Enterprise Change & Agile Transformation Lead

Praesignis

Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng
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In brief

**Overview** This role is for an Enterprise Change & Agile Transformation Lead at Praesignis, working with their client, a leading South African banking group. The position involves leading enterprise transformation, organisational change, and Agile/business agility initiatives within a complex environment. **What you will do** * Develop and maintain the enterprise transformation strategy, roadmap, priorities and interventions aligned to business and Compliance IT objectives. * Assess current-state maturity, organisational readiness, systemic constraints and change impacts. * Lead change, adoption and sustainment, including stakeholder engagement, communication, learning, coaching, resistance management and benefits realisation. * Coach executives, leaders, product, delivery and technology teams on Agile, Lean-Agile and business agility. * Improve value flow, prioritisation, planning, dependency management, delivery predictability, feedback and continuous improvement. * Provide executive coaching and strategic advisory, challenging systemic issues and strengthening leadership accountability and decision-making. * Improve operating models, governance, roles, decision rights, prioritisation and collaboration without unnecessary bureaucracy. * Facilitate complex stakeholder discussions, workshops, prioritisation, conflict resolution and cross-functional decisions. * Build internal capability through coaching, mentoring, role-based learning, communities of practice, playbooks and reusable standards. * Establish and maintain transformation scorecards and metrics covering maturity, adoption, flow, delivery effectiveness, leadership alignment, risks, dependencies, impediments, stakeholder confidence and business benefits. * Use qualitative and quantitative evidence to adapt transformation interventions and support continuous improvement. * Support responsible digital and AI-enabled transformation, including changes to workflows, roles, skills, governance, controls and human oversight. * Ensure effective knowledge transfer and capability uplift, reducing dependency on external support. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * 8+ years’ experience in enterprise transformation, organisational change, Agile transformation, business agility or a related field. * Proven experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives in complex enterprise environments. * Strong experience working with and coaching senior executives and leadership teams. * Strong knowledge of Agile, Lean-Agile, organisational change and business agility. * Experience in operating model, governance and ways-of-working transformation. * Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, influencing and conflict-resolution skills. * Experience with transformation metrics, maturity assessments, scorecards and benefits tracking. * Proven ability to identify systemic issues and implement practical, measurable improvements. * Experience developing internal transformation and Agile capability. * Strong communication, strategic thinking and decision-making skills. * Banking, financial services or other regulated enterprise experience is highly advantageous. * Exposure to digital transformation and responsible AI adoption is advantageous. **Who should apply** An experienced professional with over 8 years in enterprise transformation, organisational change, Agile transformation, or business agility, particularly in large-scale and complex enterprise environments. The ideal candidate has strong knowledge of Agile and Lean-Agile methodologies, proven ability to coach senior executives, and expertise in operating model and governance transformation. They possess excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, influencing, and problem-solving skills, with experience in transformation metrics and capability development. Experience in banking, financial services, or regulated enterprise environments, as well as exposure to digital transformation and responsible AI adoption, is advantageous. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/enterprise-change-agile-transformation-lead-praesignis Source: myjobmag

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  • At least 8 years of experience.
  • Agile / Scrum

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Job description

Job Description * Our client, a leading South African banking group, is seeking an experienced Enterprise Change & Agile Transformation Lead to lead enterprise transformation, organisational change and Agile/business agility initiatives across a complex environment. Key Responsibilities * Develop and maintain the enterprise transformation strategy, roadmap, priorities and interventions aligned to business and Compliance IT objectives. * Assess current-state maturity, organisational readiness, systemic constraints and change impacts. * Lead change, adoption and sustainment, including stakeholder engagement, communication, learning, coaching, resistance management and benefits realisation. * Coach executives, leaders, product, delivery and technology teams on Agile, Lean-Agile and business agility. * Improve value flow, prioritisation, planning, dependency management, delivery predictability, feedback and continuous improvement. * Provide executive coaching and strategic advisory, challenging systemic issues and strengthening leadership accountability and decision-making. * Improve operating models, governance, roles, decision rights, prioritisation and collaboration without unnecessary bureaucracy. * Facilitate complex stakeholder discussions, workshops, prioritisation, conflict resolution and cross-functional decisions. * Build internal capability through coaching, mentoring, role-based learning, communities of practice, playbooks and reusable standards. * Establish and maintain transformation scorecards and metrics covering maturity, adoption, flow, delivery effectiveness, leadership alignment, risks, dependencies, impediments, stakeholder confidence and business benefits. * Use qualitative and quantitative evidence to adapt transformation interventions and support continuous improvement. * Support responsible digital and AI-enabled transformation, including changes to workflows, roles, skills, governance, controls and human oversight. * Ensure effective knowledge transfer and capability uplift, reducing dependency on external support. Minimum Requirements * 8+ years’ experience in enterprise transformation, organisational change, Agile transformation, business agility or a related field. * Proven experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives in complex enterprise environments. * Strong experience working with and coaching senior executives and leadership teams. * Strong knowledge of Agile, Lean-Agile, organisational change and business agility. * Experience in operating model, governance and ways-of-working transformation. * Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, influencing and conflict-resolution skills. * Experience with transformation metrics, maturity assessments, scorecards and benefits tracking. * Proven ability to identify systemic issues and implement practical, measurable improvements. * Experience developing internal transformation and Agile capability. * Strong communication, strategic thinking and decision-making skills. * Banking, financial services or other regulated enterprise experience is highly advantageous. * Exposure to digital transformation and responsible AI adoption is advantageous. Key Deliverables/Success Measures The successful candidate will be measured against: * Approved current-state assessment, target outcomes and transformation roadmap. * Measurable improvements in Agile maturity, flow, predictability, cycle/lead time and time-to-value. * Effective change adoption, readiness, stakeholder alignment and sustainment. * Improved leadership alignment, empowerment and decision-making. * Implemented improvements to roles, governance, decision rights and collaboration. * Increased internal capability through coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer. * A maintained transformation scorecard showing progress, risks, dependencies, impediments, adoption and benefits. * Monthly reporting covering activities, outcomes, decisions, risks, dependencies, capability transfer and benefits. * Evidence that interventions are adapted where required based on results and feedback. * Deliverables must be complete, accurate, fit for purpose, submitted within agreed timelines and accepted by the authorised client representative.

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