Senior Agile Coach (For independent contractors)

As a Senior Agile Coach within the strategic Agile@Booking programme, you will partner with Strategy, Business Operations, Project/Program Management (SBOPC) to enable and activate the program outcomes of the Agile@Booking.com program.

You will provide strategic training and coaching to facilitate the delivery of large-scale, cross-horizontal programs of work, moving beyond local optimisation to drive agile ways of working across large programs. By enabling SBOPC, you will ensure the execution of complex programs aligns with organisational objectives and the objectives of the Agile@Booking.com program.

A proven background in portfolio management, running large-scale programs of work and Agile Coaching is essential to successfully enabling these critical functions in their transformation journey.

Responsibilities:

• Enable Strategy, Business Operations, Project/Program Management, and Change Management functions to adopt Agile@Booking.com practices, ensuring alignment with organisational agility goals.

  
  

• Coach leadership and program managers on portfolio management at scale, providing guidance to structure and execute complex programs across horizontals that align into the goals of the Agile@Booking.com program.

  
  

• Foster systemic improvements by identifying and addressing structural barriers that impact portfolio performance.

  
  

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement governance models that support effective decision-making and cross-functional alignment.

  
  

• Embed the transformation baseline training into practice; work with SBOPC to apply and reinforce the training programme content, ensuring agile values, principles, practices, mindsets and concepts are translated into meaningful, day-to-day practices that drive change and improvement.

  
  

• Act as a strategic partner to SBOPC leadership, providing guidance on organisational design and flow optimisation at the program level.

  
  

• Design and facilitate coaching interventions for senior stakeholders to reinforce Agile@Booking.com principles within large-scale initiatives.

  
  

• Collaborate with trainers and internal and other agile coaches; Maintain close alignment with trainers (who you will be co-delivering baseline knowledge) to ensure continuity between training delivery and in-team coaching.

  
  

• Work with other Contractor and FTE Agile Coaches in the program to identify opportunities for improvement and implement where necessary.

  
  

• Contribute to a coaching community; actively participate in the coaching community over the business unit positioned within, share insights, challenges and successes. Work collaboratively with peers to align coaching approaches, learn from one another, and improve practices across all teams within the area of focus.

Requirements of knowledge/skills

• Bachelor degree (Master’s preferred)

  
  

• Skilled in agile coaching and portfolio and program management