Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

The Agile coach empowers teams to adopt Agile as a culture shift. They use their level of experience and influencing abilities to affect the change from a command-and-control culture to a collaborative one enabling the adoption of a new way of working.

Teaches and Mentors teams on adopting new ways of work

Enables the transition to Agile by empowering teams to develop an Agile mindset

Trains Teams to enable teams to transition to an Agile way of working.

Sets up processes to support Agile-based approaches.

Facilitates change in new ways of working.

Applies System thinking to expose bottlenecks.

Evaluates and Advises Agile Frameworks.

Forms part of a network of Agile Coaches embedded in the various businesses across OML

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE (MINIMUM REQUIREMENT)

8+ years’ experience in project/software delivery6+ years’ working experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach in complex environments. Experience across multiple companies and industries is preferred.Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and scaling frameworks, i.e. SAFe, LeSS, Nexus, etcDemonstratable experience as a Scrum Master across multiple teams and companies.Experience across multiple industries desiredKnowledge of agile software development and technical practices desired.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree or relevant tertiary qualification3+ years’ working experience in Agile Scrum or SAFe delivery and coachingRelevant Agile certification required (SAFe, A-CSM, ICAgile)Strong understanding of scrum and KanbanExperience as a scrum master/ agile methodologyKnowledge of agile software development

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

Customer FirstExecutingInnovationLeading with InfluenceLearningRelatingStrategic

Skills

Agile Methodology, Innovation, Motivating Teams, Scrum, Strategic (Inactive)

Competencies

Balances StakeholdersBusiness InsightCollaboratesCommunicates EffectivelyCultivates InnovationDecision QualityDevelops TalentEnsures Accountability

Education

Bachelor Commerce: Information Technology

Closing Date

06 June 2025 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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