KPMG is one of the largest professional services companies in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and PwC. Its global headquarters is located in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.
KPMG employs 162,000 people[2] and has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory. Its tax and advisory services are further divided into variou...
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Advise and support regional teams in executing agile transformation initiatives, either at a project or enterprise level
Promote agile maturity assessments as a tool to ascertain agile readiness and craft strategies to improve adoption of agile across the enterprise
Develop comprehensive Go-to-market strategies with regional teams for agile transformation
Participate in the development and publication of thought leadership
Leverage local and global KPMG artefacts, SMEs, and other network assets to advance the firm’s agile agenda
Client Impact
Facilitate learning and development among employees through individual and team coaching
Communicate agile principles, scrum practices, and overall operating model across the organization
Coach and mentor cross-functional teams, leaders, and stakeholders on agile methodologies, principles, and practices to enable the adoption of agile practices and mindset
Create a culture of continuous improvement and experimentation by promoting agile values and principles, and encouraging team collaboration, transparency, and feedback.
Champion the use of metrics and other objective measures of agile adoption and value realization
Identify cultural barriers and mindset shifts that hinder agile adoption and work with the organization to overcome them.
Facilitate workshops, training sessions, and team-building activities to promote collaboration and alignment across the organization.
Undertake daily follow-ups with individual team members to ensure projects are on track and goals are being met
Help clients foster an environment of psychological safety, where team members feel comfortable taking risks and sharing ideas and feedback
Coach teams on Agile methodologies, principles, and practices to improve their delivery process, quality, and productivity.
Work with cross-functional teams to facilitate agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and demos.
Identify and remove impediments that hinder team progress
Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to prioritize and manage the product backlog
Encourage team collaboration, continuous improvement, and self-organization
Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate teams on Agile practices
Monitor and measure team performance and identify opportunities for improvement
Implement and oversee Agile metrics and reporting
Finance
Deliver on targets and goals (including sales goals)
Provide annual budget input for the area of responsibility for approval and integration into service line/ growth area budget
Manage the annual budget, including costs for designated area
Requirements
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Communications, Operations, Business, or Technology or any other relevant field
Minimum of 10 years’ experience of combined business or technology experience within an Agile environment
Excellent knowledge of agile methodologies, values, and principles, and the ability to coach teams on their adoption and implementation
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management
Passionate about organizational culture transformation, and the ability to identify cultural barriers and mindset shifts that hinder agile adoption and work with the organization to overcome them
Experience facilitating workshops, training sessions, and team-building activities to promote collaboration and alignment
Familiarity with agile metrics and reporting, and the ability to develop and implement strategies to measure and monitor cultural transformation.
Knowledge of emerging practices and tools related to cultural transformation, such as design thinking and lean management
Experience in using scrum, kanban, and scaled agile framework (SAFe)
Agile certification, such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Agilist, is a plus
Track record of implementing agile techniques in different work cultures and environments
Experience in running agile projects of varying size and complexity
Strong skills for leading, educating, and coaching
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