At the company, we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers Fly Better. The Agile Delivery Lead performs the role of Scrum Master, developing and leading a high-performing, multi-disciplinary 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, organizing, and motivating 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.
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Responsibilities
- 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.
- Work collaboratively with the Technical Product Owners to refine, clarify and maintain the product backlog; schedule and commit stories into sprints and visualize 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.
- Ensure the Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done (DOD) is followed; maintain an agile project management tool (ScrumDesk, JIRA, etc.).
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or similar.
- Certified Scrum Master with 3+ years of practical application of the Scrum Management discipline.
- PMI ACP.
- Proven leadership and project delivery experience in a matrix organization with global teams for a large organization.
- Experience in agile delivery within the context of a small/medium technology change programme.
- 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 and vendors.
- Excellent communication skills, focusing on core Scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect.
Salary & Benefits
Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. That’s on top of transport benefits, life insurance, and more.
