POD Lead
Full Time1 month ago
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Role Description:
Leads a cross-functional POD to deliver measurable outcomes at pace, combining project governance with servant leadership. Owns end-to-end delivery across planning, execution, risk/issue management, and stakeholder alignment, applying Agile and Scaled Agile practices to drive predictable, high-quality delivery. Partners with Product Owners, Engineering, Operations, and Finance stakeholders to prioritise value, remove impediments, and embed continuous improvement particularly across automation initiatives.
Skills / Knowledge / Experience:
- Agile delivery leadership (Scrum/Kanban), facilitation, coaching, and impediment removal
- Scaled Agile delivery capability (e.g., SAFe/LeSS): planning, dependency and cross-team coordination
- Strong delivery management: scope, schedule, RAID, governance, and benefits/value tracking
- Stakeholder management across Finance, Operations, and Technology with crisp communication
- Data-driven delivery using metrics (velocity/throughput/cycle time) and forecasting
- Data and Automation delivery experience (e.g. Python, Alteryx), driving measurable efficiency and control uplift
- Working knowledge of SDLC, DevOps/CI-CD collaboration, and quality/test practices
- Finance domain knowledge will be an advantage (controls, reporting, budgeting/cost management; regulatory awareness)
- Risk, compliance, and audit mindset suited to regulated environments
- Proven delivery in complex, global matrix organizations; strong tooling and reporting (Jira/Confluence/Azure DevOps)
Role: QA Team Manager
Industry Type: Banking
Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Role Category: Quality Assurance and Testing
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