Empower digital innovation — lead transformative Agile initiatives in a dynamic landscape!
Krakow-based opportunity with hybrid work model (up to 3 remote days per week).
As a Senior Agile Lead – Digital Transformation & Automation, you will be working for our client, a leading financial institution committed to enhancing operational excellence through automation and innovative processes. In this role, you will spearhead agile practices within a newly formed technology POD dedicated to delivering open-source software solutions that drive efficiency and continuous improvement. This position offers a unique chance to shape delivery capabilities in a forward-thinking environment with significant career growth potential.
Your main responsibilities:
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including planning, refinement, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure consistent value delivery.
- Coach teams on applying Agile principles (Scrum, Kanban) and promote best practices for process discipline.
- Identify and resolve blockers by engaging the appropriate stakeholders, fostering an environment of seamless delivery.
- Utilize metrics to monitor team health, optimize workflows, and support ongoing process enhancements.
- Collaborate with Product Owners/Managers to refine backlogs and align deliverables with strategic goals.
- Coordinate dependencies across cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders to streamline delivery pipelines.
- Promote quality engineering practices, including automation, CI/CD, and adherence to definitions of done.
- Foster psychological safety, ensuring every team member can contribute, challenge, and innovate.
- Lead root-cause analysis sessions to address process issues at their core and implement sustainable improvements.
- Map current workflows to identify waste, simplify handoffs, and standardize where beneficial, maintaining governance standards.
- Drive the implementation of process improvements with clear owners, milestones, and dependencies.
You're ideal for this role if you have:
- 5+ years of experience in Agile delivery and process improvement within a technology or IT environment.
- Deep knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, and software delivery lifecycles.
- Extensive experience working with Jira and Confluence.
- Proven ability to analyze data, interpret insights, and drive actionable improvements.
- Excellent facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
- Ability to balance Agile flexibility with necessary process discipline.
- Familiarity with DevOps, Agile scaling frameworks (e.g., SAFe), or process automation is a plus.
It is a strong plus if you have:
- Certification such as CSM, PSM, or equivalent.
Language Required for the role:
- Fluent in English, with excellent communication skills.
Eligibility to work in Europe:
- Only candidates with an existing legal right to work in the European Union will be considered for this role.
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