Squad Lead for Integration & Delivery Tools platform (Tech)

Your Responsibilities: 

Lead the Squad with Clear Ownership & Accountability 

• Take full responsibility for the squads business and/or technical outcomes including product/solution/service lifecycle costs benefits and business impact; 
• Take decisions when needed and remove roadblocks actively steering the squad to achieve its goals; 
• Drive a high-performance culture by empowering the team to solve problems proactively rather than just managing tasks; 
• Continuously review business requirements market or technical needs and customer feedback to ensure alignment with the overall products / solutions or services vision;  
• Translate business needs into actionable squad strategies ensuring the team is working on products / solutions or services that meet customer needs platform mission and business objectives; 
• Stay up to date with market or technical trends and industry developments to identify opportunities for growth and improvement and integrate them into products / solutions or services discussions. 

Manage Squad Backlogs & Roadmaps 

• Own the execution and delivery of squad objectives (from ABR/QBR process) ensuring work translates into measurable business value; 
• Shift focus from feature delivery to value creation ensuring all squad efforts contribute to METROs strategic goals; 
• Regularly measure squad success based on business impact not just delivery timelines; 
• Responsible for managing and prioritizing the squads product/solution/service backlog and ensuring that epics/user stories are created (well) and aligned with the overall business strategy;  
• Have a good understanding of Agile/Lean Methodologies in order to effectively develop and continuously update detailed roadmaps that outline the planned work for the squad ensuring alignment with strategic goals as agreed on with the Platform Lead. 

Foster a Strong Cross-Functional Team Culture 

• Act as a servant leader empowering coaching mentoring and unblocking the team to maximize efficiency; 
• Promote cross-functional collaboration between squad members from business tech and country; 
• Offer ongoing functional leadership to squad members providing the guidance and support necessary to deliver high-quality products / solutions and services. 

Own Stakeholder Engagement and Dependency Resolution 

• Actively align with Platform Leads Skill Chapter Leads and other Squads to drive seamless collaboration; 
• Take ownership of dependencies and risks solving cross-team challenges before they impact delivery; 
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders gathering feedback and managing expectations to ensure alignment with product goals; 
• Identify and resolve dependencies with other Squads ensuring joint impact on METROs business goals. 

Qualifications :

Required key competencies and qualifications: 

•  6 years of work experience in area of expertise;  
• High level of expertise regarding area specific content;  
• Experience in managing digital products (e.g. creating and executing product strategies) in a complex and dynamic environment; 
• Demonstrated experience in a matrix organization functional leadership role; 
• Experience in leading of the delivery of IT topics; 
• Demonstrated experience in management of topics combining business and IT needs; 
• Very good fluency in English (written and verbal). 

Additional Information :

What we offer at  

• Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible multicultural environment.

At we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model. Youll be part of self-organizing multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup.

• People development: when you grow so do we!

We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development leadership appreciation ... its time to upskill your career.

• Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring!

We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey.

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Position grade within our career framework: Squad LeadGrade1(Md8). 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time