Head of Agile Office

Do you want to lead our Agile Journey as Head of the Agile Office in PostNord Group IT? We are now looking for the next visionary leader for our Agile Office.

In this role you have an opportunity to make a real impact and create our future.

Join us
Group IT develops, operates and supports all IT-solutions within PostNord (excluding our daughter companies Strålfors, TPL and DirectLink who has their own IT-departments). By doing this, we are one of the key functions in PostNord’s transformation, in bringing happiness and value to our customers and in driving profitability.

Group IT today consists of 340 employees located in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland and 700 consultants, mainly supplied by our two main partners TCS and CAP/Gemini, most of who is located in India.

Job duties

The Head of the Agile Office leads the Agile Office team and is responsible and accountable for the “how” in our lean and agile operating model.

The Agile Office is the agile excellence centre of PostNord and owns, drives and develops our agile way of working. All agile roles within Group IT sits in the Agile office and the team consists of people taking on the roles of Agile Coaches, SCRUM-masters and Release Train Engineers.

The team is responsible for leading and running the daily work in our Agile Release Trains and SCRUM-teams but also in coaching, supporting and developing agile principles and way of working throughout Group IT as well as supporting other entities outside of Group IT around lean and agile.

The team today consists of 6 employees and 24 consultants divided into two teams with a manager for each team. In this role you are also a part of the IT-leadership team. You report directly to Jörgen Hellberg, CIO PostNord Group. 

We are looking for you who have
You have a long background in lean product development and agile, both as a practitioner and a leader. You have a solid experience and grasp of continuous improvement, SCRUM, Agile and DevOps. You have a pragmatic approach to agile, meaning that you understand and believe that agile is not in contradiction to a company’s need to run projects or work with deadlines.

You have gone through agile transformations, preferably in a large organisation with a multi-sourcing strategy. You have the ability to create and communicate your vision as well as inspiring action and driving change through continuous improvement.

Must

- +5 years of working with agile frameworks including SCRUM and SAFe
- Experience in doing agile transformations in large companies with on- and offshore resources
- Your background is probably as a software developer, architect, SCRUM-master or Release Train Engineer
- +5 years experience as a manager, creating commitment and enthusiasm to achieve goals
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
- Experience with lean and lead principles

Meritorious

- Experience in project portfolio management
- BSc or MSc in relevant fields
- Fluent in Swedish, Norwegian or Danish
- Background in parcel logistics

We offer you
We offer you a flexible hybrid workplace with a prestige-free environment where we as a team help each other to reach our goals. We encourage self-sufficient leadership for development and career opportunities. In addition to the benefits mentioned above, we offer:

- Work in a Nordic and flexible environment.
- Good insurance and occupational pension conditions
- Wellness allowance & access to office gym and swimming pool
- Employee benefits through PostNord's own employee foundation https://www.postnordplus.com/
- Employment according to a collective agreement.

We make everyday life easier
PostNord is the leading supplier of communication and logistics solutions to, from, and within the Nordic region. We ensure the provision of a postal service to households and businesses in Sweden and Denmark. We aim to make everyday life easier and more sustainable for everyone who lives and works in the Nordic region.
We are accountable, brave and committed, effectively leading change regardless if we lead our self or others. We emphasize teamwork, sincerity and positive relationships in the workplace. We build on our success and learn from both colleagues and mistakes. People with different backgrounds work with us. You will therefore be part of a workplace with great diversity, which contributes to better results for the business. Visit us at http://www.postnord.com

Apply
https://novare.se/executive-search/jobb/head-of-agile-office/

We look forward to receive your application! If you have any questions or concerns, you are welcome to contact Charlotta Skogar on phone number: +46 761 66 48 78 or email mailto:charlotta.skogar@novare.se Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. 


For union representatives, visit: https://www.postnord.com/sv/karriar/kontakt/facklig-kontakt

We are looking forward to hear from you! 

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