Senior Manager, Agile Program Management

Company DescriptionPublicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our 'clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.Job DescriptionAs the Agile Delivery Lead, you ensure the successful implementation and delivery of value for
transformative end-to-end Agile client engagements. You will lead program or portfolio level
processes and execution while focusing on continuous improvement and optimizing the
productivity of the team. You will manage globally distributed teams to deliver successful
software outputs and meaningful business outcomes for clients while influencing change and
effectively communicating with all levels of the organization.QualificationsYour Impact:

• Lead delivery of Agile engagements across different programs according to the product

landscape to deliver best in class outcomes for clients

• Ensure program or portfolio success by defining the most suitable method for the

engagement delivery

• Guide the team on product engineering and ensure evidence-based continuous

improvement of value, flow, and quality-focused on delivering value to end-customers early
and often

• Help clients plan, evolve, and formulate a customer-focused digital business transformation

(DBT) strategy; seed, estimate, and facilitate budget planning for value-based DBT
engagements

• Track and evaluate the delivery metrics of the product teams within the engagement and

drive continuous improvement to improve flow, quality, and value realization

• Partner with clients to achieve their business transformation outcomes by guiding internal

leaders and external senior stakeholders on agile methods, engineering transformation,
digital strategy, computational design, service design, DPI, innovation frameworks, and
other digital business transformation methods and approaches

• Create a positive team environment where autonomy, mastery, and purpose are at the fore

by promoting coaching, individual development, and high-performance standards

• Drive a culture of value-based delivery and self-organization, and empowerment that will

maximize the value of client business outcomes created by the team

• Contribute to the development of the Agile Project Management Domain and community

through training/mentoring others, knowledge sharing, and leveraging of best practices

• Articulate engagement commercial metrics including client outcomes, leakage, burn rate,

revenue & margins, etc. to support account health and drive account-level planning within
the industry vertical

• Lead writing and proposal sales efforts; sell Publicis Sapient value proposition

Your Skills & Experience:

• Experience with a distributed delivery model, leading diverse teams, and collaborating in a

multi-cultural environment

• IT experience in leading high performing teams in Agile/Scrum/SAFe constructs in

consulting environment

• Strategic and forward-thinking with a deep understanding of and thought leadership in

technology, project-delivery, and one or more industry verticals

• Demonstrated experience navigating a large organization, showcasing the ability to

influence with storytelling and data

• Comfortable presenting to C-level executives as well as senior business and technology

leaders

• Knowledge of client context and client engagement guidelines including organizational

sensitivities to consistently look for new solutions

• Demonstrated ability in defining, evolving and executing Agile maturity assessments; deep

exposure to various frameworks on engineering/agile maturity frameworks

• Knowledge of best practices in design thinking/user-centered design (e.g., user research,

hypothesis-driven development, prototyping, and usability testing)

• Strong conflict resolution skills
• Effective leadership, analytical skills, and negotiation skills

Additional InformationRequirement: Must be an Australian citizen with at least Baseline clearance. Based in Canberra