Strategic Partner Enterprise Agility Head

SUMMARY:
Strategic Partner Enterprise Agility Head, African Continent Banking industry, Johannesburg, South Africa.

POSITION INFO:

Our client a renowned, African Continent Banking institution is seeking to URGENTLY appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Strategic Partner Enterprise Agility Head to be based in their Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg Offices.

MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE ROLE:

• To report directly into the as Strategic Partner to the CEO and EXCO members of a various Business Units (BUs).
• To define the Digital Business Unit Agility transformation strategy that will enable divers BUs to achieve their strategic goals and objectives.
• To enable a team of a specific BU of Agile Coaches to implement and continuously adapt the principles, methodology and tools of Digital Enterprise Agility in collaboration with the Heads of Business, IT and other support functions to achieve digital business unit agility.

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

• At minimum a bachelor’s degree: Information Technology is essential.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Define and implement Digital Agility transformation strategy for a Business Unit or Function to improve value delivery to customers & clients:

• As Strategic Partner to a Business Unit Exco, work with the Business and IT leadership plus all other support functions [e.g. Finance, Risk] to create a full value-chain enterprise transformation strategy towards Digital Business Unit Agility.
• Establish and implement short-, medium-, and long-term BU Digital Agility transformation goals.
• Coordinate internal resources (Agile Coaches and other experts) as well as relationships with external experts to deliver measurable business results.
• Create BU Agility roadmaps aligned to advancing the Group’s digital transformation ambition and through a team of Agile Coaches drive implementation of those roadmaps.
• Increase collaboration, predictability, full value-chain transparency and promote a culture of experimentation and innovation in the Enterprise.
• As an agility steward with deep expertise, ensure that the Digital Enterprise Agility principles are applied and embedded across the enterprise.
• Coach the Exco members and senior leadership of the Business Unit or Function on the changes in thinking and being that the quest to Business Unit Agility will require of them.
• Formulate Digital Ways of working guidelines and policies and ensure application consistency across the BU.
• Lead the development of the BU Agility toolbox that will be accessible to all areas across the Group to support the Group wide Digital Agility enablement.

Lead by example role modelling the principles, methods, and tools of Digital Agility to improve adoption across the Enterprise:

• Ensure that a BU Agility Community of Practice/Centre of Excellence is in place and works closely with the Digital Enterprise Agility Practice.
• As an individual with advanced mastery in aspects of Business Agility and one of the Group’s leading experts, stay current on the Global developments in Digital Enterprise Agility and share it with the community.
• Model the principles underlying Digital Business Agility to EXCO members and everyone you interact with by living them.
• Create a sustainable Digital Business Unit Agility capability that lasts long after key external supportive players have moved on.
• Reduce or eliminate reliance on external Agile coaches and consultants in the Business Unit or Function through developing people within the Line-of-Business.
• Take a leading role in the internal Business Unit Agility community and champion involvement in external Digital Agility communities.

Drive and take accountability for Digital Business Unit Agility health and performance to continuously improve and achieve strategic goals:

• As member of the Business Unit or Function EXCO, provide guidance and support to ensure the Line-of-Business focus on value delivery to the customer.
• Contribute to the design of effective organisational structures, from cross-functional stable teams to multi-disciplinary teams around Customer Journeys that are optimised for value delivery.
• Lead development of high performing teams by developing internal team capability, ensuring teams maintain discipline in the application of lean agile ways of working to solve business problems.
• Coach the Business Unit to make decisions, continuously improve, and measure performance informed by data. Establish and implement metrics to optimize agile delivery and measure business agility in terms of predictability, reliability, adaptability, and time to market.
• Take a stand as a respected Digital Business Unit Agility guardian and holistically assess the organisation, portfolio, programs, and teams for agility health, providing guidance on creating continuous improvement plans and embedding a continuous improvement culture.

Design and implement Enterprise Coaching approach to drive Digital Business Unit Agility Mindset, Principles, Methodology and Tools:

• Critical requirement to motivate, develop, negotiate, mediate, and cause commitments with EXCO members of the Business Unit or Function and other senior leaders.
• Understand that facilitators consciously embody self-awareness, self-management, and convey openness and enthusiasm while maintaining an allegiance to the ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''power of teams'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' over individual contributors.
• As trusted advisor on the Line-of-Business EXCO, help business, technology and support function leaders and their teams to adopt Digital Enterprise Agility practices, principles, and values in their strategies and execution of their work. Keep a helicopter view of the full value stream to help them deeply understand the dynamics inherent in the full Enterprise-as-system and not get stuck in silo-thinking.
• As an expert with deep experience in the dynamics of Enterprise Transformations and Culture Change, coach the leadership and their teams in their transformation journey, enabling them to acquire the necessary skills to effectively apply Digital Enterprise Agility in their business domains.

Build Industry wide thought leadership in Digital Enterprise Agility:

• Demonstrate ability to articulate major challenges and opportunities regarding Digital Enterprise Agility in Industry.
• Participate and contribute to Digital Enterprise Agility events across the industry.
• Become a sought-out industry advisor on Digital Enterprise Agility.
• Invest in your brand as a Digital Enterprise Agility thought leader.
• Create opportunities to drive capability building for communities as a part of making Digital way of working, thinking, and being accessible to increase Digital Enterprise Agility footprint across Africa.

NOTE WELL:

• Our client is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the competence diversity of the Bank’s Employment Equity Plan.
• Our client reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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