Enterprise Change & Agile Transformation Lead

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Praesignis (Pty) Ltd in Gauteng, South Africa seeks an experienced Enterprise Change & Agile Transformation Lead to drive enterprise transformation, organisational change and Agile initiatives across a complex banking environment.

The role focuses on developing strategy, coaching senior leadership, accelerating agile adoption and delivering measurable benefits through improved governance, capability and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in enterprise transformation, organisational change, Agile transformation or related field.
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation in complex environments.
• Strong experience coaching senior executives and leadership teams.
• Knowledge of Agile, Lean-Agile and business agility practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise transformation strategy, roadmap and interventions.
• Assess current-state maturity and readiness, systemic constraints and change impacts.
• Lead change adoption, communication, learning, coaching and benefits realization.
• Coach executives and teams on Agile, Lean-Agile and business agility principles.
• Improve value flow, prioritisation, planning and delivery predictability.
• Provide executive coaching and strategic advisory to strengthen leadership accountability.
• Improve operating models, governance, roles and decision rights.
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions, workshops and cross-functional decisions.
• Build internal capability through mentoring, playbooks and communities of practice.

Skills

Enterprise transformation

Agile transformation

Executive coaching

Stakeholder management

Change management

Job description

Our client, a leading South African banking group, is seeking an experienced Enterprise Change & Agile Transformation Lead to lead enterprise transformation, organisational change and Agile/business agility initiatives across a complex environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the enterprise transformation strategy, roadmap, priorities and interventions aligned to business and Compliance IT objectives.
• Assess current-state maturity, organisational readiness, systemic constraints and change impacts.
• Lead change, adoption and sustainment, including stakeholder engagement, communication, learning, coaching, resistance management and benefits realisation.
• Coach executives, leaders, product, delivery and technology teams on Agile, Lean-Agile and business agility.
• Improve value flow, prioritisation, planning, dependency management, delivery predictability, feedback and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive coaching and strategic advisory, challenging systemic issues and strengthening leadership accountability and decision-making.
• Improve operating models, governance, roles, decision rights, prioritisation and collaboration without unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Facilitate complex stakeholder discussions, workshops, prioritisation, conflict resolution and cross-functional decisions.
• Build internal capability through coaching, mentoring, role-based learning, communities of practice, playbooks and reusable standards.
• Establish and maintain transformation scorecards and metrics covering maturity, adoption, flow, delivery effectiveness, leadership alignment, risks, dependencies, impediments, stakeholder confidence and business benefits.
• Use qualitative and quantitative evidence to adapt transformation interventions and support continuous improvement.
• Support responsible digital and AI-enabled transformation, including changes to workflows, roles, skills, governance, controls and human oversight.
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer and capability uplift, reducing dependency on external support.

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience in enterprise transformation, organisational change, Agile transformation, business agility or a related field.
• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong experience working with and coaching senior executives and leadership teams.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Lean-Agile, organisational change and business agility.
• Experience in operating model, governance and ways-of-working transformation.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, influencing and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience with transformation metrics, maturity assessments, scorecards and benefits tracking.
• Proven ability to identify systemic issues and implement practical, measurable improvements.
• Experience developing internal transformation and Agile capability.
• Strong communication, strategic thinking and decision-making skills.
• Banking, financial services or other regulated enterprise experience is highly advantageous.
• Exposure to digital transformation and responsible AI adoption is advantageous.

Key Deliverables/Success Measures

The successful candidate will be measured against:

• Approved current-state assessment, target outcomes and transformation roadmap.
• Measurable improvements in Agile maturity, flow, predictability, cycle/lead time and time-to-value.
• Effective change adoption, readiness, stakeholder alignment and sustainment.
• Improved leadership alignment, empowerment and decision-making.
• Implemented improvements to roles, governance, decision rights and collaboration.
• Increased internal capability through coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer.
• A maintained transformation scorecard showing progress, risks, dependencies, impediments, adoption and benefits.
• Monthly reporting covering activities, outcomes, decisions, risks, dependencies, capability transfer and benefits.
• Evidence that interventions are adapted where required based on results and feedback.
• Deliverables must be complete, accurate, fit for purpose, submitted within agreed timelines and accepted by the authorised client representative.