Senior Agile Delivery Consultant (Financial Services)

Join Europe's leading, high-growth Google Cloud consultancy. At Qodea, you’ll be part of a team energised by innovation and passionate about delivering exceptional results. We craft cutting-edge solutions in data and analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure and security, driving digital transformation that empowers our customers to scale, modernise and lead in their industries. We’re driven by ideas and powered by our people.

We are looking for a Senior Agile Delivery Consultant to play a critical role in driving the success of the business by leading project teams focused on delivering high-quality solutions to our clients.

How You’ll Shape Our Success

As well as leading project teams, your focus will also be to support our sales department in expanding existing accounts through effective discovery and consultancy activities and provide advice and recommendations, based on expertise and experience, to address client needs.

You will ideally have a variety of roles in a variety of domains in your background such as Business Analyst, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Lead and it is essential to have worked in the Financial Services Industry.  Familiarity with Cloud technology would be hugely beneficial along with experience in working on cross discipline projects - Data, AI/ML, Platform, App Dev, Security - in a consultancy environment.  This is a customer facing role so strong presentation skills are important and there is a requirement for occasional travel to customer sites.

What You’ll Do:

Business Analysis and Product Ownership:

• Comprehensive analysis of current and target business operations, information systems, and technical infrastructures
• Estimate, plan and implement the analysis activity for projects and engagements; including leading the engagement with stakeholders to understand their requirements and sometimes challenge their value
• Effective functional and non-functional requirement elicitation, management and traceability
• Manage the backlog as ‘Product Owner’ on behalf of the client, maximise value delivered, validate features and support test activity
• Work closely with technical professionals to lead effective discovery to enable development of solutions that deliver value, understand business benefits and dependencies
• Delivering agreed outcomes from projects using appropriate management techniques, collaboration, leadership and governance.

Agile Methodology and Scrum Framework:

• Tailor the Agile approach according to the project context; facilitate Agile events and assist others to understand the Agile approach and selected framework
• Coach others (inside & outside of the Agile Delivery function) on topics such as elicitation methods, estimation, iterative development etc
• Create and deliver presentations to demonstrate delivered features and explain how they meet client needs
• Effectively monitor and report Agile metrics against each allocated project
• Effectively monitor the delivery team compliance with Agile Delivery function standards
• Actively promote agile methodologies and frameworks  as an organisational strength to customers

Agile Delivery Consultant - Overall:

• Help to evolve the Agile Delivery function by sharing knowledge and skills and coaching more junior members of the team
• Improving organisational performance by developing the performance of projects and workgroups to meet agreed objectives with measurable results.
• Work with the Sales function to assist with project scoping/discovery activity and sales meetings to support expansion in existing accounts or new opportunities and help customers understand the value of Agile Delivery.

Requirements

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

• Strong communication skills both written and verbal, to manage external stakeholders effectively
• Proven experience working within the financial services industry as a Business Analyst
• Proven leadership skills, with experience of leading both projects and teams
• Expert leading of Discovery activities and workshop facilitation
• Relevant BA and/or PO certification
• Relevant Agile certification

How You’ll Grow: 

Exceptional performance in this role can lead to advancement opportunities within our career framework or internal opportunities with other business areas, aligned with your career aspirations and business needs.

Potential career development could include progression to the next level or cross-skilling into related roles, such as Senior Project Manager in Project Delivery, based on performance and ongoing development.

Benefits

Financial:

• Competitive base salary.
• Matching pension scheme (up to 5%) from day one.
• Discretionary company bonus scheme.
• 4 x annual salary Death in Service coverage from day one.
• Employee referral scheme.

Health and Wellbeing:

• Private medical insurance from day one.
• Help@Hand app: access to remote GPs, second opinions, mental health support, and physiotherapy.
• EAP service
• Cycle to Work scheme.

Time Off and Flexibility:

• 36 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
• An extra paid day off for your birthday.
• Ten paid learning days per year.
• Flexible working hours.
• Market-leading parental leave.
• Sabbatical leave (after five years).
• Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year).

Development and Recognition:

• Industry-recognised training and certifications.
• Bonusly employee recognition and rewards platform.
• Clear opportunities for career development.
• Length of Service Awards

Extra Perks:

• Regular company events.
• Tech Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at [email protected] or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.