Location
Secunderabad | India
Job description
- Start up / transform a Large Solution Train integrating the delivery of several Agile Release Trains and / or Programs
- Lead significant parts of the Portfolio and Solution Train levels transformation and continuous improvement
Typical Responsibilities - What You Will Do
- Facilitation across all levels of the organization and across all functions/roles
- Successfully apply the standards set for our Solution Trains, identifying proactively change opportunities in the systems and standards
- Help the Solution Train team navigate the complexity of large solution delivery and Portfolio coordination
- Collaborate with the Portfolio Leadership Teams to enable Portfolio and Solution Train success
- Lead the Program Leadership Teams within their Solution Train in effective large solution delivery and collaboration
- Coach Release Train Engineers within their Solution Train on effective facilitation
- Coach Solution Managers and Architects on effective Work Intake management techniques
- Lead the Solution Train LT and the Portfolio LT in adapting the program structure to improve large solution delivery
- Articulate and make visible the Solution Train impediments and the improvements needed to overcome them
- Articulate and make visible the risks to the Solution Train s plans and lead the team formulating an adequate response to them
- Support and mentor less experienced practitioners
Expected Outcomes - What You Will Be Expected To Achieve
- Aligned and focused Solution Train (team of teams of teams)
- End-to-end Solution integration at all levels: vision, objectives, planning, development, testing, delivery, deployment and operations.
- Continuous improvement driven by OKRs
- Design the system and iterate to make it work, as opposed to implement a ready-made solution
- Improved practices across the entire portfolio for some parts of the transformation
- New Solution Trains can deliver consistently after a few PIs
- Stable Solution Trains show acceleration (solution time to market) after a few PIs and can sustain it for many PIs
Expected Skills - What You Can Do
- Operational knowledge of Large Solution Trains (up to 7 Agile Programs / ARTs) and specific methods (SAFe, LeSS, DAD, Nexus ) and practices
- Master Solution Train operations
- Able to articulate and pursue the transformation vision for the Solution Train, based on its needs, challenges and opportunities within its Portfolio context
- Master Solution Train design, Programs breakdown, integration with other Solution Trains and the Portfolio, and the Solution Train start-up process
- Master Value Stream Mapping and Management, improving the Solution Train and Programs value delivery
- Master large scale continuous improvement skills
- Master large scale facilitator
- Able to coach executive stakeholders and other coaches (RTEs and Scrum Masters)
- Master level Release Train and Agile Team facilitation skills
Typical Demonstrable Experience - What You Have Done Already
- 7+ years Agile transformation and facilitation experience, working at both Agile Team and Program / Agile Release Train levels (Solution Train experience is a plus)
- Played Scrum Master / Team Coach roles transforming several Kanban and / or Agile Teams at all stages from inception to maturity, achieving sustainable delivery and speed
- Led multiple Agile Release Trains (multiple Solution Trains is a plus)
- Initiated a new Program / Agile Release Train leading it to sustainable delivery as Release Train Engineer / Agile Program Manager (initiating a new Solution Train is a plus)
- Accelerated delivery of an established Program / Agile Release Train, taking it to higher levels of maturity and speed
- Facilitated and led programs and teams using Kanban
- Coached senior leaders and stakeholders
- successfully facilitated large scale workshops and change processes
- Led cross-program (organizational) change initiatives
- Successfully coached other facilitators and change agents (Scrum Masters, Coaches, Program Managers, Release Train Engineers )
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