Vice President, Enterprise Agile Coach, Transformation Group Permanent

We’re looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.

• Coach and develop all levels of staff on how to implement and sustain the Agile principles & practices
• Lead by example and seen as a role model of Agile values, principles and practices
• Establish a position as an expert in delivery that cultivates business value & risk mitigation
• Engage senior management and promote business strategies and solutions which drive an Agile culture and make value visible
• Provide thought leadership to ensure successful design and implementation of delivery strategies that align with business unit, corporate goals and strategies
• Provide coaching advice to leaders at all levels in analysing business value and delivering well considered solutions
• Act as a trusted adviser to the business by driving innovative thinking with uncertainty & complex bodies of work
• Collaborate with other Divisions to ensure long term alignment to enterprise strategy
• Develop and define enterprise business agility roadmap, set the business agility agenda and implementation plan with clear business outcomes, e.g., business value delivery and time to market
• Define and implement metrics and performance indicators around business agility that will drive the success of the initiative
• Engage senior management and stakeholders to secure buy-in and support for business agility agenda and participate in forums to propagate and promote business agility
• Bridge business and technology by building a business agility culture that unifies, manages and resolves conflicts
• Understand enterprise technology landscape and drive business agility agenda that leverages on tech partnership
• Provide insight and guidance on enterprise/portfolio/project tech strategy that will support business agility agenda
• Identify and manage issues and risks, escalate issues as needed, and provide regular progress updates to senior management

• You will have a track-record of establishing the models for commercials, governance, funding, organisational change and underlying delivery organisation, necessary to achieve an effective Agile enterprise;
• Proven hands on experience working with Agile & Lean Software development practices, and change management are essential i.e. able to do what you teach/coach others;
• At least years’ experience in Agile Coaching roles, where you have transformed from traditional ways-of-working, and/ or recovered a troubled Agile transformation at the enterprise level;
• At least 7 years’ experience in Agile software development methodologies, values, principles and practices;
• At least 7 years’ experience in coaching, team building and group facilitation
• At least 7 years’ experience in Scrum, SAFE, DevOps, Kanban, Lean and of Systems Thinking;
• Strong customer focus: skilled ability to interpret and analyse customer requirements; influence design solutions in-line with Corporate and IT strategy; utilise established internal and external networks to promote innovative solutions for customers;
• Strong people leadership experience and a proven track record in leading high performing teams;
• Excellent presentation and written communication skills;
• Expert relationship management skills; ability to communicate well with diverse stakeholder groups through internal consultation & facilitation;
• Ability to work independently;
• Skilled ability to contribute to and understand strategic perspectives, and translate to tactical actions;
• Flexibility and resilience in responding to multiple changing priorities, and comfortable handling complexity and uncertainty;
• Systematic and disciplined approach to planning, organising, decision making and delegation;
• Skilled ability to work in a dynamic leadership team, contributing to the overall goals of the group;
• Skilled ability to perform synthesis and analysis working at the conceptual level for problem solving.