Senior IT Capability Coach

Job Description

Job PurposeEnable lean agile mindset, team autonomy and servant leadership across IT. Enable alignment between portfolio, programme and team level work through fit for purpose processes and frameworks. Research, design, implement and nurture contemporary ways of working based on lean principles across all functional areas of IT. Job Outline:- Drive implementation of scaled agile practices across all IT functions. Prioritize implementation in line with the strategy established by the Technology leadership team. Take a pragmatic as opposed to a purist approach to agile practice implementation.- Collaborate with all IT functions and Business stakeholders to design, launch and nurture cross functional Agile Release Trains (team of teams) that enable business value at enterprise scale with high levels of autonomy and empowerment.- Coach people across IT on lean agile mindset, team autonomy and servant leadership. Collaborate with Tech Academy to provide training. Work closely with Learning & Talent to align and resource developmental coaching, leadership, teaming and culture initiatives to corporate standards.- Research evolution on contemporary ways of working in the technology industry. Identify best practices that will enable positive outcomes for the company. Collaborate with IT leadership to implement new and enhanced ways of working.- Identify the key metrics around time to market, quality, productivity and people engagement. Implement the right metrics and portfolio, programme and team level in collaboration with the functions and teams.- Nurture communities of practice that enable people with common interest in a technical or business domain to collaborate regularly, improve skills and actively advance knowledge of the domain.- Ensure proper use of the programme management, collaboration and agile project management tools. Help all IT functions to use agile toolset with a pragmatic approach that enables right agile practices for software development as well as other work in IT.- Enable built in quality practices in autonomous teams. Ensure that each solution element at each increment, meets the appropriate quality standards throughout development.- Guide teams to select the appropriate delivery practices that maximises the outcomes expected from the team. These include practices like Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall or a hybrid approach depending on the nature of work to be done and outcomes to be achieved.- Enable transparency and alignment between portfolio, programme and team levels of IT organisation by implementing fit for purpose processes and outcome orientated metricsQualifications & ExperienceInformation Technology.Other : 8+ YearsDegree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) : Degree in areas like Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Product Management, Applied Sciences, Business Administration and Engineering. Certified SAFe 4 Program Consultant (SPC Experience in Information Technology in disciplines like - Programme and Delivery Management - Technical Product Management - Architecture and Design - Software Development Knowledge/skills: Must have good understanding of the following IT disciplines - IT Portfolio Management - Programme and Delivery Management - Technical Product Management - Architecture and Design - Software Development - DevOps and Automation - End to End Quality Assurance Leadership Role : NOSalary & BenefitsJoin us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. Thats on top of transport benefits, life insurance and more. Find out what its like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers

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About Company

the Emirates Group employs over 103,363 staff from more than 160 nationalities. The Emirates Group’s extensive and diverse international portfolio includes the world’s largest international airline, Emirates, and one of the largest combined air services provider in the world, dnata. For the year financial year ending 2017-18, the Emirates Group posted a profit of AED 4.1 billion (US$ 1.1 billion).