Agility Lead & Product Delivery - FX - Vice President

Agility Lead & Product Delivery - FX - Vice President

Agility Lead & Product Delivery - FX - Vice President

Agility Lead & Product Delivery - FX - Vice President

Job Description

• Be the subject matter expert on Agile Software Delivery, advising and coaching development teams on Scrum and Scaled Agile Delivery.
• Promote continual improvement of the development team by establishing data-driven metrics such as definition of ready for backlog, definition of done, story point, time-based velocity charts, and churn to measure stories and tasks moved from sprint to sprint.
• Manage projects against aggressive client commitments and deadlines, ensuring ordered and well-documented product backlogs, whilst being commercially aware and mindful of costs vs benefits in everything we do.
• Work with Product Director and other Senior Stakeholders across the organization to understand strategic goals for the product and build a 0-18-month roadmap that is bold and achievable.
• Contribute to the overall Product Vision, define OKRs, and prioritization Product Backlog items.
• Direct program management of complex features delivery & cross-team dependencies to contribute to the success of the tea, including budget management coordination during the annual planning process.
• Track the value delivered from the Technology investment to ensure the hard work of the Engineering teams is monetized.
• Produce clear and transparent project governance and reporting processes.

• 7 years or more experience as a Senior Programme, Product Lead or Agile Lead.
• Solid background in FX or equivalent asset class.
• Hands-on experience managing all stages of the delivery life cycle, preferably in an agile environment.
• Manage projects against aggressive client commitments and deadlines, ensuring ordered and well-documented product backlogs.
• Resourceful individual who is detail-oriented with strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, comfortable working with a wide audience varying in degrees of seniority and ability to develop effective relationships with key business partners. An ability to articulate complex ideas, concepts, and solutions.

• Experience in technology landscape including eCommerce, pricing, trading, settlement, payments, and customer relationship management.
• Expertise in resolving conflicting priorities and skilfully navigating delivery teams.
• Significant experience with the agile software development framework, with substantial experience in high-pressure, time-critical environments.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and organizational skills - to present to a range of stakeholders from senior internal managers, external clients, regulators, and development teams.
• Ability to extract meaningful data and metrics from the development process to enable continuous improvement.
• Ability to work independently, own issues to resolution, and be self-motivated to achieve the best results for clients.
• Experience managing projects using Jira and Confluence.

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