Why this job matters
The Agile Tribe Portfolio Lead coordinates across squads and any ecosystem of dependent platforms, in the planning and execution of the tribe roadmap, setting the standards and making a step change in the value, flow, quality, pace and predictability of our end to end delivery across all Business Products, customer segments and colleague journeys and capability deliveries, agnostic of stack and aligned to customer and product outcomes for each portfolio.
What you’ll be doing
- Assure end to end delivery planning and execution through an optimised agile delivery mechanism to ensure Business achieve desired goals and outcomes across a complex group of tribes and squads
- Manage business readiness across all functions for roll-out and launch of new capabilities and journey enhancements and extensions. Always starting with the customer and creating plans that support and optimise customer and colleague outcomes
- Manage releases within and across your tribe
- Manage resources within tribe
- Ensure delivery teams (squads/tribe) are mobilised and set up for success with OKRs; training; etc. in place and a well-defined system of work
- Ensure the appropriate governance in place
- Ensure delivery KPI Reporting and retrospection to achieve optimization
Experience you'll have
- Communication: Very strong communicator capable of making an impact, to ensure investment meets current and emerging business and technical needs
- Proven change-agent and demonstrate experience in driving transformations, fostering collaboration, formulating strategy and resolving performance issues is an advantage
- Experience of stakeholder management and influencing skills at a senior level
- Experience delivering outcomes across both a wide stakeholder base and highly matrixed organization
- Experienced working across a wide range of teams and stakeholders to align plans and deliver business outcomes
- Extensive experience in multiple delivery methodologies i.e agile wow, transformation delivery, project/programme management
Benefits
- An annual bonus of up to 15% (company & personal performance dependent)
- Company car cash allowance
- Private Healthcare
- BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
- 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
- Range of flexible benefits including cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan
- World-class training and development opportunities
- Heavily discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
- Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop
The skills you’ll need
Backlog PrioritisationUser Story DefinitionProduct Discovery & ExperimentationPartner SelectionProduct LifecycleObjectives and Key Results (OKR) Definition & TrackingProduct StrategyUser Experience DesignStakeholder ManagementProduct RoadmappingPlatform/ Technology Architecture & FeasibilityData AnalysisAgile MethodologiesProject/Programme ManagementTalent ManagementDecision MakingGrowth MindsetUser ResearchPerformance ManagementInclusive LeadershipOur leadership standards
Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.
Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.
Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.
About us
BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.
Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.
We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’
We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.
This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.
A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:
Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.
DON'T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?
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