Dennis Rijkers
Agile Coach & Transformation Consultant
I guide organizations through Agile transformations at scale. From team-level coaching to enterprise adoption, with focus on sustainable change and measurable results.
Dennis Rijkers, Agile Coach & Transformation Consultant
About me
With eighteen years of experience in Agile and change management, I help organizations make the transition from 'doing Agile' to 'being Agile'. My focus is on sustainable change that persists when the coach leaves.
My approach
I believe in pragmatic Agile: no dogmas, but principles that work in the specific context of the organization. SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum are means, not ends. It's about delivering value and helping people grow.
Systems thinking
Understanding change in the context of the entire system.
Coaching mindset
Helping discover rather than telling what to do.
Measurable results
Agile metrics that matter: flow, quality, value.
Culture change
Structure follows culture. Both must change together.
Enterprise Agile Coaching
Guidance for large-scale Agile transformations. From assessment to implementation and sustainment.
- Transformation roadmap
- Leadership coaching
- Change management
- Metrics & reporting
SAFe Implementation
Practical implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework, or LeSS where it fits better. No copy-paste, but tailored for the organization.
- ART launch & support
- PI Planning facilitation
- Portfolio management
- Value stream mapping
Team & SM Coaching
Coaching teams and Scrum Masters to a higher level of maturity and effectiveness.
- Team assessments
- SM/PO coaching
- Retrospective facilitation
- Capability building
Agile Assessment
Independent assessment of current Agile maturity with concrete improvement recommendations.
- Maturity assessment
- Gap analysis
- Prioritized roadmap
- Quick wins identification
Jumbo Supermarkten
Scrum Master, then interim Lead Engineering IAM & Workplace
Nov 2025 to Oct 2026
Started as Scrum Master, improving how several platform teams worked. When the Lead Engineering role for IAM and Workplace fell vacant, took it on to safeguard continuity. Handed over to a permanent internal successor.
Alliander
Agile Coach, departmental restructuring
2024 to 2025
Restructured a department: assembled and redistributed teams around more logical products, with day-to-day direction placed with permanent management.
LVNL
Agile Coach, middle management intervention
2025
Within a wider KPMG programme, a short and targeted intervention with middle management, who were the bottleneck in the change.
Alfen
Agile Coach, new operating model implementation
Mar to Jul 2025
Contributed to implementing a new operating model for a business unit. Above all an intervention: the company did not have the luxury of changing slowly.
Enexis
Scrum Master & Agile Coach, Agile Release Train
Jun 2023 to Feb 2025
Guided several teams through the nationwide rollout of the GIS system used by field engineers across the Netherlands. Left the Agile Release Train more mature and better structured.
Dutch Tax Administration
Agile Coach (SAFe), transformation team
2023 to 2024
Coaching within the transformation team, focused on advancing Agile ways of working in a large and heavily regulated organisation.
ING Bank
Senior Agile Coach & Trainer
2017 to 2019
Coached leadership teams, Product Owners and Chapter Leads. Responsible for connecting Belgium and the Netherlands and for offshoring to India from an Agile perspective.
Founder & Consultant
DRP Ventures B.V.
Current practice. Agile coaching, transformation support and interim delivery direction at large organisations.
Founder
Pink Pollos B.V.
More than a personal vehicle: an Agile consultancy with its own team of coaches, including clients, contracts and business operations.
Certification
ICAgile, Scaled Agile, LeSS
ICAgile Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC) and Team Facilitation (ICP-ATF), SAFe 4.0 SA, Certified LeSS Practitioner, Scrum Master and Product Owner. MBA in Change Management.
Assess
Thorough analysis of the current situation: culture, processes, structure, and challenges.
Design
Together design a transformation approach that fits the organization and its ambitions.
Implement
Hands-on guidance during implementation. Training, coaching, and facilitation.
Sustain
Anchoring the change. Transfer ownership and build internal capability.
Clients
Let's connect
Is your organization facing an Agile transformation? I'd be happy to discuss the possibilities.
Phone
Email
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Location
Amersfoort, Netherlands