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Guardian Life · Onsite · Chennai

Job Description:

Job Profile Summary 

Job Summary: The Team Coach - Coaching & Transformation for India supports the scaling and sustained adoption of BTOM-aligned ways of working and promotes consistent, high-quality coaching practices across assigned product teams and value streams

Job Description: 

  • Coach product teams on agile practices to drive delivery discipline and predictability. Provide 1:1 role-based coaching for Product Owners and other team members to strengthen agile maturity.
  • Apply coaching methodologies to support cross-functional product teams in improving collaboration, enhancing delivery cadence, and achieving outcomes aligned with product goals.
  • Facilitate team-level ceremonies (e.g., planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) to ensure effective collaboration, alignment, and dependency management.
  • Coordinate with other teams to manage cross-team dependencies and maintain alignment. Escalate blockers to senior coaches or leadership as needed to ensure timely resolution.
  • Support teams in improving performance through ongoing inspection of team practices and adoption of new approaches.
  • Work with teams to define and develop objectives and key results (OKRs) aligned with enterprise and value stream priorities; assist in tracking progress through performance dashboards.
  • Guide teams to leverage flow and outcome metrics effectively to inform improvement; support development of targeted coaching plans to enhance team performance and maturity.
  • Contribute as a member of the Center of Excellence by adopting standards, sharing learnings, and supporting continuous evolution of the operating model.
  • Partner with Product Owners to build and maintain a strong backlog aligned with product strategy and priorities.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to support team needs and maintain alignment with product goals.
  • Reinforce team understanding of how their work contributes to product and value stream OKRs.

Must have:  

  • 7–9 years of experience in roles such as Scrum Master or Agile Coach, working with agile teams in a scaled environment.
  • Good knowledge of agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.) with experience in agile delivery practices and ability to reinforce strong team habits.
  • Ability to coach teams using supportive and adaptive techniques to drive continuous improvement.
  • Experience with agile tooling (e.g., Jira, SPM) and applying best practices for team-level adoption.
  • Exposure to OKR development and outcome-based performance tracking.
  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle and technology delivery.
  • Familiarity with product platform constructs preferred.
  • Working knowledge of engineering practices such as test automation, CI/CD, and DevOps.
  • Good facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to maintain alignment and transparency across teams and stakeholders.

Good to have skills:

  • Developing enterprise mindset beyond team-level execution
  • Ownership and accountability for team-level outcomes
  • Inclination towards action, experimentation, and continuous improvement

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai, Gurgaon

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

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About Guardian Life

Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being — mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM. Learn more about Guardian at guardianlife.com . Visa Sponsorship: Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (

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