Senior Agile Delivery Consultant

Qodea is Europe’s leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that’s energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data & analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you’ll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We’re always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

Responsibilities

Business Analysis and Product Ownership:

• Comprehensive analysis of business operations, information systems, and technical infrastructures
• Estimate, plan and implement the analysis activity for projects and engagements; including leading the engagement with stakeholders to understand their requirements and sometimes challenge their value
• Effective requirement elicitation, management and traceability, functional and nonfunctional;
• Manage the backlog as ‘Product Owner’ on behalf of the client, maximise value delivered, validate features and support test activity
• Work closely with technical professionals to lead effective discovery to enable development of solutions that deliver value, understand business benefits and dependencies
• Delivering agreed outcomes from projects using appropriate management techniques, collaboration, leadership and governance.
  
  

Agile Methodology And Scrum Framework

• Tailor the Agile approach according to the project context; facilitate Agile events and assist others to understand the Agile approach and selected framework
• Coach others (inside & outside of the Agile Delivery function) on topics such as elicitation methods, estimation, iterative development etc
• Create and deliver presentations to demonstrate delivered features and explain how they meet client needs
• Effectively monitor and report Agile metrics against each allocated project
• Effectively monitor the delivery team compliance with Agile Delivery function standards
• Actively promote agile methodologies and frameworks as an organisational strength to customers
  
  

Agile Delivery Consultant - Overall

• Help to evolve the Agile Delivery function by sharing knowledge and skills and coaching more junior members of the team
• Improving organisational performance by developing the performance of projects and workgroups to meet agreed objectives with measurable results.
• Work with the Sales function to assist with project scoping/discovery activity and sales meetings to support expansion in existing accounts or new opportunities and help customers understand the value of Agile Delivery
• We’re proud of our B Corp status. We ask that you are proactive in our drive towards social progress and positive impacts. Whether that’s getting involved in one of our community projects or simply buying local when travelling with the company.
  
  

Requirements

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal, to manage external stakeholders effectively
• Proven leadership skills, with experience of leading both projects and teams
• Expert leading of Discovery activities and workshop facilitation
• Relevant BA and/or PO certification
• Relevant Agile certification
  
  

How You’ll Grow

As a Senior Agile Delivery Consultant at Qodea, you will play a critical role in driving the success of the business by leading project teams focused on delivering high-quality solutions to our clients. You will support our sales department in expanding existing accounts through effective discovery and consultancy activities and provide advice and recommendations, based on expertise and experience, to address client needs.

You will ideally have a variety of roles in a variety of domains in your background such as Business Analyst, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Lead. Familiarity with Cloud technology would be hugely beneficial along with experience in working on cross discipline projects - Data, AI/ML, Platform, App Dev, Security - in a consultancy environment. This is a customer facing role so strong presentation skills are important and there is a requirement for occasional travel to customer sites.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Private healthcare scheme
• Company pension
• Death in Service - 4x annual salary
• 10 paid learning days per year
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
• Generous annual leave policy and your birthday off (36 days inclusive of bank holidays)
• Length of service awards
• Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
• Market leading parental leave policies
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at [email protected] or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.