Agile Delivery Lead

Job Purpose: About the role The Agile Delivery lead performs the role of Scrum
Master, developing and leading a high-performing, multi-discipline team,
instilling in them a clear vision and a passionate drive. They play a leading
role in fulfilling the vision, driving the implementation of technical
products and setting standards for teams to follow. The Agile Delivery Lead is
responsible for the day to day planning, leading, organising and motivation of
the scrum team(s) to achieve a high level of performance and quality in the
delivery of outputs that provide exceptional value to business users. What you
will do: - Schedule user stories from the technical product backlog to the
Sprint plan, focusing on regular and timely delivery of business value
initiatives, facilitates agile ceremonies, e.g. product backlog refinement,
sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives. - Manage
risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies removing impediments / blockers to
ensure optimal flow of value. - Guide the team on the use of Agile/Scrum
practices and values to delight the business and how to elicit the most out of
self-organisation. Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and coach the team to
higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for
the team. Promotes empowerment of the team, ensuring that each team member is
fully engaged in the initiatives and is making a meaningful contribution, and
encourage a sustainable pace adhering to the agreed quality management plan
with the team. - Work collaboratively with the Technical Product Owners to
refine, clarify and maintain the product backlog, together with the TPO
schedules and commits stories into sprints and visualises progress. - Support
the Technical Product Owners in managing business expectations and
transparency in both product backlog and schedule for all initiatives. -
Define and manage a well-defined process and champion ongoing process
improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Delivery
Management and effectively manage conflict resolution. - Ensure the Acceptance
Criteria and Definition of Done (DOD) is being followed, make sure that each
team member is fully engaged in the stories and making a meaningful
contribution. Encourage a sustainable pace adhering to the agreed quality
management plan with the team. Maintains an agile project management tool
(ScrumDesk, JIRA, etc.).
Qualifications & Experience: This job might be for you if you have:
Qualifications: - Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or equivalent) in a subject related
to Computer Science. - Certified Scrum Master Certification with ‎3+ years of
practical application of the Scrum Management discipline PMI ACP (transition
of existing SDCs are exempt) Experience: - ‎5+ years of working in Information
Technology in agile delivery within the context of a small / medium technology
change programme. - Proven leadership and project delivery experience in a
matrix organisation with global teams for a large organisation.
Knowledge/skills: - Well-versed in the use of tools of software delivery e.g.
MS OFFICE suite, JIRA, Confluence etc. - Ability to effectively communicate
specialist information in an understandable format to all stakeholders. -
Excellent communication skills, focusing on core scrum values of openness,
honesty and respect.
Salary & Benefits: Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary
and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on
flights and hotels stays around the world. You can find out more information
about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website
www.emirates.com/careers. Further information on what's it like to live and
work in our cosmopolitan home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle
section.