Global Subchapter Lead for Agile Delivery

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Talent Work Allocation and Flex Plans

• Coordinate and collaborate with the Global Chapter leadto allocateSubchapter members based on the demand needs.

• Collaborates with the Global Chapter Lead to understand business problemsto ensure results whilst monitoring skill and capabilities developments.

• Manage work allocation constraints for Subchaptermembers, and procure flex talentwhen and where appropriate.

• Establish and maintains open and clear lines of team communication to facilitate status transparency.

• Assess and balance the talent needs with Subchapter member’s development goals.

• Enables dashboards to facilitate demand management visibility in collaboration with the Global Chapter Lead.

Subchapter services

• Responsible for overseeing the delivery of the subchapterinitiatives.

• Leads the Agile Deliveryteams to make sure the initiatives are delivered to the highest standards.

• Ensure digital content creation are aligned with the organization strategy, narrative and objectives.

• Look to promote a lean-agile mindset and practices to foster continuous improvement within the subchapter to enable a better experience from our stakeholders.

• Collaborate with the Global Chapter Lead to continuously enhance the services delivered from the subchapter.

Subchapter Development

• Work closely with the Global Chapter lead to providethe vision and lead the Subchapter capabilities build-out.

• Cooperate closely with other Global Subchapter Leads within the chapter to ensure consistency in the proceduressubchapter wide.

• Clearly define different Subchapter capabilities, with a harmonized set of roles and skills

• Lead the Subchapter as an experienced practitioner and be a role model to the members.

• IdentifySubchapter members to serve as leaders who help provide training and oversight for their people management responsibilities.

• Manage escalations, risks and issues related to the services delivered by the Agile teams.

• In collaboration with the Global Chapter Lead, define and implement upskilling plans for the subchapter team members to maintain best-in-class advisory and delivery.

Talent Development

• Foster close cooperation across all chapter members and encourages cross-training, knowledge sharing and development.

• Works with HR and Talent Attraction to define roles, recruit top talent, conduct candidate interviews, and onboard new chapter members

• Track the progress of each individual toward completion of the training curriculum

• Set targets for development and growth, and completes final assessment of Subchapter members in professional development, in alignment with the technical capability lead.

• Lead talent development and retention initiatives, including provisioning of training, sharing of best practices, and initiatives to promote a culture of continuous improvement.

• Provides dashboards/reports to provide visibility about the hiring process.

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Performance Evaluations

• Oversee collection of formative and evaluative feedback for each Subchapter member from their network of professional connections.

• Oversee delivery of performance evaluations for Subchapter members, factoring in individual contributions and collective team performance.

• Ensures performance reviews are properly quantified.

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DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS  

• In-depth knowledge of various Agile frameworks (such as Scrum, Kanban, Disciplined Agile,Design Thinking, Extreme Programming, Less, Nexus, Scaled Agile Framework) and Project Management standards (PMP, PRINCE2, etc.) to enable effective implementation of agile deliverypractices and adhering to Takeda values.

• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and Agile Delivery best practices ensures that the Sub-chapter Lead can adapt tactics and methodologies to enhance team performance continually.

Leadership

• Strong strategic thinking and decision making.

• Has demonstrated success in leading Agile Delivery teamsand initiatives in a global environment in the technology area.

• Experience developing and managing high performing teams.

• Ability to form strong working relationships across a matrix environment.

• Act as a change agent, drive an agile and innovation culture and mindset within the country and region

Decision-making and Autonomy

• Technically strong with proven ability to make sound decisions and lead Agile Delivery teams.

• Ability to lead effectively and work concurrently across multiple priorities in a goal-oriented, timeline-driven, and remote management work environment

• Solutions oriented, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and develop qualitative and quantitative approaches for identifying and assessing various options to provide solutions

• Strong business acumen with an ability to understand the business implications of decisions.

• Result oriented – drives to pragmatic solutions and balances the ideal with the practical in order to deliver best value to the organization

• Makes timely decisions and translates strategy into action. Ensures impact is quantified, tracked and realized.

Interaction

• Ability to manage relationships with various stakeholders from different levelsin the organization from team-level to senior executives, including product owners, business leaders, and internal customers. This involves understanding their requirements, providing updates, and managing expectations to ensure customer satisfaction.

Innovation

• Challenges the status quo to drive a greater value and growth for the business.

• Drive simplification, innovation and continuous improvement activities while ensuring business continuity and minimal business disruptions.

• Ensures knowledge sharing across the delivery center and global IT.

Complexity

• Proven track record of driving continuous improvement initiatives applying common frameworks or methodologies such as Lean, Agile, or SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).

• Operating in a digital/technology complex and heavily regulated environment.

• Demonstrated capability to successfully collaborate in a matrix organization and manage a complex cross functional global environment.

• Working within international / global remit and within and across other cultures.