service line
Advisor
industry sector
Technique
Specialization
Consultant – Other
management level
Director
Job description and summary
A career at the Egypt Technology and Innovation Center (ETIC) will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize key advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and seize their biggest opportunities. We work with some of the largest and most complex companies in the world to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever-changing environment. We help drive sustainable change by spurring innovation, unleashing data potential, navigating organizational risk and complexity, optimizing deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create competitive advantage.
responsibilities
As a manager, you will be responsible for designing, establishing, advocating, governance, scaling and measuring the success of our Agile, PM and Delivery frameworks.
You will recruit and supervise a team of Agile Leaders in the roles of Scrum Master, Kanban Flow Master, and/or POs, DevOps, Architects, BA and PMs.
Solid understanding of software development lifecycle models as well as expert knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to suit the project and business environment
Develop and grow a global team of Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches across multiple technology towers – including work assignments and tracking, career development, coaching and mentoring while completing staff in this role as needed
Defining and directing the organization’s rapid transformation strategy
Performing the “Agile Trainer” role through advocacy, coaching and mentoring across the organization and in the community
– Create an agile, mature and healthy software development work environment, in the context of our organizational values
Provide continuous improvements in operational capabilities to improve efficiency
Create regular reports including performance indicators and metrics, executive reports and other ad hoc reports required by management
Work closely with the recruitment team and leaders of our tech towers to recruit the right people for our flexible teams
Coordinates between and between Agile teams to progress, resolve obstacles, and oversee project management
Clearly define delivery center guidelines
Ensure strong organizational information flow (extend coach scope)
Collaborate with the executive leadership team on portfolio governance on Scrum, Kanban and other projects and facilitate start-up or shutdown of teams based on investment decisions
Facilitates organizational learning, change management, adoption of the Agile process across metrics, and retroactive realization of benefits, outcomes, and outcomes
Lead a team of Agile Project Managers as the leader of the Project Management Office.
Lead the Agile project management lifecycle from estimate to delivery by defining project scope and schedule with a focus on timely value delivery; Organize and lead project case and business meetings; Preparing and distributing progress reports; manage risks and issues; correction of deviations from plans; Executing delivery planning for assigned projects.
Lead the team of Agile PMs and Scrum of Scrums and POs, Architecture Leads, BA Leads and take full responsibility for the lead DevOps team.
Demonstrable experience of leading a continuous improvement program within diversified capacity technology towers to increase the quality and efficiency of service provided to regions
As required, able to work with client follow-up/engagement teams within the territory to co-create client proposals/solutions utilizing center staff
Very well networked and respected in the local Agile professional workforce community (“Resource Magnet”)
requirements
– University degree, preferably a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering
At least 15 years of experience in a leading role in building, maturing, and operating an Oracle Offshore/Offshore Delivery Center providing transformational (build) and support (operational) services
Demonstrable experience of assuming full commercial responsibility (P&L) and operational responsibility for an Oracle capacity tower in the context of an overall hub
Demonstrable experience of leading a continuous improvement program within Al Qudra Tower to increase the quality and efficiency of the service provided to the regions
Strong and broad experience across all Oracle modules and other related Oracle products (candidates with legacy Oracle experience will not be suitable)
As required, able to work with client follow-up/engagement teams within the territory to co-create client proposals/solutions utilizing center staff
Very well networked and respected in the local Agile professional workforce community (“Resource Magnet”)
Core Personal Competencies:
– Leadership
– Business/commercial acumen
Broad Technology/Digital Perspective
Global vision (holism/diversity)
Network / Relationships
Essential Skills and Attributes:
A proven track record of successfully implementing programs and/or enterprise digital transformation projects using Agile methodologies including 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large and complex projects in a high-tech development environment with cross-functional teams. PMP . preferred
Previous experience with SCRUM / Agile methodologies with enterprise level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM or equivalent preferred.
Previous experience of leading an Agile transformation within a large complex organization(s) is preferred.
Experience in supervising cross-functional project teams including Developers, Scrum Masters, PMs, Pos, Architects, Business Analysts, QA, DevOps and SysOps personnel
Sufficient level of software development and implementation technical background to provide credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively assess complex project risks and issues
Highly effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaboration and team building
Previous experience in influencing without authority through technical tribal leaders and large-scale functional team management organizations is preferred
Solid understanding and proven experience in using appropriate PM and Agile tools such as Jira, Asana, Microsoft Project, SmartSheet or equivalent
At PwC Middle East, we set an ambitious goal and strive to live it every day: solving important problems and building trust in the community.
We are a community of analysts who come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustainable results. We solve important problems, and support each other as we grow, develop and build satisfying careers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused services to public and private clients across assurance, audit, transaction, advisory, tax and legal services. We rely on our development legacy that brings together the collective expertise of more than 7,000 people in our region with offices in 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.
We strive to deliver consistently innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustainable results. We are proud of the strength that comes from all of our different backgrounds and experiences and value the uniqueness of everyone. We thrive on uncertainty, operate with integrity and benefit from the diverse perspectives of our teams.
If you are looking for a place that nurtures your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagine ways of working to enable you to live a more balanced life, then you are the PwCer of the future.