Deputy Head Agile

<p>Job Description</p>
<p>Job Title Deputy Head - Agile Lead of EPMO Core/None Core Department Enterprise Project Management &amp; Innovation Office Reporting to Head of Business PMO Reported by Scrum Masters</p>
<p>Main Role (Overall Accountability)</p>
<p>Responsible for the delivery of agile products and projects, which will involve managing a portfolio of product teams. Support in aligning the delivery direction of the teams who are working under the various product portfolios/portfolio level status update on the product delivery performance.</p>
<p>Principal Accountabilities</p>
<p>􀍻 Setup and maintain the agile practice and define the processes, procedures, reporting, tooling, etc., to manage the portfolio.</p>
<p>􀍻 Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.</p>
<p>􀍻 Support the product management team in building the product roadmap and monitor its progress to make sure that quarterly product goals are being met across the various products.</p>
<p>􀍻 Manage the portfolio budget.</p>
<p>􀍻 Manage the risks and issues that might and do arise over the course of the delivery lifecycle, as well as take measures to correct them when they occur.</p>
<p>􀍻 Orchestrate the Scrum of Scrums for broader planning and coordination, manage the capacity and priorities of the scrum masters and support in escalations.</p>
<p>􀍻 Manage and use resources across the various products and teams in the portfolio.</p>
<p>􀍻 Manage stakeholders who are involved in the products and interdependent projects/programs.</p>
<p>􀍻 Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks.</p>
<p>􀍻 Make sure deliverables are aligned across the products and interdependent projects/programs.</p>
<p>􀍻 Decide on suitable strategies and objectives.</p>
<p>􀍻 Lead and evaluate scrum masters, Tech leads and other staff.</p>
<p>􀍻 Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities.</p>
<p>􀍻 Apply change, risk and resource management.</p>
<p>􀍻 Prepare reports for Management.</p>
<p>􀍻 Ensure that all Agile governance (stated as well as implied) are met.</p>
<p>􀍻 Ensuring delivery of products/projects in agreed time, resources and budget.</p>
<p>􀍻 Ensuring Product Oversight Committee meetings, sprint ceremonies and adequate Project reporting.</p>
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<p>Skills and Competencies</p>
<p>􀁸 Proven experience as a Project/Program Manager. Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods.</p>
<p>􀁸 Deep knowledge of agile practices, frameworks, and techniques.</p>
<p>􀁸 Good analytical, planning, implementation, problem-solving and time management skills.</p>
<p>􀁸 Outstanding leadership, organizational and skills.</p>
<p>􀁸 Excellent team management ability; Knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles.</p>
<p>􀁸 Strong communication and presentation skills; demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.</p>
<p>􀁸 Excellent knowledge of MS Office; working knowledge of program/project management software (MS Project etc.)</p>
<p>􀁸 Experience with agile planning and development tools (PPM Planview, Azure DevOps, Atlassian-Jira, Confluence, Zephyr).</p>
<p>Qualifications</p>
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<p>􀁸 [3-5] years of experience with agile development.</p>
<p>􀁸 Agile, scrum, or project management certification preferred (e.g. CSM, CSP, PMP, SAFe).</p>
<p>􀁸 Overall IELTS score of 7.0 and above (with minimum score of 6.5 for each individual band), or its equivalent in TOEFL; overall score of 94 and above (with minimum score of 20 for each individual section).</p>
<p>􀁸 Experience of 10 years in Project Management in a reputed organization in IT.</p>
<p>Key Interaction</p>
<p>Individual / Entity</p>
<p>Purpose</p>
<p>Scrum Masters</p>
<p>Progress Review, manage risks, oversee reporting, financing and administrative tasks</p>
<p>Sponsors, Product management Oversight Committee, Department Heads</p>
<p>Updates, Decision Making and Issue Management</p>
<p>Vendors</p>
<p>Inviting Proposals, Negotiating Contracts, Project Progress Review, Un-resolved issues</p>
<p>External Bodies (Regulators, Auditors, CMA..etc)</p>
<p>Getting requirements and Compliance</p>