Agile Coach

Responsibilities

Strategy

 

• Define and manage the Agile transformation program and champion the sustainability of best practices for Agile in line with the new Agile standards defined by the Bank
• Embed Agile methodology and principles in the enterprise, reflected in mindset and culture changes
• Responsible for the direct oversight and coordination of the multiyear Agile transformation portfolio
• Coach and present senior executive leadership teams on the value of new ways of working (NWOW) and the mindsets leaders will have to adopt to make those NWOW work
• Create high performance culture where agile is leveraged as a strategic business asset
• Identify and triage organisational impediments constraining productivity, quality, early risk mitigation and continuous delivery of customer value
• Define scope, timelines, value proposition for delivery planning of projects and entire Agile transformation program
• Embed and initiate new ways of working – driving a change mindset locally, building capability on Agile ways of working, digital delivery, defining maturity models and frameworks, Kaizen, etc. (any other as appropriate, practices are illustrative only).
• Lean and refine the Agile delivery model and scale across all geographies, facilitating the collaboration between Group teams and country teams
• Work with the team to automate manual dashboards/reports/processes to be run out of automated dashboards.
• Work with the technology teams to drive JIRA and other tooling discipline
• Develop strong, effective working relationships with Business Line and key stakeholders to effectively execute projects and embed Agile sustainability practices
• Identify training and other change initiatives to prepare the overall organization for the adoption of an Agile methodology
• Define key metrics and develop an approach for capturing the benefits of the Agile approach
  
   

Business

 

• Collaborate on the creation and implementation of an effective Agile Architecture Operating Model, transformation roadmap and drive supporting activities.
• Develop and monitor metrics to track the progress of Agile Architecture adoption, enablement, scaling and maturity to aid in accelerating overall transformation efforts.
• Review and define Architecture standards and best practices.
• Advance best practices for scaling and optimizing Agile practices in the organization.
• Develop and implement Agile Assessment Framework (AAF) to provide development inputs/data for capability development.
• Guide and promote the adoption and application of Scrum and Agile principles, practices, values, tools.
• Facilitate ‘Big Room’ planning events with cross functional and leadership teams to align on outcomes, priorities and resource allocation for innovation and architecture groups
• Ensure agile architecture of one short- and long-term Transformation for the Bank.
• Identify technology bottlenecks in around culture and specify optimization/automation to be implemented.
• Partners with other technology teams in the Bank including Security, Networks, and others to ensure shared transformation is designed properly.
• Drive engineering practice outcomes, partnering with enterprise technology teams, ex
• Democratise and establish continuous delivery process
• Evaluate new practices for adoption across the enterprise.
• Performing agile design and reviews.
• Provide feedback to product owners on strategic initiatives
• Introduce& support emerging technology and best market practices which accelerate time to market and ensure effective client experiences.
  
   

Processes

 

• Work with Architecture, Security, Compliance, Data, Cloud and Technology Governance to follow appropriate policies, procedures, and controls for enablement of nWoW Standards
• Apply depth of analytical understanding of a variety of New Ways of Working such as Scrum, Kanban, Human Centred Design or Design Thinking, Lean, Dynamic Work Design, A3 problem solving, Extreme Programming, Behaviour Driven Development, DevOps, Agile Friendly Operating Model
• Contribute to the selection process for future Distinguished Engineer cohorts within the organisation.
• Help maintain the Engineering standards across the industry.
• Remediate or provide expertise on initiatives with significant best practices around technology challenges.
  
   

Innovation Opportunities and Impediments Resolution

 

• Work with cross functional projects teams and leadership teams to identify innovation opportunities and process improvements.
• Collaborate with others to remove impediments and agree on conflict resolution methods across strategic projects and related processes.
• Facilitate critical retrospectives (as brainstorming and training sessions) to identify organizational improvements.