Agile Delivery Manager

Job description

• Lead a department with 30 - 40 members in multiple cross functional teams
• Have final responsibility of your team’s quality, delivery and human matters
• Project management: work closely with SM/PPO/TA in planning / executing / monitoring and take corrective action in their assigned projects. Managing schedule, risk, assumptions, issues, dependencies, stakeholders
• Delivery management: ensure delivered products meet/exceed agreed timeline/quality
• Change management: ensure process improvements are rolled out and applied efficiently
• Ensure Kaizen activities happen regularly in Agile / QA and other engineering practices.
• Lead VSM workshops to find improvement opportunities
• Leverage A3 and similar problem solving techniques to address major issues
• Promote a culture of data driven within the department with relevant metrics
• Responsible for people development strategies such as Coaching, Skill assessment, Evaluation, etc
• Work closely with team leadership in people matters, project resources management, knowledge management. ADM is the direct manager of SM, TA, PPO in their assigned teams ~ 9 - 12 direct reports
• Coach and support your members via daily communication
• Report your team matters to upper management case by case
• Leading people management by demonstrating empathetic leadership skills
• Monitor team motivation, mood and encourage teamwork with each SM
• Develop team education plan and people development plan with HR
• Recruitment activities with HR
• Employee evaluation activities with HR
• Continuous communication with stakeholders to build mutual trust
• Communication and coordination with other teams in company

Who we are looking for

• High caliber leader with good servant leadership and strong management skills
• Mindset to lead the whole team Kaizen activities like Toyota A3 problem solving and value stream mapping
• Skill of data-driven approach by obtaining reliable data for managing effectively
• Fluency in English and Vietnamese is a must
• Experience in managing multiple complex technology projects with strong project management, client management, service delivery and people management skills
• Excellent communication skills to interact and influence the project team, coordinate with stakeholders
• Accountable for planning and allocating resources, monitoring progress, and keeping stakeholders informed throughout the project lifecycle
• Strong exposure to Agile based methodologies, SCRUM, Change management etc.
• Typical candidate would have 10+ years of experience with solid people / project management skills

Nice to have

Has knowledge or experience in one of areas below:

• Agile coaching
• Architectural / DevOps / Engineering practices
• Coaching and people development
• Agile Testing and quality assurance process
• Business analysis and product management