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Delivery Lead (Scrum Master)
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) Sydney, NSW
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Dates
- 18-Jun-2024 - Closing Date
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of Digital change
- Help teams by coaching members in scrum adoption and self-management
- Oversee and manage Scrum teams
- Follow release governance process for Digital Solutions
- Facilitate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog grooming
- Ensure adoption of Teams defined Ways of Working practices
- Manage release preparation and execution activities
- Lead improvements to project delivery service
- Support Service Owner(s) in delivery
- Act as project manager when necessary
- Align with UNSW Values in Action and Code of Conduct
- Cooperate with health and safety policies
Requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience
- At least 5 years of functional experience in leading agile/scrum teams
- Extensive knowledge of application development methodologies
- Comprehensive communication, consultation, and negotiation skills
- Experience in business case preparation and estimation
- Sound experience with Agile SDLC delivery tools
- Project management skills preferred
- Agile accreditation preferred
- Understanding and commitment to UNSW's aims and values
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working
- Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
- Access to lifelong learning and career development
- Progressive HR practices
- Discounts and entitlements
Notes
- Full-time continuing role within UNSW IT
- Hybrid Working Opportunities
Delivery Lead (Scrum Master)
Job no: 522869
Work type: full time
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Information Technology
Work type: full time
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Information Technology
- Employment Type: Full time continuing role within UNSW IT
- Excellent starting salary from $138,191 plus generous 17% superannuation and leave loading
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)
About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community, a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.
The Delivery Lead/Scrum Master is responsible for the delivery of the Sustainment/Digital External Engagement Squad Scrum in a timely, controlled, and predictable manner. The position will ensure that Agile methodologies, specifically Scrum, are understood, practiced, and enacted within their teams. The Scrum Master will work in close collaboration with other delivery leads/scrum masters, Technical Lead and other digital solution team members. The scrum master will be responsible for coaching the development teams to self-organise and create high-value products, as well as being responsible for removing impediments to the Squad’s progress. In addition to the Delivery Lead/Scrum Master responsibilities, this role includes managing the scrum on a day-to-day basis.
Accountabilities
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of Digital change, establishing and controlling constraints and scope.
- Helps the teams by coaching the members in scrum adoption, self-management, focus on creating high-value Increments and Influence the removal of impediments.
- Oversee and manage the Scrum teams. Ensuring the team adheres to Scrum theory, practices and rules, and work as the Scrum Master within Agile teams, this could include the use of Kanban over Scrum in certain circumstances.
- Follow the release governance process for Digital Solutions and coordinate with other squads to align work completed in squad to 2 weekly release cycle.
- Communicate with the teams regarding key plans, commitments, and essential changes which include requirements, schedule, scope changes, and QA plans (Scrum of scrums)
- Facilitate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog grooming with the Product Owner.
- Ensure that the Teams defined Ways of Working practices and templates are adopted and used consistently.
- Ensure that management processes, tools, techniques and personnel are in place to ensure that the transition of services, service components and packages are planned and compliant.
- Ensure that test and validation and configuration management are applied in all release and deployment activities.
- Manage, communicate and coordinate release preparation and execution activities with the Integration teams and other relevant stakeholders.
- Lead improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of the project delivery service and contribute to the identification of areas of improvement.
- Support the Service Owner(s) in delivery by maintaining and developing processes, standards, tools and reporting and their documentation, and proactively review the service provided to endusers and customers.
- Act as a project manager when necessary and take responsibility for managing dependencies between our teams and third parties or between our teams and other scrum teams.
- Align with and actively demonstrate the UNSW Values in Action: Our Behaviours and the UNSW Code of Conduct.
- Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.
Skills and Experience
- Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training and experience.
- At least 5 years of functional experience in leading agile/scrum teams, within Digital, preferably Adobe AEM related deliveries, in a large and complex organisation.
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in a range of application development methodologies including ‘agile’, ‘scrum’, ‘Kanban’, ‘devops’, ‘lean’ and ‘rapid’ application development methodologies.
- Comprehensive communication, consultation, influencing and negotiation skills and proven ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
- Experience in business case preparation, estimation and costing of work.
- Sound experience with Agile SDLC delivery tools i.e., JIRA, Confluence, etc.
- Demonstrated success working effectively and collaboratively on initiatives with a range of people at different levels within an organisation and partner/vendor resources.
- Excellent time management skills, with a demonstrated ability to respond to changing priorities, manage multiple tasks and meet competing deadlines by using judgement and initiative.
- Project management skills preferred, preferably PMP, Prince 2.
- Agile accreditation preferred.
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined above and in the position description.
More Information: visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/
More Information: visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/
Contact
Jen MacLachlan, email: j.maclachlan@unsw.edu.au
Applications close: Tuesday 18th of June 2024
Benefits and Culture
- Flexible hybrid working
- Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
- Access to lifelong learning and career development
- Progressive HR practices
- Discounts and entitlements
UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.
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Advertised: 04 Jun 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 18 Jun 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 18 Jun 2024 AUS Eastern Standard Time
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