Agile Lead

At its core, Admiral has always been a company that has strived for agility and Lean-ness. As it has grown larger, it is important to us that agility remains a key focus.

Here is an exciting opportunity to contribute to and shape ongoing initiatives across Admiral that are specifically focussed upon improving Enterprise Agility.

Job Purpose

You will act as an ambassador for enterprise agility, be a promotor of agile (Lean & SaFE) Frameworks & methodologies and champion core agile principles in the organization.  You will be accountable for continuing to embed enterprise agility, improve agile culture and practices in the leadership and delivery teams. You will demonstrate servant leadership to the CoE coaching community to help drive further agile adoption across the organisation as well as driving the strategy and change roadmap for the CoE team.

You will play an important role in supporting the delivery of the Portfolio, focusing on maximising the delivery of significant business value.  Being hands-on, engaging with teams at a tactical and strategic level.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Create cohesive strategy for diverse teams to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across our Change Portfolio
• Enhance delivery methodologies and ensure relevant training is developed and delivered by the CoE
• Strengthen enterprise understanding of Product Management to increase the delivery of value
• Look for ways to strengthen enterprise understanding of Portfolio Management to increase the delivery of value
• Strengthen the organisations understanding of values streams and how to mobilise and run successful Agile Release Trains
• Agile coaching – Teach, mentor and improve agile (and change related practices) across the organization
• Lead the CoE coaches and community champions to drive Agile adoption across the organisation
• Conduct regular agile maturity assessments and pulse checks.  Provide insight and recommendations for improvements
• Ensure the Enterprise is equipped to make strategic pivots
• Drive appropriate consistency of practise across the enterprise
• Ensure Portfolio Management best practice where applicable, such a Lean Portfolio management
• Champion agile culture and practice acting as Change agent for enterprise agility
• Advise on good practice (Project & Agile delivery) and scaling patterns
• Support the refinement of the Strategic Investment Portfolio and the ad-hoc demand process.

Outcomes

• Demonstrate a 10% + increase in NPS scores from colleagues on the Value of the CoE  
• Directly support a 5% + improvement in throughput, and quality of the delivery teams  
• Values to be re-visited and set annually

Knowledge and Experience Required

Strategic and Leadership Experience

• Involvement in agile transformation at scale in large enterprise organizations
• Involvement in agile adoption in start-ups also valuable
• Experience in building and executing a strategy to drive Enterprise agility
• Experience in defining and mobilising values streams
• Demonstrated experience coaching organizations on agile best practices, expert in topics involving agile and experienced working at the leadership (portfolio) level
• Experience in Strategic Planning, Value Management and Prioritisation.

Behavioural Competencies

• Passionate about understanding people / teams in various stages of Agile environment
• Excellent communicator with ability to negotiate, influence and explain
• Able to lead calmly through periods of high pressure whilst inspiring people and teams to achieve excellence and grow their skills
• Have drive, enthusiasm, and a can-do attitude
• Innovative and creative thinking.

Technical and Role Based Skills

• Extensive Agile (Lean, SaFE) experience and the flexibility to adapt your experience to new and evolving environments
• Experience in leading Agile Release Trains
• Industry-recognized certification, including but not limited to Scrum, Kanban, SAFe & Lean
• Knowledge of Portfolio Management and Product Management best practice
• Knowledge of continuous integration & deployment
• Knowledge and understanding of cross-delivery team and shared service dependency management
• Knowledge and experience of various Lean and SaFE methods and practises such as Design Thinking, Agile Release Trains, Planning Increment Events & Inspect and Adapt sessions
• Knowledge and experience of Agile (Lean, SaFE) development techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD - Acceptance Test Driven Development, TDD - Test-driven development, Continuous Testing, Pairing and Automated Testing
• Knowledge of Project and Programme management
• Experience with workflow management tools like JIRA/Confluence.

Interviews

The 1st round of interviews will take place w/c 1st August via Microsoft Teams. 

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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