Iteration Manager

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

**About the Team**

Technology is the backbone of our business. Every day, our team solves complex and meaningful problems. Those solutions help thousands of our fellow team members succeed, and make millions of customers’ lives easier every day.

**About the role**:
As an Iteration Manager, will provide leadership within an Agile squad through effective facilitation, coordination, mentoring and coaching and is responsible for keeping the squad focused on the initiative goals and removing impediments along the way so they may deliver maximum value to the customer through the effective delivery of software initiatives.

Some key day to day activities will include:

- Assess the Agile maturity of the squads and coach them to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the squads and organisation
- Organise and facilitate Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-up, backlog grooming, Sprint planning, Sprint reviews and Sprint retrospective meetings
- Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving
- Support and educate the Product Managers or Business Analysts, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and open collaboration
- Provide all support to the squads using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and lead by example
- Facilitate efficient flow of tasks across the jira board
- Guide the squads to remove impediments by finding the right stakeholders / people to remove the impediment
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
- Record metrics on initiative and/or feature progress and communicate with relevant stakeholders
- Be accountable for individual and squads compliance with company values, policies, and procedures (including Coles Code of Conduct) and all applicable external laws and regulations

**About you & your skills**
- Ability and demonstrated experience working within cross functional and highly collaborative delivery squads
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
- Experienced in using Agile performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
- Experienced in numerous well documented patterns and techniques (example: numerous Burndown/ Burnup techniques, numerous Standup and Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).
- Strong skills in written and oral communication; must be able to present formally or informally.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant post-secondary qualification (in technology/ digital engineering discipline)
- Qualifiaction in one or more Agile approaches: XP, Lean, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc. - preferred
- Stakeholder management skills
- Industry experience of building autonomous squads

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With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

**Safer together**

Job ID: 66497

Employment Type: Full time