Agile Lead

Circle K; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Private medical care

Cafeteria Platform/Multisport

English lessons

Group insurance

Two additional days off

Employee Referral Bonus Program

Stock purchase plan

Employee Assistance Program

Modern office

Job summary

Circle K Lean- Agile Center of Excellence in Warsaw is seeking an experienced Agile Lead to shape and drive transformation across the organization.

You will connect strategy with execution, engage senior leadership, and create conditions for Agile to thrive beyond teams, tackling change and culture.

Ideal candidate has 8+ years in Agile, SAFe with SPC/RTE, PSM II, and a proven record coaching product management and leading change at scale.

Qualifications

• Extensive Agile transformation experience and leadership at scale.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to embed Agile principles into strategy and organizational change.

Skills

Agile frameworks

Agile transformation

Leadership communication

Coaching methods

Change management

SAFe SPC/RTE

PSM II

KMP II

Education

PSM II

KMP II

SAFe SPC/RTE

Job description

Job Description

CIRCLE K LEAN-AGILE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

Agile Lead – Join Our Transformation Journey!

We are looking for an experienced Agile Lead who can help shape and drive Agile at an organizational level. This is a role for someone who understands that Agile transformation is not only about teams and ways of working, but also about people, leadership, culture and organizational change.

We are looking for someone who can connect strategy with execution, confidently engage with senior leadership and create the conditions for Agile to thrive across the organization.
You are comfortable operating beyond individual teams and understand how to translate organizational strategy into meaningful change. You can challenge the status quo, facilitate difficult conversations and build commitment at different levels of the organization.

IDEAL AGILE LEAD WOULD HAVE:

• Excellent understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban and SAFe frameworks
• 8+ years of experience working in Agile environments, with strong practical experience in Agile transformation
• A strong understanding of Agile principles, practices and advanced frameworks, with the ability to adapt them to different organizational contexts
• Focus on results – creatively solves problems to ensure goals and objectives are met or exceeded
• Proven experience working with senior leadership, and the superior communication skills to navigate challenging conversations
• Initiative – proactively acts to address obstacles, continuously improve, and implement positive change
• Knowledge of coaching methods and ability to apply them in practice
• Certification at min. PSM II, KMP II and a SAFe certification (SPC or RTE)
• Strong knowledge and practical experience of change management, with the ability to select and adapt approaches depending on the situation and organizational context
• Experience in coaching product management level is an asset

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

• Partner with senior leaders to embed Agile principles into strategy, leadership and organizational change
• Build deep and impactful relationships with Stakeholders, Engineering and Product leaders to influence change and to partner on Agile delivery at scale
• Support Product Directors, Product & Tech Managers, and key stakeholders in using proven techniques for effective backlog management, incremental delivery focused on outcome
• Lead complex initiatives and participate in conversations, helping leaders navigate organizational change and make informed decisions
• Foster growth and development of Agile experts
• Identify areas for improvement by using feedback, observations, and metrics (lead time, cycle time, WIP (Work in progress), etc.) and actively work towards their improvement
• Identify areas where standardization would be useful and appropriate, and ensure its application (way of working, tools, metrics, etc.)

What do we offer?

• Contract of employment
• Annual bonus
• Private medical care
• Cafeteria Platform/Multisport
• English lessons subsidized by the company
• Group insurance
• Two additional days off (Good Friday, Friday after Corpus Christi) – with the possibility of exchanging for other holidays
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Attractive discounts for products and services at our stations
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Employee Assistance Program (Lyra)
• Modern and convenient office that you can virtually visit here - https://goo.gl/maps/CLteHfYcdYMbdESq6
• Trainings & possibility to develop skills in a wide international environment

Want to know even more about us? Take a look at our career page: https://workwithus.circlek.com/global/en/businesscentrewarsaw

When working with us you can depend upon it that you will not be judged on the grounds of race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Oppositely – we believe that our diverse and inclusive culture helps us create an amazing atmosphere where everybody feels welcome.

Check who we are here: https://youtu.be/td-QGnNnvW0

We hereby inform that in the company Circle K Business Centre Poland sp. z o.o. with registered office in Warsaw an Internal Notification and Follow-up Actions Procedures applies. The document describes rules for reporting violations of law by whistleblowers. Full content of the above-mentioned Procedure is available here: https://www.circlek.pl/o-nas/procedury-zgloszen