SUMMARY:
The Role:

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
• Ensure successful im...
  
  

  POSITION INFO:
  The Role:

  Job Responsibilities:

  • Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality in accordance with business needs and strategic goals.
  • Ensure successful implementation of Agile in software projects with improved quality
  • Provide expert level guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods as well as communication, integration and successful team dynamics through weekly facilitation sessions
  • Provide expert guidance to software project team in terms of process, system, tools, methods .
  • Ensure communication, integration and successful team dynamics
  • Integrate with diverse stakeholders by engaging and facilitate with multiple divers groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
  • Engage and facilitate with multiple divers groups across a spectrum of wants and needs
  • Build professional relationships though engagement and regular communication and feedback with all stakeholders using quality metrics and project status reports as drivers
  • Conduct regular engagement , communication and feedback sessions with all stakeholders
  • Ensure professional relationships with software contractor, consultants, external suppliers and outsourced/ smart source vendors
  • Provide timeous reporting to stakeholders
  • Support the Agile transformational teams in driving the implementation of Lean and Agile principles and practices.
  • Guiding Solution Delivery teams on how to use Lean and Agile practices and values.
  • Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organisation.
  • Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediments.
  • Facilitating discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
  • Advise on possible risk issues
  • Mitigate risks timeously.
  • Ensure all Agile ceremonies are conducted.
  • Provide guidance to Product owner
  • Coordinate required skills for the core team
  • Facilitate retrospective sessions with core team
  • Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values by reviewing the Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned.
  • Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from
  • Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
  • Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
  • Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders'' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
  • Establish boundaries, commitment, trust, rapport and team cohesion by conducting personal conversations with team members.
  • Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in the client Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
  • Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g.. Green Strategy).
  • Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to the client.
  Skills and Experience:

  Essential Qualifications:

  • Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate

  Preferred Qualification:

  • Certified as Scrum master
  • Certified Scrum Professional
  • Certificate of completion in Applying Lean Kanban Relevance in at least one of the following:
  • Scrum Professional
  • Scrum Master
  • Agile Certified Practitioners (ACP) - PMI

  Experience required:

  • Experience in the relevant Agile role for at least one year for a software development team that was diligently applying Agile principles, practices, and theory.
  • 6- 8 years experience in IT 3 - 5 years experience in leadership roles Basic Consultancy experience
  • Basic Business strategy experience/exposure
  • Basic Process implementation experience/exposure
  • Basic understanding of change management and governance frameworks
  Key Accountabilities:

  Professional Knowledge

  • Banking knowledge
  • Industry specific knowledge
  • Business writing skills
  • Business terms and definitions
  • Facilitation techniques
  • Principles of project management
  • General Communication Skills

  Behavioural Competencies:

  • Collaborating
  • Facilitating Change
  • Courage
  • Positive Approach
  • Adaptability
  • Innovation
  • Emotional Intelligence Essentials
  Personality and Attributes:

  Exposure:

  • Change Management
  • Facilitating workshops
  • Coordinating and gaining commitment from internal stakeholders
  • Identifying trends.
  • Principles of financial management - Intermediate
  
  
  

   

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