Agile Portfolio Planning Head

Support Solution Train Engineers (STEs) and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) during Programme/Business Increment (PI/BI) and release management planning; provide guidance and support for capacity allocation; establish and facilitate portfolio sync; facilitate intergroup communication and dependency resolution; partner with stakeholders to remove barriers; provide coaching to delivery teams; contribute to the WOW community; provide oversight of spending, audit and compliance; manage portfolio level risks; guide and ensure implementation of agile portfolio planning toolbox; refine project governance structure; collaborate with business owners, executives and enterprise architects; facilitate efficient production of automated reports; guide shift from project funding to value stream funding.

Responsibilities

Support Solution Train Engineers (STEs) and Release Train Engineers (RTEs) during Programme/Business Increment (PI/BI) and release management planning; Provide guidance and support for capacity allocation in line with guardrails; Establish and facilitate the portfolio sync; Facilitate intergroup communication and dependency resolution; Partner with stakeholders across functions to break down barriers; Provide coaching to delivery teams (Feature team and Scrum Masters); Contribute to the bank's WOW community through participation in the internal Agile Community of Practice; Provide oversight and decision-making of spending, audit and compliance; Create and maintain the overall risk profile; Guide and ensure implementation of the agile portfolio planning and management toolbox; Refine and manage project governance structure; Work collaboratively with business owners, executives and enterprise architects; Facilitate the efficient production of automated reports; Guide and assist business owners, executives and enterprise architects to shift from project funding to funding of value streams

Requirements

Post Graduate Degree in Business Commerce; Post Graduate Degree in Information Technology; Relevant Agile Certifications e.g. Agile/SAFe Framework Qualifications (SAFe for Scrum Masters, Advanced Scrum Masters, Release Train Engineer (RTE), Certified SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM)); 8-10 years prior experience in working in a SAFe Program/Value Stream Layer, demonstrating experience in managing multiple Scrum teams; Proven experience in working under tight deadlines in a project environment; Flexibility to facilitate requests coming from various sources simultaneously and ability to effectively interface with a wide variety of people at all levels; Must demonstrate service and team orientation; 8-10 years prior experience working in large projects identifying cross functional risks and facilitating operational decision making to develop plans that can be successfully executed with the resources available; 8-10 years significant experience in integrated planning; Knowledge of Agile and Lean frameworks, methods and practices; Experience in being a catalyst for organisational change; Experience working in a multi-vendor and outsourced IT environment; Agile Development; Agile Estimation and Prioritisation; Agile Planning; Business Process Improvement; Project Management; Stakeholder Management (IT)