess Agile Maturity: Evaluate team maturity and adapt coaching strategies to meet evolving needs.
  • Facilitate Agile Ceremonies: Lead retrospectives, workshops, and planning sessions that spark insight and drive improvement.
  • Promote Product Thinking: Shift focus from task completion to delivering long-term customer value.
  • Champion Psychological Safety: Foster an environment where experimentation, open dialogue, and servant leadership thrive.

Cross-Role Coaching

  • Support Scrum Masters: Help develop servant leadership and enable high-performing teams.
  • Empower Product Owners: Guide backlog prioritisation and partner engagement for maximum impact.
  • Advise Tribe Leadership: Align objectives and key results, governance, and continuous improvement across the organisation.
  • Facilitate Big Room Planning: Ensure effective coordination and alignment during PI/Big Room Planning sessions.

Scaled Agile & Transformation Leadership

  • Implement Disciplined Agile: Support adoption and evolution of the Bank's Disciplined Agile Framework.
  • Collaborate with ACE: Partner with the Agile Centre of Excellence to refine practices and promote agile governance.

Product & Delivery Alignment

  • Partner with Product Owners: Ensure backlogs reflect customer and business value.
  • Enhance Backlog Management: Support refinement, iteration planning, and delivery readiness.
  • Advocate DevOps Practices: Promote CI/CD and DevOps methodologies to streamline delivery.

What will make you stand out?

  • Proven experience in Agile environments, with current experience in a coaching role.
  • Deep expertise in Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
  • Proven experience leading Agile transformations and coaching distributed teams.
  • Strong facilitation, mentoring, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Proficiency in Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
  • Solid understanding of software development, DevOps, and CI/CD.

Experience with any of the following will help you to stand out but is not necessary in order to apply for this role;

  • Agile certifications (e.g., CSPO, ICA, SAFe) are a plus but not crucial.
  • Practical experience and partner leadership skills are highly valued.
  • A track record in product delivery is desirable.

Essential qualifications

There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role

More about the team

The Agile Centre of Excellence (ACE) is now being established to provide guardrails around agile adoption in BOI, to champion and support agile ways of working, and to foster continuous improvement and collaboration.

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Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with a commitment to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy along with working parent and carer supports.

Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Flexible working matching promise

We know how important flexible working arrangements are to our colleagues and we promise to try to match your current flexible working arrangement in this new role (all existing working arrangements considered!)

Key Competencies

  • Customer Focused - Self
  • Better together - Self
  • Be Decisive - Self
  • Take Ownership - Self
  • Manage Risk - Self

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Your Journey, Our Support

We believe that embracing the perspectives of all of our employees is a value that connects us with our customers and our communities, and makes it an even better place to work. We're building an organisation that is welcoming to all, which enables our colleagues to thrive and reach their full potential. 

We are on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We have recently partnered with Auticon, to improve inequalities in employment for neurodivergent adults.

Find out more

Our Gender Balance Network creates an inclusive space where colleagues of all genders can connect, learn from one another, and work together to achieve our gender balance objectives.

We support colleagues from all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities. We want our colleagues to feel safe, included and experience a sense of belonging.

Our objective is to drive representation and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, promote bringing your whole self to work, and increase visibility across locations, regionals and mediums.

Read more about Inclusion & Culture

Flexible Working

We’re committed to giving our colleagues the flexibility they need to thrive. Our hybrid working model is central to this approach, enabling more productive ways of working while supporting a healthier work-life balance.

For roles that offer hybrid working, we typically ask that colleagues spend a minimum of 8 days per month working in-person. Specific working arrangements will be confirmed with your recruiter to ensure they meet the requirements of the role and the team you will be joining. 

Hear how flexible working has helped Helen find the balance that works for her:

Our Benefits


Every job at Bank of Ireland comes with...

Pay & Perks

Competitive pay package
Premium pension contribution
Pay reviews & profit-share scheme
Financial wellbeing coaches
Excellent healthcare contributions

Work-Life Balance

23 days annual leave
Flexible leave: buy or sell your days
6 months paid maternity leave
Fertility and surrogacy policies
Working parent and carer supports

     
Career Growth

Support for professional qualifications  
Award-winning career framework
Clear pathways for development and progression

Hear what San San has to say:

"At Bank of Ireland there’s a range of development programmes and supports. That brings fresh opportunities and the chance to futureproof my career."

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