Vice President Agile Engineering Lead

As the Vice President Agile Engineering Lead at DWS, you will have the opportunity to be part of an industry-leading firm with a global presence, where you can lead ambitious opportunities and shape the future of investing. Joining the Chief Operating Office (COO) and CTO DWS Tech Division, you will play a crucial role in delivering world-class services across essential Technology and Operations capabilities. Your responsibilities will include facilitating and driving a group of agile leads and scrum masters to implement agile best practices across multiple verticals. You will guide the team to become self-organizing, build a culture of accountability and high performance, and promote agile values within the team. Your key responsibilities will involve facilitating scrum events such as stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, collaborating with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to achieve team goals iteratively, coaching the team as needed, and driving retrospective sessions with data for process improvements. You will also ensure transparency through regular communication with all stakeholders. To excel in this role, you will need at least 10 years of overall experience with a minimum of 5 years in the role of a scrum master. You should have good skills in servant leadership, facilitation, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and transparency. Hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence, as well as excellent communication and mentoring skills, are essential. Desirable skills that will help you excel include knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques such as User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, and Agile Games. Prior experience as a developer or team lead will also be beneficial. Educational qualifications required for this role include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant technology & science, as well as technology certifications from any industry-leading cloud providers. At DWS, you will receive training and development to excel in your career, coaching and support from experts in your team, and a culture of continuous learning to aid your progression. We strive for a culture of empowerment, responsibility, commercial thinking, initiative, and collaborative work. Join us at DWS, be part of the Deutsche Bank Group, and experience a positive, fair, and inclusive work environment.,