Senior Agile Delivery Lead Job Req ID: 43639 Posting Date: 4 Feb 2025 Function: Agile Capability Unit: Digital Location: RMZ Ecoworld, Devarabeesanahal, Bengaluru, India Salary: Competitive **Why this job matters** BT’s modernisation and simplification programme is an exciting, innovative and ambitious programme of change that affects BT’s Digital Consumer function as well as our customers and partners. We are focused in transforming our services in a collaborative human centred way, shifting to agile working across the whole software lifecycle, strengthening our partnerships and improving our leadership and culture. Our team structures and ways of working are changing. We are growing our people’s skills for the future and we are evolving our platforms, architecture, data & insight, digital and tooling. To deliver on the mission of Mobile Tribe, we need a Senior Agile Delivery Lead, with deep technical expertise and experience of agile methodologies and strategy creation, to drive the multiple initiatives and lead the change in the product operating model. The purpose of this role is to lead and inspire the telco and techco products delivery engine, with accountability of the DORA metrics in partnership with Tech tribe leads. You will empower the teams to deliver on time, manage frequent delivery with minimal defect leakage and within budget. This is a new job role created due to a team expansion and a newly set up Mobile Tribe. You will work with teams with cross functional squads within Consumer Digital. To deliver and execute product delivery exceptionally well, we make decisions powered by data and track our OKR’s. On this ambition of a Powered by Data strategy we are seeking a Senior Agile Delivery Lead, who will be responsible for leading overall strategy, planning, scoping, analysis and execution of a programme of work to support the tribe Product Operating Model. In this role, you will manage Tribe dependencies, risks, and create plans with confidence. You will also be a line manager to Agile Delivery Leads who will manage Agile Delivery Managers to deliver on the Tribes OKR’s and the Delivery OKR's. **What you’ll be doing** You will be accountable to manage Tribe dependencies, risks, and create plans with confidence. You will also be a line manager to Agile delivery leads who will manage Agile delivery Managers to delivery on the Tribes OKR’s and the Delivery OKRs. You will design and optimise target delivery operating model , including strategies to partner externally with agility and continuously deliver outcomes You will interact and partner with senior leaders and utilize strong influencing, relationships, and leadership skills, coupled with thought leadership to drive strategic Agile Transformation , alongside brilliant delivery execution and being able to articulate complex Technical landscape into simply understood outcomes . You will encompass deep technical delivery expertise through agile methodologies, long term strategy experience, and product management to drive the multiple initiatives and lead the change in product operating model and user centric thinking , owning everything from identifying gaps and understanding and defining the strategy, to the delivery and execution of a project at team level through agile ceremonies. You will ensure successful execution of Tribe and portfolio outcomes plans, by reporting progress, resolving impediments , managing risk and adherence to contracts **Skills and Experience** **The skills you’ll need to succeed** • Experience leader in delivering and maintaining Agile/Scaled Agile transformation for a large global organization • 10+ years of experience in relevant experience in End-to-end Technology Delivery, Operations management, Business Strategy and/or Change Management. • Trusted partner with ability to interact, communicate, collaborate and influence with all levels of organization and build partnerships • Ability to tailor the frameworks to the need and maturity level of the organization. • Demonstrated ability to succeed in a complex organization where the ability to discover and internalize diverse stakeholder goals is critical to brokering solutions that are in the best interest of the company • Independent judgment and mature decision-making skills to deal with programs that often have enterprise-wide scope • Strong presentation skills. Able to effectively present and defend point of view to a variety of audiences. • Strong executive presence and ability to work effectively with C-Level leaders. **Experience you’d be expected to have** • CSM or equivalent Agile certification • Experience in a scrum master/product owner role delivering projects and products through agile, waterfall and hybrid methodologies. • Experience in delivering Telco and AI products • Great at developing new relationships, driving positive change, and highly innovative • Great at developing new relationships, forming strong stakeholder relationships, thoughtfully communicating, driving positive change, and highly innovative and collaborative   • Experience in strategic project planning, being a project manager owning that full process for ideation to delivery • Advanced expertise in project management & agile tracking software (Jira/Trello/Monday.com etc) • Working knowledge of DevOps Process • A basic understanding of software development and development lifecycle is advantageous. **Our leadership standards** **Looking in:** **Leading inclusively and Safely** I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity. **Owning outcomes** I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation. **Looking out:** **Delivering for the customer** I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business. **Commercially savvy** I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making. **Looking to the future:** **Growth mindset** I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation. **Building for the future** I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best. **About us** BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet. Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding. We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’ We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development. This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it. **A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:** Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch. We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us. **DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?** Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.