Agile Delivery Lead

Job title:

Agile Delivery Lead

Company

888spectate

Job description

Ireland based only.888 Spectate is part of evoke Group, a global leader in both the retail and online gaming industry for over 80 years. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2005, evoke offers an innovative and world-class experience in online games including casino, poker, and sports betting.In Dublin, Spectate is developing the next generation of evoke’s sports betting platform.Through innovation we aspire to give our customers the most compelling, entertaining, and unique gaming experience possible. We are bringing the very best in e-Commerce practices to the sportsbook sector.We are looking for an Agile Delivery Lead with a genuine passion for agile software development. The ideal candidate will have proven experience of delivering large-scale software projects by effectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple teams.Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile ceremonies for two development teams. Manage the calendar accordingly.
• Promote continuous improvement across your agile teams.
• Oversight of the flow of backlog items on the agile boards. Highlight issues with delivery and suggest solutions where needed.
• Craft and facilitate workshops on new ways of working, team motivation, technical training etc.
• Tracking progress and sending out sprint reports.
• Record and use metrics to measure team’s efficiency.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to analyse the health of the product backlog and ensure it is detailed, emergent, estimated and prioritised.
• Build a trusting and safe environment where raising problems and issues are encouraged. Act as a safeguard for the teams.
• Run retrospectives that are positive and engaging. Record notes on Confluence and follow up on actions.
• Support with release co-ordination.

Essential Requirements

• Solid experience in a role leading agile software development teams.
• Proven experience of transitioning agile teams to new ways of working.
• Project co-ordination, reporting and facilitation skills.
• An ability to motivate and lead.
• Strong communication particularly in team settings.
• Observational skills – recognizing issues and making suggestions as to how they can be improved.
• Must be able to handle more than one team working on a variety of projects.
• Is okay dealing with constant change – changing priorities, team changes, process changes etc.
• Must have experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Experience leading teams using different agile practices such as Scrum, Lean, Kanban etc.
• Understanding of flow metrics and how to use these in a way that is helpful to your teams.
• Formal Agile certification (eg. PSM, CSM etc.)
• Must have a passion for Agile Software Delivery and keeps up to date with trends and developments in the area.

Desirable Requirements

• Experience with continuous delivery
• Coaching skills
• Release co-ordination experience
• Online betting knowledge
• Knowledge and/or experience with Value Stream Mapping, BDD, Automated Testing, Paired Programming, Continuous Refinement
• Knowledge and/or experience in Agile Project Management

Expected salary

Location

Dublin – Sandyford, Co Dublin

Job date

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:37:23 GMT

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