Enterprise Change and Agile Transformation Lead

Outsized; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Part time

Job summary

KPMG in South Africa seeks an Enterprise Change and Agile Transformation Lead to drive strategic transformation across Compliance IT and business functions. You will assess readiness, define a roadmap, and strengthen Agile practices with senior leadership, product, and technology teams.

The role combines enterprise change management, Lean-Agile transformation, executive coaching and operating model improvement in a highly regulated, matrixed environment. Hybrid work is offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading enterprise-wide change and Agile transformation initiatives within complex organisations.
• Proven expertise in organisational change management, Agile transformation and business agility.
• Strong understanding of Lean-Agile principles, Agile coaching and organisational transformation practices.
• Experience developing transformation strategies, roadmaps and operating model improvements.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and influencing executives and senior leadership teams.
• Strong understanding of change-impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, adoption and sustainment.
• Experience improving delivery effectiveness, value flow, prioritisation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to assess organisational maturity and establish transformation performance measures.
• Experience designing governance, decision-making and operating model improvements.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management and conflict-resolution capabilities.
• Proven ability to navigate complex, matrixed environments and challenge established ways of working.
• Experience building sustainable internal capability through coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer.

Responsibilities

• Assess current transformation maturity, readiness and systemic delivery challenges.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise transformation strategy and prioritised roadmap.
• Lead change initiatives, including change-impact assessments and stakeholder engagement.
• Coach executives and leadership teams in Lean-Agile principles and business agility.
• Improve delivery through prioritisation, planning, dependency management and value flow.
• Advise on operating model improvements, governance, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Facilitate executive alignment and strategic decision-making.
• Establish transformation metrics covering Agile maturity, adoption and benefits realisation.
• Identify impediments and implement interventions to improve effectiveness.
• Develop internal capability through coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer.
• Support adoption of sustainable ways of working and reduce reliance on external support.
• Provide regular progress reporting on outcomes, risks, dependencies.

Skills

Transformation strategy

Change management

Agile transformation

Executive coaching

Agile coaching

Lean-Agile principles

Leadership influence

Stakeholder engagement

Governance and operating model

Delivery improvement

Job description

Enterprise Change and Agile Transformation Lead

Experience Mid Level (6-10 years)

Duration 6 Months

KPMG

Hybrid

South Africa

Required Skills Transformation Strategy Change Management Agile Project Management Executive Coaching

Project Overview

Our client, a leading financial services organisation, is seeking an experienced Enterprise Change and Agile Transformation Lead to drive strategic transformation across its Compliance IT and business functions.

The consultant will assess organisational readiness, define and execute an outcome-led transformation roadmap, and strengthen Agile ways of working across leadership, product, delivery and technology teams. The role combines enterprise change management, Agile transformation, executive coaching and operating model improvement, with a strong focus on measurable business outcomes and sustainable adoption.

The ideal candidate will be a senior transformation professional who can influence executives, challenge systemic barriers, lead complex organisational change and build lasting internal capability within a highly regulated, matrixed environment.

Key Activities

• Assess the current organisational state, transformation maturity, readiness and systemic delivery challenges.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise transformation strategy and prioritised roadmap aligned with Compliance IT and business objectives.
• Lead organisational change initiatives, including change-impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, communication, adoption and resistance management.
• Coach executives, senior leaders, product teams and technology teams in Lean-Agile principles and business agility.
• Improve delivery effectiveness through stronger prioritisation, planning, dependency management, value flow and continuous improvement.
• Advise leadership on operating model improvements, governance structures, decision rights and cross-functional collaboration.
• Facilitate executive alignment, complex stakeholder discussions and strategic decision-making.
• Establish practical transformation metrics covering Agile maturity, adoption, delivery predictability, leadership alignment and business benefits.
• Identify systemic impediments and implement targeted interventions to improve organisational effectiveness.
• Develop internal transformation capability through coaching, mentoring, training, communities of practice and reusable playbooks.
• Support the adoption of sustainable ways of working and reduce reliance on external transformation support.
• Provide regular progress reporting, including transformation outcomes, risks, dependencies and improvement opportunities.
• Advise on responsible AI-enabled changes to workflows, roles, skills and governance where relevant.

Your Background

Essential

• Extensive experience leading enterprise-wide change and Agile transformation initiatives within complex organisations.
• Proven expertise in organisational change management, Agile transformation and business agility.
• Strong understanding of Lean-Agile principles, Agile coaching and organisational transformation practices.
• Experience developing and implementing transformation strategies, roadmaps and operating model improvements.
• Demonstrated experience coaching and influencing executives and senior leadership teams.
• Strong understanding of change-impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, adoption and sustainment.
• Experience improving delivery effectiveness, value flow, prioritisation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to assess organisational maturity and establish meaningful transformation performance measures.
• Experience designing and implementing governance, decision-making and operating model improvements.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management and conflict-resolution capabilities.
• Proven ability to navigate complex, matrixed environments and challenge established ways of working.
• Experience building sustainable internal capability through coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer.

Desirable

• Experience delivering transformation within banking, financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working across Compliance, Risk, IT and business functions.
• Relevant Agile certifications, such as SAFe, Scrum, Kanban or Agile Coaching.
• Organisational change management certification, such as Prosci or equivalent.
• Experience with portfolio-level Agile transformation, value-stream management or enterprise operating model redesign.
• Experience establishing transformation scorecards and measuring adoption, maturity, delivery performance and benefits realisation.
• Exposure to digital transformation and responsible AI-enabled operating model changes.