Agile Delivery Manager

Job Description We’re looking for a passionate, high-agency Agile Delivery Analyst to join Currency cloud (Visa). Your mission is to chase down and remove all impediments for a scrum team so you can all concentrate on quickly and sustainably delivering value for our customers and business. Your work will be framed by three questions: 1. Quality requirements: Do the engineers and stakeholders have all the documentation and knowledge needed to deliver value for our customers and business? 2. Agile & lean practices: How can we ensure a culture of continuous learning when it comes to agile and lean practices? 3. Delivery Management: What can be done to identify and remove all impediments faced by the scrum teams in delivering value for our customers? What we expect of you, day to day: Quality requirements: Ensuring requirements are at just the right level of detail to take into sprint, including functional & non-functional requirements. Plan and facilitate workshops for the team and stakeholders to emphasis a collaborative approach to requirements definition. Collaborating in the writing of epics and user stories Delivery management: Doing what is needed to unblock the scrum teams during the sprint Reporting and managing operational delivery metrics Create and maintain a delivery roadmap that outlines the prioritized features and milestones to achieve team and business objectives Holding the team accountable for their delivery commitments and coaching continuous improvement Drive the execution of deliverables across multiple teams and functions, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues, dependencies, and impacts. Stakeholder management Agile & lean practices: Leading/coordinating standard agile ceremonies for business-critical initiatives and complex assignments related to size or technical build Suggesting improvements to agile ways of working Coaching scrum teams on agile best practices Qualifications -5+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD, OR 8+ years of relevant work experience. Preferred Qualification -1 years + proven experience in an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master or Project Management role, preferably in a software-first Fintech or start-up -In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles, with real experience in creating working environments that adhere to them -Proven track record of chasing down impediments to deliver value for customers and business -Ability to communicate equally effectively with both technical and non- technical stakeholders -Preferably domain knowledge in Fintech - e.g. payments, FX, transaction banking or trading -A self-starter who takes accountability for getting things done -Top-notch stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence colleagues in small, cross-functional scrum teams -Comfortable challenging the status quo and always curious about the way things work -Great written and verbal communication skills -Exceptional structure and attention to detail Show more Show less