Agile Coach

What you'll do

Your responsibilities As an Agile Coach, you will join the Delivery section within the Business Computing group. Your mission will be to coach, mentor, and train teams and business partners on lean-agile practices in software development, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. We are looking for someone highly motivated and passionate about business agility.

The group is currently in the preparation phase for two business transformation projects: one covering Finance, Procurement, and Logistics processes (new ERP system) and, in parallel, the implementation of a new Human Capital Management system. This requires strong coordination and cross-functional collaboration across the group. As an Agile Coach, you will be assigned to one of the projects to contribute to the successful implementation.

Being part of the Lean/Agile chapter, you will drive BC Group events, help grow the Agile maturity of all group internal actors (teams, designers, product managers, the group management team itself) and work with the external group stakeholders to increase their awareness, acceptance and embrace of the group’s Agile ways of working. You will be aiming to deepen business agility fundamentals and lean portfolio management concepts within the group, leading to a healthier relationship between the group and its business partners.

Please note that interviews will take place in the last week of September.

Your responsibilities

Cooperate in coordinating the business transformation projects.
Train individuals and teams in agile techniques and frameworks.
Design a strategy for improving the collaboration and flow of information between software development teams and their business stakeholders.
Coach and facilitate agile workshops for product teams, business representatives, and other stakeholders on Lean/Agile practices and tools.
Work with the Lean/Agile Chapter to increase the knowledge of Lean/Agile Practices, ensuring the organisation is at the forefront of industry best practices.
Promote an agile mindset and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, accountability, and continuous improvement.

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Your profile

Experience working with Scrum teams in a scaled Agile context.
Experience with Product Management frameworks.
Experience with business transformation projects (e.g., ERP or HCM implementations).
Your studies focused on Computer Science, Organizational Psychology.

Your skills

Excellent communication, facilitation, and organisational skills.
Knowledge of scaled Agile frameworks and how to put them into practice.
Knowledge of business transformation projects (e.g., ERP or HCM implementations).
Agile certifications (e.g., Scrum Master, Leading SAFe).
Design thinking skills.
Spoken and written English, with a commitment to learn French.

Ideal start date: 01/01/2027

Contract duration (in months): 24

Job flexibility: Hybrid

Team supervision

Global Benefits at CERN

A monthly net stipend of either 6372 or 7004 Swiss Francs per month depending on your degree and years of post-graduation experience.
30 days of paid leave per year plus 2 weeks annual closure.
Coverage by CERN’s comprehensive health insurance scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
Family, child and infant monthly allowances depending on your individual circumstances.
A relocation package (installation grant and travel expenses) depending on your individual circumstances.
Possibility to extend your contract up to 36 months.
On-the-job and formal training including language classes.

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Be sure to meet the eligibility criteria

You are a national of a CERN Member State or Associate Member State. Currently, we cannot consider applications from Pakistani, Lithuanian, Latvian, Cypriot and Croatian nationals, as the ceiling defined under Article II.5 of the Associate Membership Agreement has been reached.
By the application deadline, you have a master’s degree with 2 to 6 years of professional experience since graduation or a PhD with a maximum of 3 years of professional experience since graduation. You are not eligible with only a bachelor’s degree.
You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
Please pay attention to the additional criteria and requirements for this specific position and mentioned above.

You will need these documents to complete your application

Your CV (English or French)
A copy of your most relevant diploma or a certificate of achievement from your school (if you don't yet have your paper diploma)
Any document you consider relevant to your application

Your CERNDepartment

FAP delivers reliable financial services and business computing solutions that are agile, compliant, and future-ready — through the automation of financial operations, improved financial planning capabilities, and a simplified, unified business software environment that supports CERN’s strategic ambitions.

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