Delivery Lead

Agile Delivery Lead
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Accenture Song
Over the past several years we 've seen major advances in the world, and much
of it owes to digital technology. However, people continue to experience
challenges and complexity every day. People deserve better. At Accenture Song,
our mission is to not only make every experience people have with our clients
meaningful and productive, but also to help improve daily life.
Our team - our Accenture Song family - is designed from the ground-up to
envision and create experiences that are not just better than what came
before, but the best and most transformational on the planet.
Our culture is casual and fun, with best of both worlds - agency and
consulting, with an emphasis on innovation, creativity and freedom to
experiment. We put a strong emphasis on mentoring, enablement of growth and
learning.
Our colleagues from more than ‎30 countries act as an interconnected team that
exchanges across country borders to ensure maximum efficiency and quality of
delivery.
Responsibilities/Authorities :
Agile Delivery Lead and Program Manager, a typical day might include the
following:
* Organize programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the client.
* Aggregate and present program level data to senior management.
* Ensure that the program meets defined quality standards and KPI 's and that goals are met for client satisfaction.
* Deliver successful program outcomes based on KPIs.
* Lead multiple teams of engineers in the execution and delivery of Data Engineering and Platform Integration initiatives.
* Drive Agile best practices and ensure facilitation of Scrum ceremonies.
* Define portfolio goals, objective and direction.
* Maintain alignment between all stakeholders and engineers.
* Create and track against quarterly roadmaps.
* Ensure programs are meeting quality metrics and overall success criteria and KPI's.
* Oversee the overall delivery and integration of new platforms and services, including training for support staff, communication to marketing and business stakeholders.
* Employ the practice of Inspect and Adapt to continuously improve on delivery and enhance the organizations capabilities.

Who are we looking for?
* You pay attention to details. As far as you are concerned, anything worth doing is worth doing right, every single time. You stay focused and nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.
* You communicate clearly. You write well. You speak eloquently. You can explain just about anything to anyone.
* You are motivated and driven. You are an excellent listener. You work with all kinds of personalities and bring out the best in them.
* You are data and metrics driven and align expectations with the team as well as with the executives and stakeholders based on objective insights. You drive programs to success based on KPIs. You are an expert in JIRA and use dashboards to discern and provide insights.
* You are an outstanding organizer and can organize programs and activities and align them to the mission and vision. You connect strategy to execution and can easily flex between tactical and strategic themes.
* You keep your eye on many items in flight and communicate & escalate issues before they happen. You help the team by looking around the corner so that the team can move forward with very high velocity.
* You are an agile expert. You bring industry best practices to refine strategy and execution. Also, you are a coach to your teams and help the teams get better every iteration.
* Practice Inspect and Adapt to continuously improve on delivery and enhance the organizations capabilities.
To land this role, you should have:
* Minimum of ‎10 years ' experience managing multiple technology projects & programs.
* Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Strong technical skills and understanding of architecture including ability to articulate architecture details and components about AWS cloud applications and mobile applications.
* Certification as scrum master from SAFe or Agile alliance. Product owner certification is recommended.
* Strong presentation skills to different audiences including Senior leadership and executives.
* Knowledge of and experience working with development teams.
* Ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment.
* Ability to aggregate and present technical data at a program level and communicate to non-technical stakeholders.
* Agile expert and experience in increasing and transforming the maturity, productivity and quality of teams.
* Knowledge about industry best practices, frameworks and tools used in agile program management.
Why join us?
We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus
on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues
You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some
of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering
tools
Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive
rewards
You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the
opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest
business trends
You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in
which we work and live
Next Steps
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