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Standard Bank Group is the largest African banking group by assets offering a full range of banking and related financial services. “Africa is our home, we drive her growth” Our vision is to be the leading financial services organisation in, for and across Africa, delivering exceptional client experiences and superior value. This sets the prim…
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Job Description
To lead and drive execution of Agile Release Train (ART) processes, monitor, control, manage dependencies, resolve, remove impediments, mitigating risks across the ART. Drive continuous improvement to assure consistent value delivery. Provide visibility of health of feature delivery overall program increment. Promote Lean-Agile transformation, influencing, coaching leaders, teams in the new processes, mindsets, adapt Agile frameworks to organisation, standardising practices leading to Enterprise agility.
- Act as a team buffer, protecting teams from external interference to allow for optimised productivity
- Act as servant leader and coach for the ART, drive the ART events and processes and lead the teams in delivering value.
- Act as the subject matter expert by influencing and coaching the ART (including senior business product owners) on Agile adaption, standardising and documenting practices in order to optimise the flow of value through the ART(s) using various tools.
- Aggregate team objectives into programme objectives and publish these for visibility and transparency
- Chair the scrum of scrums(SoS), and as a leader of scrum masters, ensure that teams interact and share cross-team issues and risks by facilitating the SoS.
Qualifications
- Degree – Information Technology (Required)
- Post Graduate Degree – Information Studies (Preferred)
Additional Information
Experience Required: Delivery Facilitation / Agile Transformation
- 8-10 years: Experience with SAFe 4 framework and implementation of Agile Release Trains and facilitating Lean-Agile Programme execution in large solution and/or programme execution using the SAFe 4 framework and experience as a scrum master using Kanban software.
- 8-10 years: Good understanding of Agile working practices and LEAN and SCRUM proficiency and working collaboratively across teams
Behavioural Competencies:
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information
- Checking Details
- Embracing Change
- Exploring Possibilities
Technical Competencies:
- Agile Concepts
- Agile Estimation and Prioritisation
- Agile Measurements
- Agile Principles
- Feasibility/Viability Assessment