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ET Consultant – Agile Coach

Position:Professional | EC2Deadline:10 Sep 2026 (12 days left)Job ID:38161Posted on:26 Aug 2026 (3 days ago)
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Job Description

World Bank seeks an Extended Term Agile Coach in Washington, D.C. to strengthen delivery across ITS. The consultant will coach teams and leaders, facilitate workshops, improve backlog and workflow practices, identify bottlenecks, clarify ownership and collaboration, use enterprise delivery tools and metrics, and communicate agile transformation outcomes to executives and stakeholders.

Key Details

Department

IT Transformation Management

Position Details

Experience level

Mid

Minimum experience

5 years

Employment type

Contractor

Arrangement

Onsite

Minimum education

Bachelor's degree

Contract duration

1 year 0 months

Language Requirements

Required

English

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Coach ITS teams and leaders in Scrum, Kanban and fit-for-purpose Agile practices
  • Facilitate workshops to clarify goals, improve collaboration and accelerate delivery
  • Improve backlog management, prioritization and workflow practices
  • Identify bottlenecks and implement practical workflow improvements
  • Support role clarity, accountability and cross-functional collaboration
  • Use delivery tools and metrics to improve transparency and predictability

Role Requirements

  • Master’s degree with five years experience or Bachelor’s degree with seven years experience
  • Experience in IT operating-model change and transformation enablement
  • Experience using Azure DevOps or Jira
  • Agile coaching and product-management certifications

Desired Criteria

  • Design Thinking or Human-Centered Design certification
  • Prosci Certified Change Practitioner or comparable change-enablement certification

Skills

Tools and Technologies

Additional Information

  • Official term duration: 1 year 0 months

Source & verification

IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from World Bank Careers, on 26 Aug 2026.