Agile Delivery Lead

Job Purpose: About the Role As the Agile Delivery Lead you will perform 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 right for you if you have the
following: Qualifications: - Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or equivalent) in a
subject related to Computer Science or similar. - Certified Scrum Master with
‎3+ years of practical application of the Scrum Management discipline PMI ACP
(transition of existing SDCs are exempt) - UAE Nationality (Passport &
Khulasat Al Qaid) Experience - ‎5+ years of working in Information Technology
in agile delivery within the context of a small / medium technology change
programme 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. - Experience in leading the teams and
enabling change. - Experience in IT Support operations will be an added
advantage.
Salary & Benefits: Join us at Emirates 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.