Senior Manager, Program Management South Africa

As the Agile Delivery Lead, you ensure the successful implementation and delivery of value for transformative end-to-end Agile client engagements. You will lead program or portfolio level processes and execution while focusing on continuous improvement and optimizing the productivity of the team. You will manage globally distributed teams to deliver successful software outputs and meaningful business outcomes for clients while influencing change and effectively communicating with all levels of the organization

Your Skills & Experience:

• Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a multi-cultural environment

• IT experience in leading high performing teams in Agile/Scrum/SAFe constructs in consulting environment

• Strategic and forward-thinking with a deep understanding of and thought leadership in technology, project-delivery, and one or more industry verticals

• Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to influence with storytelling and data

• Comfortable presenting to C-level executives as well as senior business and technology leaders

• Knowledge of client context and client engagement guidelines including organizational sensitivities to consistently look for new solutions

• Demonstrated ability in defining, evolving and executing Agile maturity assessments; deep exposure to various frameworks on engineering/agile maturity frameworks

• Knowledge of best practices in design thinking/user-centered design (e.g., user research, hypothesis-driven development, prototyping, and usability testing)

• Strong conflict resolution skills

• Effective leadership, analytical skills, and negotiation skills

Set Yourself Apart With:

• Fostering innovation and creative problem solving backed by a strategic fact-base

• A passion for creating unprecedented customer experiences and innovative digital businesses

• Experience in creating high-performance delivery organizations

• Published thought leadership that pushes an industry leading POV on industry sector, technology, delivery, or organizational evolution

• Deep experience in one or more of our industry verticals

• CSM, CPSO, SAFe certified