Enterprise Agile Coach (f/m/d)

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

• Agile Coaching & Leadership: Guide senior leaders and cross-functional teams in adopting agile principles and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Strategic Alignment at Scale: Ensure agile transformation aligns with business goals and scales across teams in a multinational environment.

• Team Enablement: Support product teams in selecting and evolving agile methodologies (e.g., SCRUM, Kanban, SAFe, LeSS Huge).

• Conflict & Collaboration Facilitation: Support team leaders resolve conflicts and promote constructive, mutually beneficial solutions.

• Align with lean Portfolio Management: Drive cross-team collaboration and implement lean governance practices.

• Continuous Improvement: Use agile metrics and feedback loops to optimize value streams and product delivery.

• Training & Stakeholder Engagement: Design agile training programs and bridge communication between business and technology stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• Experience: Minimum 10 years of professional experience, including at least 2–3 successful agile transformation projects in multinational companies. Additionally, extensive experience in traditional project management methodologies.

• Agile Expertise: Deep theoretical and practical knowledge of agile frameworks such as SCRUM, Kanban, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), LeSS Huge (Large Scale Scrum), and others.

• Change Management: Strong background in organizational change and agile design.

• Coaching & Mentoring: Proven ability to coach and mentor teams and leaders at all levels to foster agile maturity.

• Communication: Fluent in English, with excellent facilitation and conflict resolution skills; German language skills are considered a plus.

• Travel Requirement: Willingness to travel for work approximately 20–30% of the time.