Agile Delivery Lead / Infrastructure Projects - 6 months temporary contract.

Emirates Airlines - Other locations; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A major international airline is seeking an Agile Delivery Lead to develop and lead a high-performing scrum team. The role involves managing the technical product backlog, facilitating agile ceremonies, and ensuring effective communication across stakeholders. Applicants need a degree in Computer Science, certification as a Scrum Master, and substantial experience in agile delivery. The position offers an attractive tax-free salary along with comprehensive benefits including travel discounts and health packages.

Benefits

Tax-free salary

Discounted flights

Health package

Transport benefits

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master in a matrix organization.
• Proven leadership skills in managing global teams.
• Experience in agile delivery within technology change programs.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and prioritize user stories for sprint delivery.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and manage risks for the scrum team.
• Guide the team towards higher levels of Scrum maturity.

Skills

Agile practices

Scrum methodologies

Leadership

Project delivery

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science or similar

Certified Scrum Master

PMI ACP

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Office suite

Job description

Job Purpose

At Emirates we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers Fly Better. Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology. Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we are always at the forefront pushing boundaries. We are on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world's largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting‑edge information and technology team.

The Agile Delivery Lead performs the role of Scrum Master, developing and leading a high‑performing, multi‑disciplinary team, instilling in them a clear vision and a passionate drive. They play a leading role in fulfilling the vision, driving the implementation of technical products, and setting standards for teams to follow. The Agile Delivery Lead is responsible for the day‑to‑day planning, leading, organising, and motivating of the scrum team(s) to achieve a high level of performance and quality in the delivery of outputs that provide exceptional value to business users.

In this role you will:

• Schedule user stories from the technical product backlog to the Sprint plan, focusing on regular and timely delivery of business value initiatives; facilitate agile ceremonies, e.g. product backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives.
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, removing impediments/blockers to ensure optimal flow of value.
• Guide the team on the use of Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight the business and how to elicit the most out of self‑organisation. Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team. Promote empowerment of the team, ensuring that each team member is fully engaged in the initiatives and is making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace, adhering to the agreed quality management plan with the team.
• Work collaboratively with the Technical Product Owners to refine, clarify and maintain the product backlog; together with the TPO schedule and commit stories into sprints and visualise progress.
• Support the Technical Product Owners in managing business expectations and transparency in both product backlog and schedule for all initiatives.
• Define and manage a well‑defined process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Delivery Management and effectively manage conflict resolution.
• Ensure the Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done (DOD) are being followed; make sure that each team member is fully engaged in the stories and making a meaningful contribution. Encourage a sustainable pace adhering to the agreed quality management plan with the team. Maintain an agile project management tool (ScrumDesk, JIRA, etc.).

Qualification

• Degree in Computer Science or similar.
• Certified Scrum Master with 3+ years of practical application of the Scrum Management discipline.
• PMI ACP.
• Proven leadership and project delivery experience in a matrix organisation with global teams for a large organisation.
• Experience in agile delivery within the context of a small/medium technology change programme.
• Well‑versed in the use of tools of software delivery, e.g., MS Office suite, JIRA, Confluence, etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate specialist information in an understandable format to all stakeholders and vendors.
• Excellent communication skills, focusing on core Scrum values of openness, honesty, and respect.

Leadership Role: Yes

Salary & benefits

Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax‑free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. That’s on top of transport benefits, life insurance and more. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast‑paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers.