Engineering coach

For its Naval Applications Engineering department, Thales (Hengelo) is looking for a talented Senior Agile Coach / Lead Scrum Master with a passion for software development and the ambition to advance his or her career within a high-tech environment in a coaching role.

About the team
You will work within the Software Engineering discipline, spanning across +/- 100 engineering professionals and will be a leader the field of Agile Coaching towards teams, scrum masters and other stakeholders.

 
About your future job
The Engineering Coaching Roles support organizations, teams and individuals to help them become more autonomous and constantly improve in their Lean and Agile approach in order to deliver a quality product to end users. They contribute to the dissemination of best Processes and the implementation of operational models in order to promote the empowerment of teams while maximizing the efficiency of projects

The last three years the Software department has grown in size. The challenge for the coming period is to grow the team maturity in domain knowledge and to develop competences, with focus on operational performance of teams and people. You will be responsible for the performance of your teams, to enable the team to meet project objectives in relation to customer value, quality, time and budget.

You are an ambassador for our culture, which is based on trust, transparency and excellence. You contribute to and play an important part in setting up and executing our strategic plans and initiate process improvements.

Why you'd be a good match
Key competencies:

• Co-engineering, collaborative Work

• Competitiveness & Performance Improvement

• Lean / Agile Engineering

• Problems management

• Skills Management

• Leadership (e.g. leading the COP, coach the scrum masters)

• Leading performance improvements within teams

Behaviors:

• Share a compelling vision

• Invest in the development of others

• Trust and empower

• Ensure accountability

• Foster continuous improvement

What's in it for you 

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Includes the freedom for initiative and good ideas.

• Room for personal and professional growth within our organisation, for example in regards to technical, commercial or international skills. 

• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe. 

• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance.

• You can usually work where and whenever you want. Within Thales, we aim for a 60/40 balance, where you work from home at least two days a week, when your role allows this.

• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalise your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade PTO for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs.

• 40 days off per year (PTO). 

Interested? 
Apply now! Click on the button below to upload your profile and show your interest.
To ensure that we are a good match, we can ask you to participate in an assessment. 

Diversity Statement
We actively support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. That means that equal opportunities, inclusion and an informal culture are integral to our success. It also means that your well-being and happiness matter to us! That’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, remote working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. 

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