What you’ll do:
next is carsales' new business building arm. We are a small group of entrepreneurs who build new technologies that aim to power the future of mobility. We work on unsolved and high potential problems with a start-up mindset and pace.
Mobility is being disrupted with industry changes and new technologies that will reshape how everyone on the planet gets around. carsales next is a small, globally focussed team that explore, build and launch technologies to power the future of mobility and help carsales grow and diversify.
We are looking for a Senior Delivery Lead to help set up our squads for success and take charge of delivery within the next team. This role will serve as a central point of contact and accountability for project delivery - driving efficiency, collaboration and excellence within the team. By utilising your toolkit of Agile methodologies, you'll plan and organise work with squad leads while contributing to our culture of a bias to action.
This is a great opportunity for someone to demonstrate their delivery capabilities in a fun fast paced team focused on exciting initiatives.
- Facilitate sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Ensure squads stay focused on sprint goals, help to remove blockers, and facilitate a bias to action.
- Keep key stakeholders informed about project progress, changes in scope, and any other relevant updates.
- Support squads with quarterly roadmap planning and ensure internal and external dependencies are identified and planned for.
- Empower squads to follow Agile best practices and maintain a high standard of quality in deliverables.
- Lead product release planning and execution ensuring best practice in QA and deployment planning.
- Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the delivery practice within Car Group.
What we are looking for?
- Demonstrated inclusive and interpersonal attributes that connect you to our behaviours (we change the game, we own it, we step in, we are curious, we don’t take ourselves too seriously).
- A self-starting, entrepreneurial mindset and 'get things done' attitude.
- Deep understanding of agile ways of working and demonstrated experience in coaching and sharing this knowledge with squads.
- Capability to build and cultivate a high-performing culture within teams.
- Proven success in taking initiatives and projects from inception to completion on time.
- Highly effective multi-stakeholder relationship management skills.
- Experience overseeing release management from testing to go-live including coordinating and managing dependencies.
- Expert skills in managing timelines, aligning priorities and leading quarterly planning.
- Experience working in a start-up, incubator or internal innovation team. (Preferred but not required).
A few other things we want to let you know about...
- CAR Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage everyone of all ages, genders and backgrounds to apply. If you’re a candidate with a disability or you need some adjustments to be at your best, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.
- We know how important keeping that balance between work/life is and have a range of flexible working options on offer, including part time work. We are open to this conversation during our recruitment process - if you want to know more just ask.
- We are a proud Circle Back Initiative Employer which means we are committed to responding to every job applicant.
- Successful candidates joining the CAR Group are required to undergo a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights on an ongoing basis.
So come and join our team - because every role is a big role in our plans to go big.
