Autonomy Project Team Lead MineStar Modernization

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Role Overview

The Autonomy Project Lead provides delivery leadership for 23 crossfunctional engineering teams driving the MineStar Modernization initiative. This role leads complex AIenabled modernization programs transforming legacy MineStar capabilities into secure highly available micro services operating across onpremise and AWS environments.

This leader owns delivery execution predictability quality and risk management ensuring teams deliver modernization outcomes aligned to autonomy platform and enterprise objectives. The role partners closely with Product Management Platform Engineering SRE and Autonomy stakeholders to consistently deliver value while operating within enterprise agile and platform standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Own delivery for 23 crossfunctional engineering teams delivering MineStar modernization for specific domains within MineStar
• Drive endtoend delivery execution including planning dependency management risk mitigation quality and schedule commitments.
• Lead agile execution using Scrum Kanban or hybrid delivery models facilitating all core delivery ceremonies.
• Proactively identify and remove delivery impediments; manage crossteam platform and infrastructure dependencies.
• Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog readiness prioritization and alignment to MineStar modernization roadmaps.
• Coordinate with Platform Engineering SRE Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure cloudnative deployment readiness reliability and operational stability.
• Ensure modernization aligns with autonomy safetycritical and operational performance expectations.
• Use delivery metrics and execution insights to drive continuous improvement and inform leadership decisions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in software delivery engineering project leadership or agile delivery roles.
• Proven experience leading teams delivering enterprisescale or businesscritical platforms preferably in modernization or platform transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices in complex multiteam environments.
• Experience with hybrid cloud deployments (AWS and onprem); exposure to Kubernetes and cloudnative architectures preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a Delivery Lead Engineering Project Lead Program Lead or Scrum Master.
• Experience supporting operationally critical highavailability or autonomyrelated systems.
• Strong stakeholder communication facilitation and risk management capabilities.
• Experience working with platform engineering SRE and DevSecOps teams.
• Agile or delivery certifications (CSM PSM SAFe PMP or equivalent).

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