Head of Agile Practice

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Define, uphold, and advance Equiniti's Agile operating model, standards, frameworks, and methodologies.

• Serve as the Centre of Excellence for Agile delivery throughout product lines and delivery teams.

• Advocate for Agile values, principles, and behaviors within the organization.

• Spearhead the evolution and adoption of Agile 2.0.

• Lead and nurture the Agile Practitioner team.

• Establish learning pathways, coaching frameworks, communities of practice, and development programs.

• Collaborate with leaders, RTEs, Scrum Masters, and delivery teams to enhance Agile maturity, team effectiveness, and delivery results.

• Drive planning, execution, and continuous improvement initiatives to boost predictability, quality, and efficiency.

• Utilize delivery data, flow metrics, team health insights, and feedback to pinpoint opportunities for improvement.

• Lead initiatives aimed at enhancing organizational effectiveness, minimizing delivery friction, and improving flow.

• Define and track measures of Agile effectiveness.

• Develop and advocate for Agile governance frameworks that ensure transparency, accountability, and control.

• Enhance delivery processes, tools, and reporting mechanisms.

• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Portfolio leaders, RTEs, and Scrum Masters to achieve transformation and delivery excellence.

• Assist in the transition from conventional Agile frameworks to AI-enabled software delivery.

• Facilitate the adoption of AI-enabled practices, workflows, and operational models.

• Identify obstacles to change, promote continuous improvement, and instill sustainable working methods.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in spearheading Agile practices, Agile Centres of Excellence, Agile transformations, or delivery excellence initiatives.

• Experience in implementing and scaling Agile frameworks across various teams, programs, or value streams.

• Demonstrated capability in embedding new working methods within complex organizations.

• A history of enhancing delivery effectiveness, predictability, quality, and team performance through Agile methodologies.

• Experience in coaching and influencing leaders and delivery teams at all organizational levels.

• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and SAFe methodologies.

• Experience in product-led or customer-centric environments.

• Expertise in measuring Agile maturity, delivery effectiveness, and continuous improvement through data-driven insights.

• Strong skills in stakeholder management and influence.

• Excellent facilitation, communication, and organizational development abilities.

• Relevant Agile certification such as SAFe SPC, RTE, Agile Coach, Scrum Master, or an equivalent qualification.

• Desirable: experience in leading enterprise-scale Agile transformations.

• Desirable: experience in implementing delivery metrics, dashboards, and improvement initiatives.

• Desirable: knowledge of Product Operating Models and Value Stream organizations.

• Desirable: experience in establishing Agile training and certification programs.

• Desirable: experience in regulated environments.

• Desirable: understanding of OKRs and outcome-based planning.

• Strong comprehension of AI-assisted software delivery, agentic workflow design, prompt engineering, responsible AI practices, and coaching teams in AI-enabled methodologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity for all staff and applicants.

• Employment offer subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks.