Expert Kanban / Flow Coach - RVA ONEM
Description
ONEM-RVA develops and maintains several critical business applications. Most development teams currently use Scrum. Their work combines new features, application maintenance, incidents and changes driven by legislation. ICT seeks stronger flow control, more predictable deliveries and fewer dependencies and waiting times.
The Expert Kanban / Flow Coach supports several Scrum teams, Scrum Masters and Product Owners. The approach is pragmatic and grounded in operational realities. The consultant maps workflows, improves visualisation and progressively introduces Kanban practices. Coaching and facilitation are performed without hierarchical responsibility.
Flow metrics and historical data support delivery forecasts and evidence-based improvement. The mission also covers inter-team dependencies, visual management, workshops and knowledge transfer. The intended result is stronger internal competence and organisational autonomy. The full-time hybrid assignment runs in Brussels from 1 January to 31 December 2027.
Top Reasons to Apply
Shape critical application delivery
Coach multiple Scrum teams
Drive measurable flow improvements
Build organisational autonomy
Year-long hybrid assignment
Detailed Responsibilities and Skills
Additional Responsibilities
- Coach Scrum Masters in Kanban and Lean practices.
- Support teams in continuously improving their work system.
- Promote autonomy, self-organisation and fact-based decision-making.
- Help teams manage projects, maintenance, incidents and urgent requests.
- Identify and visualise inter-team dependencies.
- Facilitate coordination around priorities, risks and deliveries.
- Establish visual management practices supporting collective decisions.
- Design and facilitate improvement, retrospective, flow-mapping and problem-solving workshops.
- Train and coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners and team members.
- Develop internal capabilities to make the organisation progressively autonomous.
General skills and application requirements
- Agile team coaching: at least 10 years as Scrum Master, Flow Coach or equivalent.
- Practical Kanban implementation in software development: at least 5 years.
- Data-driven process improvement using flow metrics: at least 5 years.
- Workshop facilitation and multidisciplinary team coaching: at least 10 years.
- Collaboration with Product Owners, managers and business stakeholders: at least 10 years.
- Excellent command of Scrum, Kanban and Lean principles.
- Command of Lead Time, Cycle Time, Throughput, WIP, Aging Work and Blockers.
- Ability to analyse work systems and propose concrete improvements.
- Strong facilitation, coaching and communication skills.
- Experience with collaborative tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Agile: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Coaching: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Facilitation: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Flow management: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- JIRA: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Kanban: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Lean: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Mentoring: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Obeya facilitation: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- SAFE: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Scrum: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Training: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Visual facilitation: Expert level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- AI: Confirmed level; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Dutch: active knowledge.
- English: active knowledge.
- French: active knowledge.
- Expert Scrum Master role experience; most recent experience may be at any time.
- Submit a CV.
- Provide a sufficient answer to the Agile value/concept question, with reasoning, concrete implementation and an example from personal experience; missing or insufficient answers are disqualifying.
- IT-oriented bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Kanban Management Professional (KMP) certification or equivalent
- Scrum certification (PSM II or equivalent)
- Agile Team Coach certification
- SAFe certification
- Obeya experience (leading with Obeya)
- Story Mapping experience
- Impact Mapping experience
- Liberating Structures experience
- Flow simulation experience
- Trainer experience
- Speaker experience
Technical skills
- Use Lead Time, Cycle Time, Throughput, WIP, Aging Work, Blockers and Blocked Work to analyse flow and forecast delivery.
- AI: Confirmed level, as listed in the platform skills; no AI responsibilities or experience threshold are specified.
Tools
- Experience with Jira and Confluence; Jira is listed at Expert level.