Senior Manager

2 days ago

Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria MTN Full time

Reports To: General Manager - Architecture and Engineering

Division: Information Technology

Mission:
  • To run an Agile practice and build strong partnerships with business, vendor, and traditional IT leaderships firm-wide and drive the culture of agility throughout the partner ecosystem while deeply embedding the day of work in the team this will enable agile  demand management to optimize the pipeline. 
  • Provide governance and management of the demand pipeline and act as primary partner for the business functions to capture, structure, align and plan business demand and match this demand with the IT supply functions' capacity. Facilitate the annual planning cycle as well as structuring, capturing and estimation of the demand on an ongoing bases and mapping of the demand against agreed plan and resource base. 
  • Oversee the Automation and User Experience function. 


Description:
  • Leads Agile execution visioning and blueprinting across the value chain-based business & IT strategies  
  • Leads the Business analysis and scrum /tribe teams 
  • Develops long-term IT Agile delivery methodologies & ensures alignment of IT strategy and planning with company's business goals. 
  • Lead the operationalization of the MTNN Agile Delivery methodologies 
  • Leading and facilitating the creation of agile principles to guide solution execution 
  • Identifies and evaluates new business opportunities recommends strategies for business analysis and delivery options. Translates business vision and strategy into effective business solutions. 
  • Manages risks associated with solution deliveries in line with IT strategy  
  • Recommends & enforces compliance with Group architectural blueprint, considering local & international developments in business and agile delivery principles. 
  • Leading and facilitating the creation of agile principles to guide solution delivery for the enterprise 
  • Ensuring optimal use of the Agile Governance and tribe structure for compliance and alignment. 
  • Promoting the Agile process, outcomes and results to the organization, including the enterprise's IT and business leaders; this includes assessing (through appropriate metrics) and communicating the achievement and impact of agile, as well as leading the development and execution of an agile communication and education plan 


Education:
  • First degree  
  • Fluent in English  
  • Masters' Degree in a relevant discipline will be an added advantage. 


Experience:

9 - 17 years' experience which includes: 
  • Manager track record of 3 years or more; with at least 2 years in relevant sector/ industry across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous 
  • Ideally qualified in ITIL and in a project management methodology 
  • Project management experience  
  • Experience in release management and ideally some exposure to IT operations management and good knowledge of IT governance processes. 
  • Experience with Scrum, creative design, Agile methodologies  as well as enabling business capability and objectives through technology 
  • Experience with process and user design automation  
  • Must have a well-rounded user-centered product portfolio that spans retail banking, e-commerce and telecoms  
  • Experience with conducting user research, usability testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping and analytics 
  • Knowledge of Lead and Agile software development processes and 3 years minimum experience playing the Agile Coach and Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory across distributed teams and stakeholder groups.  
  • Experienced in servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment 
  • Experienced burndown techniques, burn chart analysis, and other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD. Excellent communication and coaching skills. 

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