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We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details!

We dont just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer.

As a Continuous Improvement Lead youll play a pivotal role in improving ways of working and fostering a continuous learning mindset in the R&D Programs at Elekta.

As part of the Continuous Improvement Stream within the Process & Tools Team youll work closely with teams across both hardware and software to help them improve how they deliver. You will also play a vital role in the development and support of tracking and analysis tools to visualise work and provide data to improve.

What youll do at Elekta:

Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to)

Agile Tooling and Ways of Working

• Champion teach and coach working with our tooling in an agile way ensuring consistent and effective use across teams while acknowledging relevant context.
• Deliver training support materials and workshops to promote relevant agile and lean practices and tool adoption across the organization.
• Design and support agile dashboards and metrics to provide real-time insights into flow forecasting and quality performance helping teams to improve delivery predictability and quality.

Continuous Improvement

• Help facilitate kaizen events value stream mapping root cause analysis and other workshops as appropriate.
• Support metrics to monitor team performance quality and delivery health.
• Provide guidance on feedback loops and retrospectives to foster a culture of continuous learning at team and stream level.

Digitalization Leadership

• Champion new tooling initiatives across the Product and Technology organization in alignment with R&D management.
• Work with functional and delivery leadership to translate operational needs into clear tooling and workflow improvement proposals.
• Identify digitalisation opportunities including the use of AI tools focusing on automation to enhance value delivery and improve agile/lean delivery practices.
• Represent R&D in relevant forums related to tooling configuration delivery process harmonization and digital workflows.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Provide expert input to the Process & Tools team regarding tools usage pain points and improvement opportunities based on hands-on experience with users.
• Collaborate with the other Streams within Process & Tools to support the harmonization of tools and processes ensuring alignment with agile and lean principles.

The right stuff:

• Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder landscapes effectively driving collaboration influencing decisions and managing conflicts throughout change initiatives.
• Strong English communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to tailor messages for diverse audiences.
• Availability for international travel (25%) to support global teams and initiatives as needed

What you bring:

*We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every requirementyour unique skills and experiences might be exactly what were looking for!

• Demonstratable experience teaching and coaching teams and streams in agile/lean approaches and culture.
• Proven track record of driving and supporting tooling initiatives in an agile/lean environment.
• Degree in Digital Technologies IT or a related discipline or proven ability to work within these areas.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in agile work environments.
• Hands-on knowledge of tools such as Jira is a must including configuration and workflow optimisation.
• Up-to-date knowledge of digital tools landscape for product development automation.
• Certifications in agile and lean methodologies (e.g. SAFe ScrumMaster) preferred.

What youll get:

In this role you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer and for everyone regardless of where in the world to have access to the best cancer addition to this Elekta offers a range of benefits.

• Work Pattern (you are required to work from the Crawley HQ 4 days a week with 1 day WFH)
• Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance
• Onsite subsidized restaurant offering budget-friendly dining
• Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)

We are an equal opportunity employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.