Hybrid Senior Agile Delivery Consultant, Financial Services

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About the role

  • What You’ll Do:
  • Business Analysis and Product Ownership:
  • Comprehensive analysis of current and target business operations, information systems, and technical infrastructures
  • Estimate, plan and implement the analysis activity for projects and engagements; including leading the engagement with stakeholders to understand their requirements and sometimes challenge their value
  • Effective functional and non-functional requirement elicitation, management and traceability
  • Manage the backlog as ‘Product Owner’ on behalf of the client, maximise value delivered, validate features and support test activity
  • Work closely with technical professionals to lead effective discovery to enable development of solutions that deliver value, understand business benefits and dependencies
  • Delivering agreed outcomes from projects using appropriate management techniques, collaboration, leadership and governance.
  • Agile Methodology and Scrum Framework:
  • Tailor the Agile approach according to the project context; facilitate Agile events and assist others to understand the Agile approach and selected framework
  • Coach others (inside & outside of the Agile Delivery function) on topics such as elicitation methods, estimation, iterative development etc
  • Create and deliver presentations to demonstrate delivered features and explain how they meet client needs
  • Effectively monitor and report Agile metrics against each allocated project
  • Effectively monitor the delivery team compliance with Agile Delivery function standards
  • Actively promote agile methodologies and frameworks as an organisational strength to customers
  • Help to evolve the Agile Delivery function by sharing knowledge and skills and coaching more junior members of the team
  • Improving organisational performance by developing the performance of projects and workgroups to meet agreed objectives with measurable results.
  • Work with the Sales function to assist with project scoping/discovery activity and sales meetings to support expansion in existing accounts or new opportunities and help customers understand the value of Agile Delivery.

Requirements

  • What You’ll Need to Succeed:
  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal, to manage external stakeholders effectively
  • Proven experience working within the financial services industry as a Business Analyst
  • Proven leadership skills, with experience of leading both projects and teams
  • Expert leading of Discovery activities and workshop facilitation
  • Relevant BA and/or PO certification
  • Relevant Agile certification

Benefits

  • Financial:
  • Competitive base salary.
  • Matching pension scheme (up to 5%) from day one.
  • Discretionary company bonus scheme.
  • 4 x annual salary Death in Service coverage from day one.
  • Employee referral scheme.
  • Health and Wellbeing:
  • Private medical insurance from day one.
  • Help@Hand app: access to remote GPs, second opinions, mental health support, and physiotherapy.
  • EAP service
  • Cycle to Work scheme.
  • Time Off and Flexibility:
  • 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
  • An extra paid day off for your birthday.
  • Ten paid learning days per year.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Market-leading parental leave.
  • Sabbatical leave (after five years).
  • Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year).
  • Development and Recognition:
  • Industry-recognised training and certifications.
  • Bonusly employee recognition and rewards platform.
  • Clear opportunities for career development.
  • Length of Service Awards
  • Extra Perks:
  • Regular company events.
  • Tech Scheme.
  • Diversity and Inclusion StatementAt Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at [email protected] or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.

Job title

Senior Agile Delivery Consultant, Financial Services

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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