Value Stream Agile Pmo Lead

Starting Salary is £72,200 & Benefits Location: Edinburgh, Glasgow or Newcastle - Permanent You should be able to travel to any of the above offices, 2 days per week for this position. Applications close 26th March at 5pm & Interviews will be held shortly after. A chance to thrive We’re looking for a Value Stream Agile PMO Lead. As a Value Stream Agile PMO Lead in the Agile Portfolio Management Office, you will foster decentralised program execution in one or more Value Streams to enable delivery against planned outcomes. Reporting to the Head of Agile PMO, you will make Tesco Bank a more efficient, agile, and sustainable organisation by providing successful execution patterns, standard program measures and reporting in a way that enables your Value Stream stakeholders to create a fast flow of value with quality. Everyone’s welcome We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves at Tesco Bank. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day. What you’ll be doing * Reviewing the backlog of work for a medium sized project and reprioritize the work and the deployment of project resources to reduce costs and increase the value of the work delivered to the business. * Leading scrum ceremonies, remove obstacles and facilitate problem-solving, collaboration and conflict resolution to enable the most effective work delivery by development teams on large projects or programs. * Project Risk and Issue Management - managing identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these. * Project Reporting and Review - managing the project review process; provide stakeholders with accurate and relevant information and key recommendations at agreed review points to enable them to evaluate progress and agree on change. * Continuous Improvement - reviewing existing operations in a major area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure the required continuous improvement outcomes are delivered. * Promoting an agile atmosphere within teams and groups by emphasizing nimble action in service of constant customer focus. * Leading and facilitating exchange of ideas and task collaboration in fluid mid-sized project teams. * Negotiating and managing deployment of project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization. * Project Benefit Realization - Develop and manage the delivery of a plan to evaluate and track business benefits and to identify actions needed to maximize these. We don’t expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it’s worth exploring to further develop your career here with us at Tesco Bank. We need you to have * Prioritizing - works at an advanced level to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program * Project Meetings and Ceremonies - works at an advanced level to lead program related meetings, keeping focus on agenda, issues, workflow, and associated agile ceremony requirements: Meeting Planning, Sprint Demonstrations, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives * Stakeholder Expectation Management * Project Benefits Management * Project Change Management & Project Cost and Budget Management. And if you have any of these, even better. * Project Risk and Issue Management * Project Management - uses comprehensive knowledge and skills to work independently while guiding and training others on managing projects and/or programs within desired cost, time and quality parameters * Workflow Management * Project Resource Planning and Control * Adaptive Mindset * Backlog Management What’s in it for you * Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday. As an added perk, we’ll give you a second card to share with someone else. * Virtual GP Service for you and your family 365 days a year. * Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more. * Embrace our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave. * Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme. * Opportunity to develop your career.