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Firstly, we’ve got big ambitions for our colleagues and the future of the organisation. These include our vision that inclusion and accessibility drive every conversation we have and every decision we make. We want our workforce to fully represent the communities and customers we serve, because a diverse business is a better business. We value every colleague, their diversity and the contribution that they make. When we say you’re welcome at BT, we really mean it.

Secondly, the one thing the pandemic has taught us is that a lot of current and future colleagues, where and when possible, want to embrace hybrid working. Therefore, we are introducing smart working at BT. Smart working means having the flexibility to choose, as a team, how and where you work depending on your team’s deliverables and needs; when you are at your shared core location to connect with others and when not. It may not be for every role, and, as part of the recruitment process, you’ll have the chance to discuss smart working and how it might work for the job you are applying for.

About this role

In this job, you’ll be responsible for leading and driving the agile culture for running key strategic programs of Corporate Unit to ensure the entire CU is aligned to a single operating model that embraces Agile best practices to drive high quality, frequent delivery of business outcomes at pace, to create the best experiences that enhance both our customers’ lives and colleague experiences.

You'll have the following responsibilities

Accountable for leading and driving the agile culture for running key strategic transformation programs of Corporate Unit.

Define the transformation goals, leads through a team to implement the Transformation strategy for CU to effectively drive performance and deliver business results Applies business process management tools, techniques and methodologies to evaluate existing processes and effectively deliver business process improvements.

Manages a team of direct reports of Agile devivery managers ensuring the appropriate expectations, principles, structures, tools and responsibilities are in place to deliver the plan and deliver excellence w.r.t resources Coaches agile deliver manager(s) to deliver capabilities using agile practices while also following the Software Development Lifecycle, business process mapping, and various release processes as appropriate to ensure all risk, security, and development requirements are met.

Proactively addresses systemic impediments to team agility and guides the team(s) on methods to escalate when needed to prevent challenges from becoming blockers.

Improve the coordination across Tribes to deliver large scale technology development through technical releases to support quarterly Business Goals.

Work with the Portfolio Planning & Demand Managers and Tribe Agile Delivery Managers (RTE) identifying bottlenecks and reducing lead time from Idea to launch.

Embed and drive data-driven delivery, including the identification of key metrics.

Enhance core structures, governance, and ways of working from an end-to-end perspective working across squads, tribes, CU leadership whilst not disrupting in flight delivery programs.

You'll have the following skills & experience

Be Agile: A solid understanding and thought leader of Lean Agile delivery practices with awareness of major frameworks (i.e. SAFe, Kanban) with the ability to lead collaborative Agile ways of working and effectively manage changing priorities.

Be Scaled: Experience in leading and optimising Agile delivery at scale across multiple teams, business units and geographies.

Problem Solving: Must be able lead and take ownership of proactively solving technical delivery problems end-to-end from ideation through to launch working across multiple platforms, impacting multiple services or cross Business areas.

Transformation: Be able to drive and manage long term changes and adapting the Tribe(s) in line with business needs of frequent customer centric, high quality and low-cost product delivery. Industry standard qualifications in Agile Leadership (i.e. Leading SAFe, SAFe POPM) and Scrum Mastering (i.e. CSM).

Leader: Leading a team of people from different locations or regions.

Storytelling with data: Strong skills in building the case for change, drawing on data and analytical techniques where appropriate, and communicating this to business audiences, senior leadership, and engineering team members.

Adept at collaborating with other Senior Leaders to help drive Agile transformation to successful outcomes as well defining best practices in conjunction with the Lead Agile Coach and Delivery leadership. 

Have at least 3+ experiences of Scaled Agile delivery frameworks, ways of working, methods and tools including, experiences in Six Sigma and Lean thinking.

Have experience in using Programme and Portfolio Management tools such as JIRA

Benefits

10% Bonus.

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).

Generous Pension Scheme.

BT Share Plan.

Discounted BT products including TV, Broadband and Mobile.

Flexible working arrangements

About BT

BT has a key role in British society, fostering change and leading technology innovation. From delivering the Olympics, to supporting the emergency services, to investing more into research than any other UK technology company, we take pride in everything we do - and in the people who work here.

We're now a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, employing 90,000 people in 180 countries. And we're on a mission. Guided by our core values of Personal, Simple and Brilliant our goal is to help customers, communities and businesses overcome barriers and release their potential.

So, if you're interested in the power of potential, why not join us today and release yours? You can read more here about what it's like to work at BT

How to Apply

It's easy to apply online; you just need a copy of your up-to-date CV and to follow the step-by step process. Don't worry if you need to make changes - you'll have the opportunity to review and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application!