Scaled Agile Master | Barcelona, ES

The CTO2 Allianz Partners Insurance IT is delivering and operating Allianz Partner's E2E target solutions for all insurance-related lines of businesses globally such as travel insurance, ticketing, banking partners, mobile devices, and digital risk protection (MDDR). This covers the central ACM B2B2C target platform supporting B2C, B2B, B2B2C channels rolled out in over 14 countries in Europe as well as eCommerce services globally in more than 60 countries.The Insurance Line of Business is based in an agile product organization, composed of 4 Tribes covering the entire insurance value chain with international cross-functional agile squads.As a Scaled Agile Master, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our Product Areas or Agile Tribes stay on course by facilitating key ceremonies and processes. You will be a trusted servant leader with deep program execution expertise, fostering collaboration across teams and driving continuous improvement within the Agile framework. Your responsibilities will include managing timelines, resolving problems, and coaching team members on Agile methodologies. Ultimately, you'll help create self-organizing teams that are flexible, cross-functional, and fully productive during sprints. You will work on scaled Agile transformations of Allianz Technology, the IT Provider of the Allianz Group. Through one globally identical E2E Agile Way of Working at Allianz Technology, we have the ambition to organize for independent product teams, align governance to products, tech enablement, and focus on craftsmanship with skills & talent. We ultimately aim to adapt to customer needs by delivering more value and increasing customer satisfaction in decreased delivery times. Our Agile Blueprint structure is based on the Spotify model with areas, tribes, chapters, etc.Do you have a passion for Agile and Scaled Agile combined with experience in organizational transformations? Are you interested in guiding teams and middle management in adopting Agile mindset, behavior, and way of working? Then we look forward to meeting you.You WillFacilitation and Coaching:Facilitate Big Room Planning and Quarterly Business Review (QBR) processes.Summarize and publish Objectives (OKRs) and QBR results for transparency.Support and coach Agile Tribe Leads and Tribe Technical Leads in alignment and planning.Mentor and coach Agile Tribes on Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.Collaboration and Communication:Foster collaboration between Agile Tribes, Agile Squads, and stakeholders.Act as a large group facilitator, negotiator, communicator, teacher, and mentor.Encourage the development of Agile Tribes across Squads and foster communities of practice.Risk and Dependency Management:Help identify and manage risks and dependencies.Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.Track and escalate impediments to ensure smooth delivery.Continuous Improvement:Drive relentless improvement at the Tribe level with respective ceremonies.Use information radiators to improve the flow of value and assess practices towards goals.Assist in tracking the progress of committed OKRs and ensure they are known and focused across the Area/Tribe.Financial Governance:Support Tribe/Area Leadership with financial governance by coaching on Lean Budgeting and its operation.Key Characteristics:Trusted servant leader with deep program execution expertise.Ability to create an environment of mutual influence and empathy.Skilled in system-thinking and understanding the flow.Proficient in facilitating large groups and fostering collaboration.Mandatory Structures/Processes:Operate at Tribe-level or Area-level as needed.Member of a Chapter, not reporting to Area/Tribe leadership.Role can be covered by experienced Agile Masters within the Area or Agile Tribe.Flexible Structures/Processes:Optional role, assessed with Tribe/Area leadership/Chapter Area Lead.Best practice includes slow rotation by experienced Agile Masters taking on additional tasks.Your SkillsProven experience as an Agile Master or Scrum Master in a scaled Agile environment.Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and Lean principles.Excellent facilitation, communication, and mentoring skills.Ability to manage risks and dependencies effectively.Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field, IT, or related field skills, or the equivalent combination of training and experience.5+ years' experience in an agile context e.g. in the role of scrum master, senior scrum master of agile consultant.Minimum of 2 years' experience being an integral part of a scaled agile organization as scrum master.Desire experience in working with the Spotify model, XP, Objectives & Key Results (OKR), Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR) as a big plus.Experience in coaching middle and senior management in agile mindset & behaviour.You have one or more of these certifications psm2, a-csm, management 3.0, PAL-E, SAFe, Spotify model, LeSS, Kanban, DevOps, Lean from well-known institutes.You can be data-driven in your decisions supported by metrics and KPIs.You can connect people and have good stakeholder management and communication skills towards senior management and executives.You have experience with the Liberating Structures and facilitating various workshops including value stream mapping, customer journeys, agile guilds, agile community of practices, as a plus.You apply the system thinking approach and feel comfortable working in an international environment with various cultures.Other recommended skills: customer centric, storytelling, consultancy skills, emotional intelligence, conflict handling, analytical skills.Experience with Atlassian JIRA, Confluence and Miro.Fluent in English language both spoken and written.Your benefits:We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery, and empowerment are fostered.Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.61684 | Operations | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent About Allianz Technology Allianz Technology is the global IT service provider for Allianz and delivers IT solutions that drive the digitalization of the Group. With more than 12,000 employees located in 51 countries around the globe, Allianz Technology works together with other Allianz entities in pioneering the digitalization of the financial services industry. We oversee the full digitalization spectrum - from one of the industry's largest IT infrastructure projects that includes data centers, networking, and security, to application platforms that span from workplace services to digital interaction. In short, we deliver full-scale, end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age.D&I statement Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the working environment. We are interested in your strengths and experience. We welcome all applications from all people regardless of gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity and cultural background, age, nationality, religion, disability, or philosophy of life.Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.You. IT.
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