Agile Transformation Manager

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ); Chennai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ) is seeking an Agile Manager to lead Transformation Delivery in the GDS TD FS practice. The role involves designing and integrating technology with business processes to deliver value-driven solutions across BFSI clients, including risk and governance considerations.

You will drive transformation roadmaps, maturity assessments, and training while coaching leaders and scrum teams to adopt LEAN-Agile mindsets in a global delivery setup.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in Agile transformation and delivery.
• Experience with BFSI sector clients including Cards, Payments, Core banking, Investment banking and more.
• Led large Enterprise Agile transformation programs.
• Align transformation initiatives to business goals.
• Expert in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe and LEAN Agile, DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Create transformation roadmap and Agile structures at portfolio, ART and team level.
• Develop agile maturity assessments and guidelines for teams.
• Analyze value streams to improve flow and customer value delivery.
• Create agile training materials for various roles.
• Facilitate program-level agile ceremonies in remote/hybrid environments.
• Analyze portfolio and team metrics to guide continuous improvement.
• Facilitate strategic retrospectives and problem-solving sessions.
• Coach SCRUM Masters and Product Owners on agile principles and PI planning.
• Set up Communities of Practice for Agile roles.
• Hands-on with Jira, ADO, Rally, Trello or similar tools.

Skills

Agile transformation

Leadership

Coaching

Facilitation

Agile mindset

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Rally

Trello

Job description

TD&E-FS-Scrum PMO-Manager At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The Opportunity Successful candidates will be a part of EY GDS’s Transformation Delivery (TD) practice to help our clients successfully deliver business transformations by connecting strategy and execution. This career opportunity seeks individuals who not only understand the role technology plays in large scale transformations, but who have experience in designing and integrating technology and business processes to produce value driven solutions. These solutions often include multiple capabilities i.e. demand intake & prioritization, portfolio scenario planning, financial management, program/ portfolio/ transformation execution, schedule management, risk & issue management, resource management, KPI definition, performance reporting and data analytics via dashboards.

Key Responsibilities as Agile Manager – GDS TD FS

• Creating transformation roadmap, Agile Org structures, establishing OKRs at Portfolio, ART and Team level
• Creating agile maturity assessments and guidelines, frameworks to support teams
• Analyse and optimize value streams for better flow and customer value delivery
• Creating effective Agile training materials and programs for various roles
• Facilitating Program level Agile ceremonies using virtual collaboration tools in a remote or hybrid environment
• Analyze Portfolio and Team Agile metrics to assess progress and guide continuous improvement
• Facilitate strategic retrospectives and collaborative problem-solving sessions
• Build trust, influence and motivate teams and enable them to become autonomus
• Commitment to ongoing learning and staying current with evolving Agile practices and tools

Core Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with 8-10 years of relevant experience in Agile transformation and delivery
• Experience working with Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector clients including knowledge of Cards, Payments, Commercial banking, Core banking, Investment banking, Capital markets, Regulatory, Wealth and Asset management (WAM) etc
• Experienced in leading large Enterprise Agile transformation programs
• Ability to align transformation initiatives to business goals
• Expert in widely used Agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
• Must have knowledge and experience on LEAN Agile and Devops approaches
• Ability to lead and inspire change in organizational culture towards a LEAN Agile mindset
• Must have leadership, coaching and facilitation skills and conduct big room trainings
• Experienced in coaching leaders on Agile transformations
• Coach scrum masters, product owners on agile principles, PI planning, and agile ways of working
• Coach agile teams by assessing current agility maturity, support them in continuous improvement
• Expert in ART launch ceremonies, value stream identification, value stream analysis and mapping
• Experienced in setting up CoPs for Agile roles
• Must have hands‑on experience as an admin / advanced‑level user of Agile project management tools such as Jira, ADO, Rally, Trello or similar
• One or more of Industry certifications: ICP-ACC, SPC or similar
• Strong Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), MS Project, MS Server
• Flexible to work in US and UK time zone

EY | Building a better working world EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

Experience Level Mid Level