AVP IT Delivery Transformation

Responsibilities

• Manage the strategy for entire delivery from strategic planning to tactical activities
• Connect strategic priorities, product strategy and planning, technical debt management, and human capital planning
• Establish and continuously improve guidance, standards, and best practices for delivery practices, including Agile ways of working, flow management, estimation approaches, capacity planning approaches, release management approaches, delivery health, continuous improvement, and delivery metrics (including Flow Metrics and DORA)
• Develop and implement a strategic plan for Agile delivery transformation
• Operationalize all OKRs and delivery metrics for the organization
• Lead, coach, and develop teams in strengthening delivery practices, and driving continuous improvements
• Build Agile Lead capability through coaching, mentoring, training, communities of practice, and continuous learning
• Analyze problems and opportunities using quantitative and qualitative insights
• Use innovation methods and cross-functional expertise to generate practical solutions
• Test new ways of working and scale promising ideas that improve outcomes
• Coach, mentor and assist team members to establish a consistent level of quality, practices, accuracy, compliance to departmental standards, regulations, and internal controls
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders to align on delivery ways of working, clarify roles and responsibilities, and resolve organizational impediments impacting Product Team effectiveness
• Work in close coloration with Product Operations to execute against the Product Practices roadmap

Qualifications

• Proven experience of Agile, OKR & Product Delivery practices and scaling those within an organization that lead to lasting transformations
• Demonstrated expertise in product development process cycles
• Thorough understanding of the business principles involved in strategic planning
• Demonstrated understanding of portfolio management techniques and transforming organizations
• Practical use and responsible evaluation of AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot, Github copilot or equivalent
• Ability to facilitate, coach and guide through influence, inspiration, collaboration and teamwork
• Ability to integrate AI into workflows to improve productivity and decision-making
• Matrix leadership, servant leadership, and cross-functional collaboration